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Pak govt to hand over land to Kartarpur gurdwara
NRI Sikhs organisations had offered financial contributions for the development of the historic shrine.


Jalandhar, October 01, 2005
UNI

The Pakistan government has assured to hand over 100 acres of land around the historic Kartarpur (Ravi) Sahib Gurdwara in Narowal district of Pakistan to the Gurdwara Management for infra-structure development around the shrine.
Talking to reporters here today, Gurdwara Kartarpur (Ravi) Darshan Abhilashi Sanstha chief Kuldip Singh Wadala said the land would be transferred to the shrine free of cost in lieu of land donated by devotees to the gurdwara in different villages.

Mr Wadala, who had recently visited the shrine alongwith a jatha of Sikh pilgrims, said Pakistani authorities had informed him that the present occupants of the land around the gurdwara would be shifted at the gurdwara's land available in different villages.

The possession of the land would be handed over to the gurdwara management by next year, he said.

He said the facilities for visiting pilgrims, including rest houses and langer halls, would be created around the shrine.

Mr Wadala said a school, a college and a medical college are proposed to be opened by the gurdwara management committee at the shrine land in collaboration with Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC).

He said the Pakistan Government and PSGPC were showing keen interest in the development of the shrine. About Rs eight crore had already been spent by the Pakistan government for the purpose, he said.

He said that various NRI Sikhs organisations had offered financial contributions for the development of the historic shrine.

Kartarpur Sahib is the place where Guru Nanak Dev had stayed for 18 years.

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Kartarpur Sahib is the place where Guru Nanak Dev had stayed for 18 years.


Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan is at a distance of three km from Gurdwara Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur, with the Ravi separating them. A bridge, which joined the two gurdwaras was bombarded during the 1965 Indo-Pak war.


The Canada-based Guru Nanak Shrine has offered to construct a corridor across the Indo-Pak border so that pilgrims from India could visit Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib (Pakistan) without passport