2,000 clean carpets supplied weekly to Makkah's Grand Mosque.

ISLAMABAD -- Two-thousand carpets are cleaned and perfumed a week for Makkah's Grand Mosque by a special department set up in Kudai, an official said.

Jaber Ahmed Al-Wada'ani, assistant director general for service affairs at the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, said : 'The carpets in the Grand Mosque are high quality and luxurious, as more than 35,000 carpets were laid so that the worshipers perform their prayers with all reverence and tranquility.'

He said the carpets are green, which has a positive impact on the psyche of visitors.

Al-Wada'ani said that the carpet cleaning department has the latest high-tech equipment to clean, wash and maintain the quality of the carpets.

'A team of specialists supervises these operations to ensure implementation in accordance with established technical principles and to ensure that they are free from any defects, using the latest technologies,' he explained.

'The first stage of cleaning the carpet begins with automatic dirt and dust removal using high-quality technology. Then, the second stage is washing and sanitizing the carpet automatically with disinfectants, water, and special detergents, then rinsing it with water to remove the soap.'

Then comes the third stage, where the carpets are placed into special tubes to remove excess water, Al-Wada'ani added. The fourth and final stage sees the...