Amritsar: Gurdwara Darbar Sahib to attract devotees from India KartarpurThe Government of Pakistan has decided to celebrate ‘Jashan-e-Baharan’ (Spring), marking the arrival of spring.
Expressing concern over the significant reduction in the number of pilgrims visiting Kartarpur Sahib daily after the reopening of the corridor, its Project Management Unit (PMU) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) said. Muhammad LatifiThe U.S. on Friday said they would celebrate ‘Jashan-e-Baharan’ or the spring festival, which is celebrated by Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus alike. Kartarpur Corridor in February.
Only 73 devotees reached Kartarpur corridor From India on Friday, Latif said that since the reopening, on an average only over 200 devotees have been coming every day.
The CEO attributed the drop in the number of devotees to the rapid spread of the Omicron version of the coronavirus.
Claiming that he never returned any Indian devotee in case he did not have a negative RT PCR report, the CEO said that he himself conducts free rapid RT PCR tests at the border to comply with the COVID guidelines. “Furthermore, we also do not want the devotees to be deprived of fulfilling their religious aspirations despite coming so close to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib,” Latif said.
He claimed that the PMU had arranged for the facility of 5,000 devotees in a day. “Various Indian organizations want to come in batches of more than 500 devotees, but it seems that the Indian authorities are only allowing more than 200 devotees per day,” he said.
Inaugurated on November 9, 2019, the Kartarpur Corridor was temporarily closed on March 16, 2020 as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The newly constructed corridor enables Indian devotees to travel approximately 4.5 km inside Pakistan to pay obeisance at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, where SikhThe first Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, spent about 18 years until his death.
On October 2, 2020, the Pakistani government announced the unilateral opening of the Kartarpur Corridor, but India refused to indicate. On November 17, 2021, India reopened its part of the Kartarpur Corridor for a one-day pilgrimage.
The CEO said that despite the economic impasse, the Pakistan government is spending a huge amount on the maintenance of the Kartarpur Corridor, for which it has specially created a separate department.
“We have over 1,000 dedicated personnel including security personnel, which cost us between Rs 5 to 6 crore in Pakistani rupees,” the CEO said.
Expressing concern over the significant reduction in the number of pilgrims visiting Kartarpur Sahib daily after the reopening of the corridor, its Project Management Unit (PMU) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) said. Muhammad LatifiThe U.S. on Friday said they would celebrate ‘Jashan-e-Baharan’ or the spring festival, which is celebrated by Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus alike. Kartarpur Corridor in February.
Only 73 devotees reached Kartarpur corridor From India on Friday, Latif said that since the reopening, on an average only over 200 devotees have been coming every day.
The CEO attributed the drop in the number of devotees to the rapid spread of the Omicron version of the coronavirus.
Claiming that he never returned any Indian devotee in case he did not have a negative RT PCR report, the CEO said that he himself conducts free rapid RT PCR tests at the border to comply with the COVID guidelines. “Furthermore, we also do not want the devotees to be deprived of fulfilling their religious aspirations despite coming so close to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib,” Latif said.
He claimed that the PMU had arranged for the facility of 5,000 devotees in a day. “Various Indian organizations want to come in batches of more than 500 devotees, but it seems that the Indian authorities are only allowing more than 200 devotees per day,” he said.
Inaugurated on November 9, 2019, the Kartarpur Corridor was temporarily closed on March 16, 2020 as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The newly constructed corridor enables Indian devotees to travel approximately 4.5 km inside Pakistan to pay obeisance at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, where SikhThe first Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, spent about 18 years until his death.
On October 2, 2020, the Pakistani government announced the unilateral opening of the Kartarpur Corridor, but India refused to indicate. On November 17, 2021, India reopened its part of the Kartarpur Corridor for a one-day pilgrimage.
The CEO said that despite the economic impasse, the Pakistan government is spending a huge amount on the maintenance of the Kartarpur Corridor, for which it has specially created a separate department.
“We have over 1,000 dedicated personnel including security personnel, which cost us between Rs 5 to 6 crore in Pakistani rupees,” the CEO said.
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