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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for the construction of a road corridor linking Dera Baba Nanak in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab to Gurdwara Darbar Sahart Kartarpur in Pakistan, which will help lakhs of Sikh pilgrims indians to visit the holy place all year.
Kartarpur Sahib, in Narowal District, Punjab Province, Pakistan, is located across the Ravi River, about four kilometers from the Dera Baba Nanak Shrine. The demand to build a corridor connecting the Indian border region of Gurdaspur with the historic gurdwara, the resting place of Sikhist founder Guru Nanak Dev in Pakistan, is a long-awaited demand from the Sikh community.
The Indian side of the corridor begins at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur District, Punjab, and extends to the international border between India and Pakistan.
Here are the live updates:
The Kartarpur corridor will become the symbol of love between the two countries: Naidu
"I am pleased that Pakistan has accepted the long-awaited request for the Kartarpur corridor to meet the demands of the Sikh community. Now you would not have to take a long and painful route across the Attari border. The corridor will become a symbol of love and peace between the two countries. Now you can visit the sacred site of Kartarpur directly, "said V-P Naidu.
It's a memorable and historic day: V-P Naidu
It is a historical and historical day for which we are today fulfilling the wish of thousands of Sikh faithful, "said V-P Naidu.
V-P Naidu lays the foundation stone of the Kartarpur corridor
The Vice-President laid the foundation stone of the Kartarpur corridor linking Dera Baba Nanak in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan.
The Kartarpur corridor will encourage tourism in Punjab: Nitin Gadkari
"The Kartarpur corridor will encourage tourism in Punjab," said the Minister of Road and Motorway Transport, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
The long wait for Sikh pilgrims is over: Harsimrat Badal
The Minister of the Union, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, during his speech, greeted Prime Minister Modi and said that with the corridor, the long wait for Sikh pilgrims is over.
V-P Naidu arrives at the event to lay the foundation stone of Karatarpur corridor
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu arrives on the scene to lay the foundation stone for the construction of the Dera Baba Nanak-Karatarpur Sahib Road Corridor. Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, Governor VP Badnore, Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Hardeep Puri and others are also present at the ceremony.
Gurdaspur (Punjab): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu will lay the foundation stone for the construction of the Dera Baba Nanak-Karatarpur Sahib road corridor. Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, Governor, Vice President Badnore, Union Ministers, Nitin Gadkari, Hardeep Puri and others also present at the ceremony pic.twitter.com/OA7rvV3jHo
– ANI (@ANI) November 26, 2018
Corridor to provide easy access to followers of obedience: Arun Jaitley
The foundation day of the Dera Baba Nanak-Kartarpur Sahib corridor is taking place today. This day will be cherished in the times to come, when pilgrims will regularly visit the sacred sanctuary located at the international border without any hassle, tweeted Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
Religious worshipers in India will be helped by the laying of the Dera Baba Nanak-Kartarpur Sahib Road Corridor Foundation to the international border with Pakistan. This corridor will provide easy access for worshipers to pay tribute to historic and sacred shrines, Jaitley said.
Kartarpur does not open the BJP-Akali: the Punjab Minister, SS Randhawa
Barely three hours before the start of the foundation ceremony of a road that will link the Kartarpur Sahib Gartdwara corridor to religious significance, Punjab cabinet minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa appeared upset on Monday.
Randhawa put black ribbon on ministers' names on the foundation stone.
The Punjab minister, SS Randhawa, puts the black band on his names, CM and other Punjab ministers, on the foundation stone. He said, I protested against the names of Parkash and Sukhbir Badal. Why is their name here? They are not part of the executive, it is not the event BJP-Akali & # 39; #KartarpurCorridor pic.twitter.com/SoLhVIPWxI
– ANI (@ANI) November 26, 2018
Sushma Swaraj refuses Pak's invitation to attend the ceremony of inauguration of the works
In October, Pakistan had invited Foreign Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Captain Amarinder Singh, captain of Punjab CM, and Navjot Singh Sidhu to the stone founding ceremony in Pakistan.
Swaraj declined the invitation and said that she would not be unable to travel. India has announced that ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Singh Puri would represent the ceremony in Pakistan.
India announces Kartarpur
On 22 November, India announced that it had decided to expand the Kartarpur Sahib corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab to the Gurdwara region of Pakistan.
The announcement was made by the Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, at a press conference in New Delhi. The decision to build the corridor was made taking into account the 550th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak Dev in 2019.
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