NEW DELHI: The Kartarpur corridor at Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district was reportedly shut on Wednesday. The suspension of the cross-border pilgrimage route came shortly after the Indian armed forces carried out precision missile strikes on nine terrorist camps located in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), news agency PTI reported.The strikes were part of Operation Sindoor, launched in the early hours of Wednesday, just two weeks after the terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, on April 22 that claimed the lives of 26 people.Among the targets were major terror strongholds of the Jaish-e-Mohammad in Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Muridke.Opened on November 9, 2019, to mark Guru Nanak Dev’s 550th birth anniversary, the corridor allows Indian pilgrims of all faiths to undertake visa-free travel to the historic gurdwara throughout the year.According to the agreement between India and Pakistan, up to 5,000 pilgrims are permitted to visit the Kartarpur shrine each day.
