68 Indians died due to heat during Haj, temperature reached 50 degrees in Mecca

The heat wave in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia is not taking its name to stop. The number of people who died due to extreme heat during Haj pilgrimage has exceeded 600, including 68 Indians. The cause of these deaths is said to be heat wave. All the people died naturally. That is, none of them became a victim of an accident and no injury marks were found on anyone's body.

The people of Mecca died of heat

According to the figures that have come out, the highest number of dead are 323 Egyptians. It has been clarified by Saudi Arabian diplomats that the cause of death of all Egyptians is extreme heat. However, there is only one person among them who died due to the crowd. Injury The death toll has risen to 577. 570 of these bodies have been kept in the largest mortuary in Mecca. Let us tell you that this year Hajj started on 14 June and ended on 19 June. However, this is not the first time that a case of death of pilgrims going on Hajj has come to light. 90 Indians who went on Hajj have died so far, while last year by this time the death toll had reached 101.

Let us tell you that Hajj is one of the 5 major pillars of Islam. It is considered mandatory for every Muslim who is financially and physically capable to perform Hajj once in a lifetime. Hajj pilgrimage has been badly affected due to climate change. A Saudi Arabian study published last month said that the temperature in the Hajj area is rising by 0.4 degrees Celsius every decade. The Saudi Meteorological Department said that on June 17, the temperature near the Grand Mosque of Mecca reached 51.8 degrees Celsius.