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Anurag Shrivastava, spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, has said a decision to reopen the Kartarpur corridor ahead of Gurunanak Jayanti will be taken keeping in mind Covid-19 protocols.
Briefing the media virtually, Shrivastava said as cited in a report by Hindustan Times : “The decision to reopen the Kartarpur Corridor will be in line with #Covid19 protocol. We are in touch with all the concerned authorities.”
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Earlier this month, the Pakistan government announced to reopen the corridor passage that connects Dera Baba Nanak Sahib in India’s Gurdaspur and Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur.
The 4.7-km corridor was inaugurated last year.
However, the countries shut the corridor in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic this year.
Pakistan opened the corridor in June for a brief period of time to commemorate Maharaj Ranjit Singh’s death anniversary. India refused to open its side, as per media reports.
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