To enable Sikh pilgrims to visit Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan without visa :
A group of NRIs under the aegis of United Sikh Mission, a US-based NGO, are fighting the odds to establish the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor as a “peace corridor” between India and Pakistan.
The corridor proposes to link Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district in India to Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan, where the first Sikh Guru is reported to have spent his last days.
The Sikhs are seeking construction of the corridor at a cost of US $17 million (about Rs 77 crore), after which Sikh pilgrims from India can have the privilege of entering Pakistan to pay obeisance at the historic shrine and return the same day, without a visa.
The Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara is located at a distance of 4.5 km from the India-Pakistan border in Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district, and is visible from an elevated platform from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine located near the border.
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