Delegates from India and Pakistan will meet at the Attari-Wagah border on Sunday to discuss various issues related to the Kartarpur Corridor, including connectivity at the Zero Point and the number of pilgrims to be allowed, government sources said Friday.
India will also raise its concerns over the security aspect,they added.
“The meeting will discuss modalities of the KartarpurCorridor and related technical issues,” one of the sources said.
The sources said the work on a four-lane highway on theIndian side is in full swing.
The four-lane highway connecting the Zero Point of theKartarpur Corridor up to National Highway-354 is being constructed by theNational Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
The sources said India is constructing a bridge at the ZeroPoint and has urged Pakistan to build a similar bridge on its side that willprovide safe and secure movement of the pilgrims and address concerns regardingflooding.
The bridge is over a creek, of which the majority part fallsin Pakistan.
Pakistan said it would build a mud-filled embankment, a movewhich would not only lead to flooding in areas on the Indian side but also posea threat to the structure of the bridge, the sources added.
The creek floods during the monsoon when the Ravi riverswells.
Another proposal put forth by Pakistan was to build acauseway, the sources said, adding that it was unacceptable to India as itwould not provide an all-weather road. They said the construction work at the site ofpassenger terminal complex at Dera Baba Nanak in India is on full swing.