Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 29
Trend:
During constructions soil subsided around the Kaaba - a Muslim shrine in Mecca, which attracts Muslim pilgrims during the Hajj every year, Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported on Nov. 29.
The cause of subsidence was intensive construction. There were no causalities.
Construction and expansion works are temporarily suspended due to the subsidence.
It should be noted that the Saudi government is working to expand and reconstruct the area around the Kaaba.