Al-Abbas's (P) Shrine announces the statistics of its services to visitors of Arba'een until the seventeenth of the month of Safar

The director of the Office of the Senior Official of the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine; Dr. Afdhal al-Shami, announced a statistic of the services provided to the visitors of Arba'een, until the seventeenth of the month of Safar.

This was stated in his speech at the annual press conference held by the Abbas's Squad (peace be upon him) at the peak of the Blessed Ziyarat, in the presence of the Squad leader Mr. Maytham al-Zaidi, the chairman of the Ziyarat Arba'een Committee at the prime minister's office Mr. Razzaq Al-Yaqoubi, and the governor of Karbala Mr. Nassif Al-Khattabi.

Al-Shami mentioned the statistics of some of the services provided by the Al-Abbas's (p) Shrine until 17th of Safar 1446AH, indicating that the number of religious and cultural stations last year reached 159 stations, and this year 170 stations, and the number of cultural publications provided by the Holy Shrine last year was 251,748 publications and this year 300,000 religious and cultural publications.

"The services of the holy shrine in the field of spreading the Quranic culture came through the deployment of more than 90 stations, the number of beneficiaries of its services reached more than 301,000 people,"al-Shami said.

The director of the Office of the Senior Official of the holy shrine added,"You know that this Ziyarat takes place at a very hot time, so the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine has worked to provide preventive services, including hanging a green Saran cloth cover to protect from the heat of the sun in the areas around the holy shrines. Last year, 20,000 square meters of Saran cloth were deployed, and this year it reached 100,000 square meters, and the use of 275 water mist fans and 20 sprinklers this year, while none of these two types were used last year".

Al-Shami reviewed the medical services provided to visitors, confirming the participation of 35 medical detachments, 65 teams of paramedics, as well as the participation of 30 large and small ambulances, and the number of beneficiaries of medical services so far has reached 887,543 beneficiaries,"he said.

Within the framework of transport services, al-Shami stated that "last season, 1128 buses and machineries were involved, and 1600 are planned to be used this year".

With regard to the information services provided, he explained that the channels benefiting from the live streaming service have reached 80 channels so far, and last year it was 60 channels.

He pointed out that the number of volunteers to serve last year amounted to 21,128 volunteers divided into men and women, and the number of volunteers this year amounted to 21,713 in several locations where the Al-Abbas's (p) Shrine provides services.

As for the statistics of Husseini processions, al-Shami said that last year their number reached 12,748 processions, while this year 13,084 processions have been registered so far between service and condolence processions, of which 250 are foreign processions.

He pointed out that last year the number of stations for guiding the lost reached 35 stations, and this year 46 stations.

With regard to food and beverage services, al-Shami pointed out that last year the holy shrine provided about 4 million main meals, but this year it is planned that the holy shrine will provide about 5 million meals, as well as 78 million cups of water last year, and it is planned to provide 90 million cups this year, in addition to other things.

The director of the Office of the Senior Official of the holy shrine blessed the efforts of the contributors in achieving the success of the Ziyarat Arba'een, calling on all official and popular parties to join hands and cooperate to provide the best services to the incoming visitors to revive the blessed Ziyarat arba'een.