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First batch of pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir leaves for Hajj

The first batch of 145 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday left for Saudi Arabia on the annual Hajj pilgrimage which was resumed this year after remaining suspended for two years in the wake of COVID-19, officials said.

About 6,000 pilgrims from the union territory are scheduled to undertake the pilgrimage this year, they said.

According to the officials, while there will be only a single direct flight from Srinagar airport to Jeddah airport for the first five days, two flights will operate thereafter.

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