PM to perform ground-breaking of Kartarpur Corridor tomorrow

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Islamabad, Nov 27 (TNS): Prime Minister Imran Khan will perform the ground- breaking of the four kilometers long Kartarpur Corridor tomorrow.

The corridor will connect Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur area of Narowal district with Dera Baba Nanak in India’s Gurdaspur District.

Pakistan will build the corridor from the Indian border to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur while the other part from Dera Baba Nanak in Indian Punjab’s Gurdaspur district up to the border will be constructed by India.

It will facilitate the Sikh pilgrims visiting their most sacred sites in Pakistan.

An Indian delegation, including its Minister for Food Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister for Housing Hardeep S. Puri, Indian Punjab Minister for Local Government and Tourism and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu and Indian journalists, will attend the ceremony.

The initiative for opening the corridor was taken by Pakistan which was later endorsed by the Indian side.

The initiative has widely been lauded both in Pakistan and India as a step towards building bridges between the two countries.