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Srinagar, Dec 3 (UNI) As many as 216 Haj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir left here today for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

However, Indian could not operate its second special Haj flight today due to technical snag in the aircraft, leaving more than 200 Haj pilgrims stranded here.

About 10,000 pilgrims from the state would perform the Haj this year.

UNI