In Jammu and Kashmir, the Haj Committee has issued the flight schedule for the first batch of the intended pilgrims departing from Srinagar for the Haj pilgrimage this year. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that according to an official notification, the first flight is scheduled to take off on 4th May. The pilgrims travelling on this flight have been instructed to report at the Haj House, Bemina, Srinagar, between 5:00 AM and 5:30 AM on the day of departure. The committee stated that the flight schedule for the remaining pilgrims will be notified separately. Over 36 hundred pilgrims from J&K are scheduled to perform Haj this year under the government quota.