Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a letter written in response to a congratulatory message by his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan, has called for “early operationalisation of the Kartarpur corridor which is functional all the year round”, according the Ministry of External Affairs.
The letter by Modi was sent to Khan on June 12, the MEAsaid. “The was letter written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ImranKhan. In that, there was mention of the Kartarpur corridor and he had written’we will continue to work for early operationalisation of Kartarpur corridorwhich is functional all year round’,” Ministry of External AffairsSpokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in response to a question at a media briefing.
The current status is that there have been threetechnical-level discussions, and clarifications from the Pakistani side hasbeen sought, he said, adding India is awaiting a response.
The Indian government is committed to building of thecorridor as it is a long-pending demand of the pilgrims and “we will takethe steps that we have to in order to complete this”, Kumar said.In November 2018, India and Pakistan had agreedto set up the border crossing linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, thefinal resting place of Sikh faith founder Guru Nanak, to Dera Baba Nanak inGurdaspur district.