Chennai: Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin wrote to the Prime Minister on Thursday Narendra Modi Chennai to a. to rename as Hajj pilgrimage site,
The Haj Committee of India, which comes under the Ministry of Minority Affairs, left Chennai out of the list of embarkation sites in 2019. Subsequently, pilgrims from Tamil Nadu were assigned to board their flights from Kochi, which was about 700 km from Chennai. , The Chief Minister said in the letter that this caused inconvenience to Haj pilgrims.
In 2019, over 4,500 Haj pilgrims from Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands boarded flights from Chennai airport, he said.
Stalin said he was receiving several representations to re-designate Chennai as the embarkation point.
The Haj Committee of India, which comes under the Ministry of Minority Affairs, left Chennai out of the list of embarkation sites in 2019. Subsequently, pilgrims from Tamil Nadu were assigned to board their flights from Kochi, which was about 700 km from Chennai. , The Chief Minister said in the letter that this caused inconvenience to Haj pilgrims.
In 2019, over 4,500 Haj pilgrims from Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands boarded flights from Chennai airport, he said.
Stalin said he was receiving several representations to re-designate Chennai as the embarkation point.
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