Kartarpur corridor can build bridges: Vice President-Punjab Chief Minister lashes out at Pakistan for fomenting terror in the State
The Kartarpur corridor between India and Pakistan will “open new doors” and is a “unifier, building bridges across old chasms,” Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu said, even as Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh lashed out at Pakistan for supporting terrorism in his State.
Nov. 2019 deadline
- Mr. Naidu was joined by leaders from all political parties in Punjab in laying the foundation stone for the four-lane “human corridor” to be completed by November 23, 2019, in time for Sikh founder Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary, which was decided on by union cabinet.
- On Nov. 28 Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will lay the stone for the corridor on the Pakistani side, about 4 km from the border.
- The corridor will drastically cut down the distance pilgrims travel from more than 200 km to just 6 km.
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