Hyderabad, May 3 -- The additional Rs 10,000 being collected from Haj pilgrims as "differential airfare" has been decided by the Centre and the Haj Committee of India due to rising aviation fuel costs, the Telangana Haj Committee said on Saturday, adding that it has urged a reconsideration of the charge.

Addressing a press conference at Haj House, committee chairman Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani Khusru Pasha said the state body had no role in the airfare decision and pointed out that pilgrims from some other states had travelled without paying the additional amount.

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