Locations and service roads being prepared for Ashura pilgrimage

The Department of Engineering and Technical Projects at the Imam Hussain Holy Shrine announced that roads leading to the Imam Hussain Shrine have been opened in order to

The Department of Engineering and Technical Projects at the Imam Hussain Holy Shrine announced that roads leading to the Imam Hussain Shrine have been opened in order to facilitate the traffic of pilgrims during the coming Ashura pilgrimage.

 

Assistant director of the department Felah Hadi said the Imam Hussain Holy Shrine has for a while been preparing the roads leading to the old city; where the Imam Hussain and the Abbas Shrines are, and is going to expand the street between the Imam Hussain Holy Shrine and the Mukhaiem Sanctuary.

 

Hadi added that the tunnel in front of the Imam Hussain Holy Shrine is still under construction and will be open very soon. 

 

He indicated that “The Imam Hussain Holy Shrine will strive to make service roads for pilgrims and allocate certain locations to the Hussainian service processions.”