Amritsar: Is the last minute cancellation of the visits scheduled for the Delegation of the Indian Land Port (LPAI) authority that came under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Dera Baba Nanak (DBN) Integrated Examination (ICP) an indication of the possibility of opening the Indian side corridor Kartarpur? According to a highly placed source, the LPAI delegation led by his director Raman Kumar Sharma is scheduled to visit DBN ICP on Saturday to examine ICP and discuss technical modalities for the possibility of opening the Possible Kartarpur corridor.
Has been closed since March 16, 2020 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
“The scheduled meeting will be held among officials of various departments including border security forces, customs, police and civil administration of Gurdaspur has not been canceled but postponed,” said the senior source that rely on meeting arrangements.
Sources say that there is no official word in connection with the opening of the Indian side of the corridor so far.
Considering the fact that Sikh’s body includes a sense of takht, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Pardhak Pardhak Committee Sikh and his body’s parents Evacuee Trust Property Board is time and once again appealing to the Indian government for the opening of Kartarpur corridor, the sources say that The central government might decide to open the corridor for several days if not permanently have more reasons than preventing Covid spread.
In particular, Indian Prime Minister and Pakistan Narendra Modi and Imran Khan each inaugurated the Koran they respond to the side of the Kartarpur corridor on November 9, 2019.
On March 16, 2020 the two countries temporarily suspended the pilgrimage everyday after Covid 19 and also suspended the registration of Pilgrimage Kartarpur Sahib.
On October 2, 2020, the Pakistani government announced unilaterally opening a pilgrimage of Kartarpur Sahib but India denied to reply to the movement.
But when contacted Sharma said, “There was no scheduled meeting in connection with the opening of the Kartapur corridor but it was a routine visit postponed because of our other commitment”.
Hope for the opening of the Kartarpur corridor in the near future?
