Kadhimiya Municipality to Implement Special Plan to Serve Pilgrims

IQNA – The municipality of Kadhimiya in Iraq is going to implement a special plan to serve pilgrims vising the city on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Kadhim (AS).

Ali Hashim Atshan, an official with the municipality said that based on the plan, the city is divided into six parts, in each of which special service operations are carried out.

He said more than 750 municipality personnel will be deployed to main streets to implement the plan.

He added that 90 different equipment and machinery will also be used to provide different services.

Kadhimiya, north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, is home to the holy shrine of Imam Kadhim (AS), the seventh Shia Imam.

Shia Muslims and others mourn the martyrdom of Imam Kadhim (AS) on January 15 this year.

The 7th Imam was poisoned and martyred on Rajab 25, 183 (September 5, 799 AD) in the prison of Baghdad.

The seventh Imam (AS) had purchased a burial site in the Maghabir Quraysh, where he was laid to rest after martyrdom. Under the guidance of Imam Jawad (AS) and the orders of Ma’mun, a shrine was constructed over his noble grave. Several years later, when Imam Jawad (AS) was also martyred in the year 220 AH, he was buried alongside his grandfather. The site of the two holy shrines were then named Kadhimiya.

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