Wearable Safety Bracelets for Hajjis this year

Hajj is an annual religious ritual of Muslims all over the world who come to the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia to perform this holy duty. However, due to increasing number of worshipers coming to the holy land, there are chances of one going missing or lost from his group or family in the rush of millions of people. Also last year's stampede that took a heavy toll of the worshipers made it difficult for the organizers to find and account for the missing.

In order to keep a track of each and every individual, Saudi government and its Hajj directorate has come up with a novel idea of a safety electronic bracelet which will be given to each worshiper from this year to keep them  counted and located if lost.

The weather resistant bracelet would come with personal and medical information embedded into it and a GPS to keep the track of everyone.

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Makkah stampede - over 300 worshippers lose life

In yet another tragic incident, over 300 worshipers are said to have lost their lives in stampede at Mina, Makkah today. Another over four hundred worshippers are injured as reported by Saudi civil defence directorate.

The stampede occurred at Mina's street number 204, reports a newspaper. The incident took place near Maktib Number 93 where mostly Algerian pilgrims are staying.

Mina is a valley about five kilometres from the holy city of Makkah. The valley houses more than 160,000 tents where pilgrims spend the night during the pilgrimage. Mina is where pilgrims carry out a symbolic stoning of the devil by throwing pebbles against three stone walls.

It may be added that some 111 worshippers lost their lives and nearly 400 wounded during a crane accident at Makkah's Grand Mosque Islam's holiest site just a few days back.

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