The women, including from Hyderabad city, came to work in different parts of Saudi Arabia, however, they found working conditions and salary was contrary to assurances given by middlemen back home in India.
The Ministry said the number of injuries on Thursday reached 1,721, which was monitored by heat exhaustion centres in all hospitals in Mecca and the Holy Sites, the Saudi Gazette newspaper reported.
The General Authority for Statistics said Tuesday said that the number of pilgrims from Arab countries has reached more than 346,000, or 21 per cent of the total, reports Xinhua news agency.