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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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