Papers by Devashish Srivastava
Every year Muslims from all over the world gather in the Holy city of Makkah in the Kingdom of Sa... more Every year Muslims from all over the world gather in the Holy city of Makkah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage called the Hajj. With the increased number of pilgrims every year (over 2.5 million pilgrims performed the Hajj in January 2006), the problems and difficulties facing the pilgrims and the Hajj authorities have also been on the rise -especially in crowd control and the prevention of accidents. A significant number of pilgrims die due to both accidents and natural causes, and a large number get lost in this extremely crowded gathering. The authorities are faced with the problem of identifying the dead and injured pilgrims and as well as helping those who get lost during the Hajj.
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Papers by Devashish Srivastava