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India to introduce integrated mobile app for next Haj
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 14 - 11 - 2016

JEDDAH — The Indian Haj Mission is developing an integrated mobile app for the pilgrims for the next Haj. The new app will have so many added features apart from comprehensive information about all Indian pilgrims, including those who come through private tour operators (PTO) and domestic pilgrims besides the information of pilgrims coming through the Haj Committee," said Indian Consul General Mohammed Noor Rahman Sheikh.
The Indian Haj Mission was the first foreign mission in the Kingdom to come up with an innovative Global Positioning System (GPS) application during the Haj of 2014.
Speaking to Saudi Gazette, Sheikh said that the Haj Mission added so many features to the Indian Haj Accommodation Locator, an app developed to help pilgrims find their accommodation, and now it has been renamed as Indian Haj Information System. The integration of the app is being made in coordination with the Indian Haj Committee.
"Our ambitious plan is to integrate all our IT system, online complaint management system, WhatsApp, Twitter, toll free number and e-mail, into the integrated one. We take the full data of Hajis from the Haj committee after linking of the servers of the consulate and the Haj Committee. So far we have 55,000 downloads of apps and our target is to increase it 10 times by next Haj," he said, adding that intensive training will be provided to the Mission staff on using the upgraded app.
Now pilgrims use apps after their arrival in the holy land until their departure, Sheikh pointed out. "But our plan is to enable the pilgrims to take advantage of it from the very moment they apply for Haj. Being the use of smartphones becoming wider, the pilgrims can check the status of their application, as well as their arrival and departure timing, details of flights, buildings for stay, and all other information integrated into one."
"There is no cause of anxiety about finding out buildings or such other things before setting out for Haj. The pilgrim can be fully equipped with all the information and details related to their performance of Haj well before their arrival in the Kingdom, thanks to the app."
The consul general said that e-bracelet will be introduced for the Indian pilgrims from the next Haj onwards. "Even though we had notification in this regard from the Ministry of Haj last year, it was a bit late and hence we could not implement it. We conveyed the information to the Haj Committee and we are going to do it this time and it will also be linked to our app," he added.


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