NEW DELHI, 18 November 2021, (TON): The Corridor to Sikh Pilgrimage Kartarpur Sahib finally reopened from Wednesday nearly after twenty months, ahead of the 552nd birth anniversary of Sikh's first master Guru Nanak Dev.

On the first day of reopening of Kartapur Corridor, pilgrims started arriving early at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district for a day-long pilgrimage to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur Sahib, situated about 4.5 kilometers inside Pakistan from the ICP.

According to sources, those persons who had registered themselves for the pilgrimage to the neighboring country before the temporary closure of the Kartapur Corridor were given visas to travel through the corridor and were informed earlier.

The Kartarpur Corridor was temporarily shut down on March 16, 2020.

In Pakistan Chief Executive Officer of Project Management Unit Muhammad Latif along with Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Ameer Singh and other Pak Sikh leaders had arrived at the Pakistan side of the Kartarpur corridor to receive the Indian devotees.