TNPSC Thervupettagam

Kartarpur Sahib corridor

November 29 , 2018 1982 days 755 0
  • The Vice President of India laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Kartarpur corridor on Indian side at Mann village in Gurdaspur district, Punjab.
  • The corridor will provide visa free passage to the Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit holy site of Gurudwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur in Pakistan.
  • This corridor will link India’s border district of Gurdaspur with Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan.
  • Gurdwara Darbar Sahib is the 16th century Gurdwara located on the banks of the river Ravi in Shakargarh in Narowal district of Punjab province of Pakistan.
  • The project corridor is to be developed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and will be funded by the Government of India.
  • The decision to build the passage was taken by the Union Cabinet to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev next year (2019).

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