Kartarpur Corridor sees 50% drop in footfall of pilgrims

The escalating tension on the border since the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 has led to a 50% dip in the number of Indian Sikh pilgrims taking the Kartarpur Corridor to Sri Darbar Sahib, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak, in Narowal district of Pakistan.

- Surjit Singh

AMRITSAR:

On April 23, the Government of India decided to downgrade diplomatic ties with Pakistan in view of cross-border links to the terror attack that claimed the lives of 26 people, most of them tourists. While trade through the integrated checkpost at the Attari-Wagah border in Amritsar district was suspended as an immediate measure, India and Pakistan have kept the Kartarpur Corridor open to allow Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit the historic gurdwara, 4.5km from Dera Baba Nanak town in Gurdaspur district.