A Saudi state agency in charge of Islam’s two holiest sites has signed an agreement to look into dividing the Grand Mosque into coded zones to facilitate worshippers’ access to the sprawling place, international media reported.
The General Authority for Care of the Two Holy Mosques signed the pact with the Saudi Postal and Logistics Company on the sidelines of a conference on services related to Islamic Hajj pilgrimage.
The accord aims to study the division of the Grand Mosque, Islam’s most sacred site, and its outer yards into coded zones to help specify exactly geographical locations and give easy guidance to worshippers and workers across the place.
The agreement will, moreover, help gauge performance, and distribution of working personnel based on the accommodation and operational capacity, thus ensuring the highest standards of services provided across the mosque.
The Grand Mosque in Makkah is home to the Holy Ka’aba, drawing millions of Muslims annually from around the world to offer prayers and perform Umrah.
The numbers of Umrah pilgrims reached a record 13.5 million last year, Saudi Minister of Haj and Umrah Tawfiq Al Rabiah said earlier this week.
