First batch of Hajj pilgrims from Srinagar leaves for Jeddah

SRINAGAR: The first batch of 11,000 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir left for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Thursday to perform this year’s Hajj pilgrimage.

Special buses from the Srinagar Hajj House in Bemina area took the pilgrims to the Srinagar airport in the wee hours of Thursday.