Lucknow, Jan. 20 -- The Central government has ensured better facilities for the Haj pilgrims this year, Danish Azad Ansari, minister of state for Minority Welfare, Muslim Waqf and Haj and the chairperson of Uttar Pradesh Haj Committee, who led a high-level committee by the government of India to Saudi Arabia recently to inspect and ensure better facilities for the pilgrims, has said.

The committee that comprised three more members, including deputy CEO of Haj Committee of India, visited Mecca and Medina recently and took stock of the preparations regarding hotel and transportation for the upcoming Haj pilgrimage.

Speaking to Hindustan Times on Monday, Ansari said, "Inspection of hotels and transport system was done and this time we ens...