Chittagong Bureau :
Hajj (Pilgrims) Passenger Welfare Council(HPWC) demanded introduction of Chittagong-Jeddah hajj flight schedule beside Dhaka-Jeddah service during Hajj period.
The Council also demanded re-operation of 60 years old Chittagong Haji Camp at Pahartali in the city for the pilgrims of Chittagong Division.
At the meeting of HPWC said the pilgrim used to face utter miseries to board the Hajj flight fromDhaka. The pilgrims of Chittagong are compelled to reach Dhaka either rail or by road which is most difficult for the elderly people. The speakers also demanded flight schedule of Hajj flight in between Dhaka -Madina and Chittagong- Madina as like as other countries of the world including India and Pakistan.
The meeting was told that the devout pilgrims who will go to Makkah beforehand of Holy Hajj will reach Jeddah airport and after completion of Holy prayer at Madina will return home directly from Madina. But those will go to holy Madina first, these pilgrims will return home directly from Jeddah after performing the essential holy formalities at Makkah.
The pilgrims of other countries are practicing this schedule and why it is not possible for Bangladesh, the speakers added. The HPWC urged the prime minister for intervention in this matter immediately.
Mentionable that Hajj Training Workshop will be arranged Zila Parishad hall in city on August 16 next under the auspices of HPWC.
The emergency meeting of HPWC was held at a posh hotel in city on Saturday last with its president Ahmedul Islam Chowdhury in the chair.
Among others, General Secretary of HPWC Principal Dr. Abdul Karim, Principal Moulana Shakawat Hossain, Prof. Dr. Ismail Miah, Prof. Kazi Shahdat Hossain, Abu Mohd Nurul Islam, Prof. AKM saifuddin, Md. Sharif, Kazi Fazlullah, Principal Shafi Quaderi, Shajada Kaiser Mirza, Prof. Shamim Zubair, Master Abdus Salam Chowdhury , Miah Ashraf Hossain, Zamiruddin Chowdhury and Jahangir Hossain spoke on the occasion.
