Masjid Al Haram Expansion Project 2020

The expansion is tipped as the project of the century.

Masjid al haram expansion project 2020. Isoluxcorsan said it would require 3 500 staff to work on the project a new 9 3bn haramain high speed rail network will run between the holy cities of mecca and medina through king abdullah. Al haram mosque main building extension. According to the architect s journal norman foster british architect and zaha hadid iraqi architect have been assigned to work on finalizing the architecture of the new mosque. When completed the mosque will have a capacity to accommodate as many as two million worshippers.

The latest saudi expansion of al masjid al haram is estimated to last till 2020. The expansion plan will go through five main phases. Central services station at al haram mosque. Officials say a record 750 000 people performed the umrah the pilgrimage to mecca last month and six million people are expected to visit this year.

Wednesday october 16 2013 masjid al haram 2020 expansion project so the government of saudi arabia has been improving makka constantly in order to accommodate the number of people that come for hajj every year. Masjid al haram enters from. The third phase of the expansion of mecca s grand mosque would accommodate more than 1 6 million worshippers when finished. The mosque is also known as the grand mosque.

New makkah project 2020 haram. Located in the city of mecca it surrounds the kaaba the place which muslims worldwide turn towards while performing daily prayers and is islam s holiest place. Ring road project surrounding al haram mosque. As means of transportation have improved over the years so has the number of pilgrims.