Lucknow, April 5 -- The Uttar Pradesh MoS Minority Welfare, Muslim Waqf and Haj, Danish Azad Ansari visited Haj House in Lucknow on Friday and took stock of the preparations for upcoming Haj 2025. The minister held a meeting with director Ankit Agarwal, Haj secretary SP Tiwari and other officials and gave necessary instructions and did a field inspection of the Haj House.

The minister said, "Haj pilgrimage is about to start and the first flight of Hajis will leave from Lucknow on April 29 at 2am. As many as 15,513 had applied for Haj and all of them got approval. Around 5,416 pilgrims will take flight from the state capital and 8,090 from Delhi for the annual pilgrimage. For those who are flying from Lucknow, the cost will be Rs.3,37,350...