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The Kartarpur Sahib
Corridor cherishes the rich
culture of Sikhism
Over the past 11 years, in a bid to boost pride and learn
from our heritage and culture, many significant initiatives
have been undertaken, 400th Prakash Parv of the Guru
Tegh Bahadur Ji, the 550th Prakash Parv of Guru
Nanak Dev Ji, and the 350th Prakash Parv of Guru
Gobind Singh Ji, the removal of GST on langar, the
center of attraction among devotees. construction of the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor, the
n Construction of a large Sangam Ghat on the banks of designation of Sultanpur Lodhi as a heritage city, the
the Mandakini and Saraswati rivers to facilitate bathing establishment of Guru Nanak Chair at a British university,
and religious rituals. the repatriation of copies of the Guru Granth Sahib from
n India’s 200,000th 5G site was activated in Gangotri, Afghanistan to India, and the facilitation of Sikh pilgrims’
dedicated to the Char Dham fiber connectivity. travel to Pakistan. To commemorate the sacrifice of the
n The government is working on Kedarnath-Manaskhand Sahibzadas, the celebration of Veer Bal Diwas on December
26th was started.
connectivity. Efforts are underway to ensure that visitors
to Kedarnath and Badrinath Dham can easily access n Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first
Jageshwar Dham, Adi Kailash, and Om Parvat. batch of pilgrims from the Kartarpur Corridor
n The foundation stone for the Gaurikund-Kedarnath and checkpost at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur on
November 9, 2019.
Govindghat-Hemkund Sahib ropeways has been laid.
These projects are giving new impetus to development in n On October 24, 2019, India signed an agreement
Uttarakhand. with Pakistan to facilitate the travel of pilgrims
n Landslide and subsidence management work is being from India to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur,
Narowal, Pakistan, via the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor.
carried out at 17 locations on NH-107 from Rudraprayag
to Gaurikund at a cost of r357 crore. n Since the opening of the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor,
n The 125-km-long Rishikesh-Karnprayag new rail line 230,000 pilgrims have used the Kartarpur Sahib
Corridor to visit Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib until
project will provide connectivity to religious and tourist December 2023.
destinations like Devprayag and Karnaprayag with India’s
national capital. crore was spent to build a
n Around 17 lakh devotees have come to Shri Kedarnath four-lane, 4.2-kilometer-long
Dham in 2025 for Dev Darshan. r120 highway connecting Dera
n Before 2014, the record number of Chardham Baba Nanak to the Amritsar–
pilgrims was 24 lakh, which has reached around 55 Gurdaspur Highway
lakh in 2024-25.

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