Decision on Kartarpur Corridor opening in accordance with COVID-19 protocol: India
NEW DELHI: After Pakistan reopened Kartarpur Corridor on its facet, India on Saturday (October 3) mentioned it’s going to take a choice on the recommencement of travelling by means of the 4.7-kilometre-long passage that connects Dera Baba Nanak Sahib in India’s Gurdaspur and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur, in accordance with COVID-19 protocol and easing of restrictions.
“We remain in touch with all concerned authorities including Ministries of Home Affairs and Health and Family Welfare. A decision on re-opening of Kartarpur corridor would be taken in accordance with COVID protocol and easing of restrictions,” the Ministry of External Affairs mentioned within the assertion.
The ministry’s response comes after Pakistan Ministry of Religious Affairs on Friday issued a notification saying that Indian guests are allowed to come back to go to Kartarpur Gurdwara day by day from daybreak to nightfall as per the bilateral settlement made in 2019 between India and Pakistan.
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New Delhi additionally identified that Islamabad is but to assemble a bridge on the Budhi-Ravi channel that was determined by either side on the time of the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor final yr.
“At the time of the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor last year and in the bilateral agreement signed in October 2019, it was decided that both sides shall establish requisite infrastructure including construction of a bridge at Budhi Ravi Channel,” the assertion additional mentioned.
Kartarpur Sahib Corridor was inaugurated final yr. India and Pakistan had agreed to construct a bridge on the Budhi-Ravi channel. But with the development of the bridge on Pakistan facet pending. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kartarpur Corridor was shut down by the Indian authorities in March.
Pakistan’s authorities had additionally imposed a ban on Pakistani nationals from travelling by way of the Kartarpur hall.
It was reopened briefly in June to commemorate Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s demise, with India rejecting Pakistan’s supply and refusing to open the hall on its facet.
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