Kartarpur Corridor

Current Context : Recently, Pakistan has finally completed the 420-metre-long bridge at the Kartarpur Corridor zero line.

ABOUT KARTARPUR CORRIDOR

• The 4-km-long Corridor links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, with the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district in India’s Punjab state.
• It is a way for Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit one of their religion’s holiest sites in Pakistan without needing a visa.
• Followers of Guru Nanak Dev built the Dera Baba Nanak town.
• Gurdwara Dera Baba Nanak is about 1 km from the Indo- Pakistan border and on the east bank of River Ravi while
• Kartarpur Sahib is located on west bank of River Ravi.