Ninety-eighty Indians have died during Hajj this year, the government said today. All deaths are due to “natural causes”, the Foreign Ministry said. This year 1,75,000 Indians have visited Saudi Arabia for hajj till now, the government said. “We will do all we can for the Indians there,” it said.
Around 10 countries have reported 1,081 deaths during the pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam which all Muslims with the means must complete at least once. The hajj, whose timing is determined by the lunar Islamic calendar, fell again this year during the oven-like Saudi summer.
The pilgrimage involves hours of walking and praying even as the temperature in Saudi reached 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 Fahrenheit) this week.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has calculated that heat kills at least half a million people every year but warns that the real figure could be up to 30 times higher.
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