Continuous Activities of 20 Environmental Hygiene Teams under Supervision of Samen Hygiene Center

Concomitant to the last ten days of Safar* month in Arabic Calendar, supervision and investigation activities of 20 environmental hygiene teams were intensified in the regions under supervision of Samen Hygiene Center.

According to WebDa, emphasizing the significance of environmental hygiene to maintain and elevate health and safety in pilgrims, visitors and residents in the neighborhood of the holy shrine of Imam Reza (UWBP), Dr. MohammadMehdi Izadpanah the head of Samen Hygiene Center (under supervision of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences), asserted: in this plan which started from November 19^th and continued to the 30^th, 45 environmental hygiene supervisors in 20 teams actively investigated the accommodation centers of pilgrims and food provision and distribution centers.

Dr. Izadpanah pointed out: in this plan, almost 1,000 places like food provision and distribution centers and locations, public places, accommodation and guest residencies like hotels, hostels, schools, religious places (Hosseiniehs and Tekiehs), mosques, catering kitchens and restaurants were visited for investigations.

“190, the system of taking action in response to hygiene related complaints, and the phone number: 33687975 are assigned to receive people’s complaints”, he added.

Last year, 3 million pilgrims had traveled to the holy city of Mashhad concomitant to the annual date of Imam Reza’s martyrdom (UWBP). Among these, 200,000 people had traveled on foot.

In 28^th of Safar* (November 28^th ) that is concomitant to Prophet Muhammad’s death (UWBP) and Imam Hassan Mojtaba’s martyrdom (UWBP) and afterwards on 30^th of Safar* (November 30^th ) the date of Imam Reza’s martyrdom (UWBP), millions of pilgrims travel to the holy city of Mashhad for a pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Imam Reza(upon whom be peace) and attending mourning rituals and ceremonies.