Kartarpur Corridor: Much awaited passage to formally open to pilgrims today; India, Pakistan to hold separate ceremonies to mark occasion
FirstpostThe Kartarpur Sahib Corridor will be formally thrown open for pilgrims three days ahead of 550th anniversary of the founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev on 12 November. New Delhi: The much-awaited Kartarpur Sahib Corridor, a 4.7-kilometre-long passage that connects Dera Baba Nanak Sahib in India’s Gurdaspur and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur will be formally thrown open for pilgrims on Saturday three days ahead of 550th anniversary of the founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev on 12 November. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today flag off the first batch of 500 Indian pilgrims, which includes former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and her husband former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal and several ministers, MPs and MLAs from Punjab who travel to Gurudwara Darbar Sahib through the Kartarpur Corridor. Meanwhile, Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan will also inaugurate the other side of the Kartarpur Corridor on the same day, apart from other events that will be hosted to mark Guru Nanak Dev’s birth anniversary.