Haj pilgrimage is going to start 2025. Haj pilgrims of 16 states of the country are scheduled to leave on April 29 for the journey. During this time, every kind of arrangements are made to protect Haj pilgrims from any problem. But during this time, the most challenge has to be faced by the heat of Saudi Arabia. Last year, 1 lakh 75 thousand pilgrims went on Haj pilgrimage, out of which 1000 people died of heat. But the question is whether a large number of passengers are killed during the Haj pilgrimage every year. Let’s know. & Nbsp;
Effect of global warming in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is a Gulf country, the temperature there remains warm even on normal days, but in the last few years, the effect of the environment is also being seen on Haj pilgrimage. Last year, Saudi temperature was recorded up to 50 degrees. Actually, most of the richness of Haj are completed in the open, in such a situation, it is not less than a challenge for the passengers to complete the severe fatal heat. Global warming is being affected by the Gulf countries, in such a situation, the temperature is increasing here, as well as it is raining.
death toll in Saudi Arabia
Let us now tell you about 12 big accidents of Haj pilgrimage, in which a large number of people have died. On 31 July 1987, 400 people died in a clash between Iranian Shia Hajis and Saudi Police. After this, on 2 July 1990, Mina’s tunnel caused a stampede due to suffocation, killing around 1400 people. On May 23, 1994, there were more than 200 deaths due to the growing crowd and the failure of the administration. On 15 April 1997, 343 people got into the cheek of time due to a fire from a gas cylinder blast. On 9 April 1998, the balance on the bridge caused a stampede and around 188 people died.
so stopped visa
On March 5, 2001, 35 people died due to uncontrolled crowd, 14 people on February 11, 251 people on 1 February 2004, three people on 22 January 2005, 345 on January 12, 2006, 2411 people on 24 September 2015 and around 1000 on 14-19 June 2024. In fact, due to the increasing crowd, Saudi Arabia has banned visas of 14 countries. Prince Salman bin here says that people were reaching Haj pilgrimage without proper registration, in such a situation, there was chaos due to the increasing crowd, that is why this decision has been taken.