While it takes 40 minutes to completely clean the Grand Mosque, consuming 1.5 thousand liters of water inside the mosque and 5.6 liters for the squares on which about 130 Saudis work, and cleaning the “tawaf dish” usually takes 30 minutes, the affairs of the Grand Mosque achieved a record in cleaning the circumambulation dish this year in The night of the 27th of the blessed month of Ramadan, with 9 minutes, amid a human density that exceeded 2 million worshipers.
The field agent in the Department of Disinfection and Carpets at the Grand Mosque, Mr. Fahd Sharaz Al-Maliki, confirmed that the Department of Disinfection and Carpets achieved a record in cleaning the circumambulation dish in a period of time of 9 minutes, amid high human density, and after moderate rain fell inside the circumambulation dish, as the circumambulation dish was dried from Rain water before Maghrib prayer, then starting the washing process, which took the specified time, and 200 workers, 16 machines, and 22 supervisors participated in the cleaning process, and the circumambulation was perfumed in the same specified time period with 80 liters of roses and agarwood.
Al-Maliki explained that the Department of Disinfection and Carpets removed more than 5,000 tons of waste from inside the Grand Mosque from the beginning of the blessed month of Ramadan to the 25th of Ramadan this year, with more than 4,000 cleaning equipment and 4,000 workers, who cleaned 21,000 carpets. Inside the Grand Mosque. Al-Maliki indicated that the Department of Disinfection and Carpets in the Grand Mosque takes 30 minutes to wash the circumambulation dish, and was able to break a record in the cleaning process, on the night of the 27th because it witnesses a high human density, and he added: “We did not expect rain before the cleaning process, but – God Almighty willing.” – With the rains, our determination and challenge to provide the best services to the guests of Rahman increases, with all the capabilities of mechanisms, equipment and trained human cadres, and with the directives and careful follow-up of the General President for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, Sheikh Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais, who has been following the cleaning process from the first moments Which started immediately after Maghrib prayer, the goal was achieved and a record was broken.
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