PM Modi will inaugurate Indian side of Kartarpur Corridor on Nov 8

​​​​​​​Union minister Harsimrat Kaur confirmed in a tweet that the Indian side of Kartarpur Corridor to be inaugurated by PM Modi on 8 November.

New Delhi:The much-awaited Kartarpur corridor will be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on November 8.

Union minister Harsimrat Kaur confirmed in a tweet that the Indian side of Kartarpur Corridor to be inaugurated by PM Modi.

Earlier, Harsimrat Kaur claimed that the construction and renovation work of Kartarpur Corridor will be completed by October 31.

It will be open for devotees on the occasion of the 550th birth anniversary of Sikh faith founder Guru Nanak Dev on 12 November.

The Kartarpur Corridor will provide visa-free access to Indian Sikh pilgrims to the Gurdwara in Kartarpur Sahib – a small town in Narowal, four kilometres from the Pakistan-India border, where Sikhism’s founder Baba Guru Nanak spent the last 18 years of his life.

In November 2018, Pakistan agreed to set up the border-crossing linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak, to Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab's Gurdaspur district.

Kartarpur is located in Pakistan's Narowal district across the Ravi river, about four km from Dera Baba Nanak.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had on November 26 last year laid the foundation stone of the Kartarpur corridor in Gurdaspur district.

Two days later, the Pakistani prime minister laid the foundation stone of the corridor in Narowal, around 125 km from Lahore.