In a big relief for the haj pilgrims from Bihar, the passengers will now have the option of taking direct flights from Gaya airport to Jeddah from September 17. Two Air India flights will operate carrying altogether 250 pilgrims every day. Earlier, the pilgrims from the state had to travel either to Delhi or Kolkata to board a flight to Saudi Arabia.
Bihar State Haj Committee chairman Maulana Anisur Rahman Qasmi told TOI on Wednesday that chief minister Nitish Kumar would see off the first batch of pilgrims from Haj Bhavan here on September 16 evening. Special buses from the state capital would carry the pilgrims to Gaya every day, he added. In 2003-04 also haj flights had operated from Gaya but they were not direct flights.
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