A joint survey with the Pakistan delegation on Dera Baba Nanak-Kartarpur corridor project for the part to be constructed on the Pakistan side was conducted on Thursday.

"It has been informed BY Commandment BSF that Pakistan wants to construct a bridge on their side to join bridge on India side and a survey team of seven engineers will visit the bridge on the India side to carry out the survey for the project," read a letter from the National Highways Authority of India.

The letter further stated that permission was sought and granted.

Kartarpur Sahib Corridor, a 4.7-kilometre-long passage that connects Dera Baba Nanak Sahib in India's Gurdaspur and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Kartarpur. It was inaugurated last year.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kartarpur Corridor was shut down by the Indian government. 

Source: ANI

BDST: 1601 HRS, AUG 30, 2020
AP