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Cover Story Sankalp Yatra of New India

RAM MANDIR 73

RECONSTRUCTION OF
RAM JANMABHOOMI ENDS
CENTURIES OLD DISPUTE
There was a time when it was said of
Varanasi's infrastructure that nothing
could happen to it. No one wanted
to disturb the infrastructure, which
resembled a beehive with heavy
encroachment. It was difficult even
to walk around the Kashi Vishwanath
Temple. However, Prime Minister
Modi took the initiative to change
this, and the foundation for the Kashi
Vishwanath Corridor was laid in
March 2019.

The 499-year-old dispute had a happy
n
ending with the Supreme Court's decision
on November 9, 2019, when the entire land
was handed over to Ramlalla Virajman.
On August 5, 2020, the foundation stone
n
of the Ram temple was laid in the city
of Ayodhya, located in the state of Uttar
Pradesh, India. Now a grand Ram temple
is under construction. Sacred soil was
brought from all over the world for the
foundation.

74 DERA BABA NANAK-KARTARPUR CORRIDOR

The Kartarpur Sahib
Corridor was constructed n A 4.2 km long, 4-lane road on the Gurdaspur Highway connecting
in October 2019 as an Amritsar to Dera Baba Nanak was built at a cost of Rs 120 crore.
integrated development
project with all modern n A state-of-the-art passenger terminal building has been constructed on
facilities from Dera Baba 15 acres of land. The building is fully air-conditioned with more than
Nanak to the International 50 immigration counters for the convenience of about 5,000 pilgrims
Border. For the first time daily. Necessary public facilities like kiosks, toilets, babysitting, first
after independence, aid facility, prayer room, and snack counter are available in the main
the central government building.
fulfilled the demand of
the Kartarpur Corridor, the n Strong security infrastructure has been arranged with CCTV
holiest pilgrimage site for surveillance and a public address system.
Sikhs.

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