Makkah, Dhu-AlQa'dah 02, 1436, August 17, 2015, SPA -- Undersecretary of the Ministry of Hajj for Planning and Development Dr. Muhammad bin Talal Semsem made an inspection tour, on Sunday, of a number of pilgrims transport companies and institutions. During his inspection tour, he was briefed on the preparations being made by many companies to transport pilgrims during the Hajj season of this year. In remarks after the tour, Dr. Mohammed Sesame said that the transport companies participating in transporting pilgrims during the Hajj season of this year are 18 companies which will provide 17,700 buses with complete equipment, of which 1696 new buses, to transfer more than 1,300,000 pilgrims from outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have been provided this year. --SPA 01:39 LOCAL TIME 22:39 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w