The Secretariat General of the Imam Ali (PBUH) Holy Shrine announces the success of its security and service plan for the al-Arbaeen pilgrimage.

The member of the Board of Directors and the Supervisor of the Media Department Mr. Fa'iq al-Shimmary stated the following to the Media Center of the Holy Shrine, "The Secretariat General established a higher committee for supervising and preparing for the al-Arbaeen pilgrimage under the auspices of the Secretary General Mr. Yusuf Sheikh Radhi and his deputy Mr. Redhwan Sahib."

"The Holy Shrine was keen on preparing a full-scale security and service plan in which all the departments participated. The plan contained the following:

Preparing ten hospitality halls serving about 250.000 meals three times per day, supporting the mawkibs (service halls) near the vicinity of the holy shrine and those in the old city with food supplies and other logistic kinds of support, providing potable water by virtue of Nabel-Ataba Factory for the holy shrine and the Mawkibs, opening 10 clinics in different place and along the road leading to Karbala and supplying them with more than 30 tons of medicines, supporting the security plan with 3500 volunteers from around Iraq, great coordination with the al-Furat al-Awast Operations' Command and other municipal directorates, transporting the pilgrims by help of the Machinery Department using about 200 buses and 250 different types of vehicles, providing (Quranic Rest-Place) for teaching the correct recitation of the Holy Quran with about 30 rest-places in each of the 14 provinces leading to Karbala, spreading doctrinal and religious awareness through the Propagational Project of the Hawza (seminary), developing an all-out media covering plan, putting all the departments of the Holy Shrine on full alert, etc.

We ask Allah the Exalted to accept our deeds and all praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the World and May His peace and blessings be upon His Messenger and the Messenger's pure and Immaculate household."

Source: imamali-a.com