New app to help Indian Haj pilgrims being developed

A new cutting-edge navigation app to help thousands of Indian pilgrims find their way to their places of accommodation in Makkah during Haj using their smartphones is being developed.
The Indian Consulate in Jeddah has come up with this innovation which will be available for use by Indian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, an official at Information and Culture Wing, Irshad Ahmad said.
"The new app is in its conceptual stage. We are discussing with the experts on how it is be to used and implemented", he told PTI over phone.
"The Indian Consulate is the first foreign mission to help the pilgrims to locate their home in Mecca and Madina. The pilgrims should carry a smartphone to avail this facility", he said.

The pilgrims without smartphones will be assisted by the volunteers of the consulate.
"Pilgrims without smartphones have to wear identification tags which will be connected to the mobile phone devices of volunteers", Ahmad said.
More than 136,000 pilgrims from India are expected to perform Haj this year, Arab News reported.