NEW DELHI: A total 44,951 pilgrims have travelled via the Kartarpur corridor to pay obeisance at Kartarpur Sahib
gurdwara
in Narowal,
Pakistan, government told the
Lok Sabha
on Tuesday.
“A total number of 44,951 pilgrims travelled from November 9, 2019 to January 31, 2020 via Kartarpur Corridor to pay obeisance at
Sri Kartarpur Sahib
,” minister of state for home G Kishan Reddy said in written reply to a question.
A state-of-the-art integrated passenger terminal building at
Dera Baba Nanak
and a four-lane National highway (NH-354B) from Dera Baba Nanak to the international boundary were built last year to provide smooth and easy passage to pilgrims to Kartarpur Sahib. Reddy informed the MPs that the passport of pilgrims was not being stamped by the immigration authorities and that the government of India had repeatedly urged Government of Pakistan not to levy any fee or charge on the pilgrims.
Pakistan charges US$ 20 from each pilgrim visiting Kartarpur Sahib via the corridor.
Bharti Jain is senior editor with The Times of India, New Delhi. ...
Read MoreBharti Jain is senior editor with The Times of India, New Delhi. She has been writing on security matters since 1996. Having covered the Union home ministry, security agencies, Election Commission and the ‘prime’ political beat, the Congress, for The Economic Times all these years, she moved to TOI in August 2012. Her repertoire of news stories delves into the whole gamut of issues related to terrorism and internal strife, besides probing strategic affairs in India’s neighbourhood.
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