The Kartarpur corridor in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district was temporarily closed on Wednesday, with authorities suspending pilgrim movement following India’s military action under ‘Operation Sindoor’. The Indian armed forces conducted targeted missile strikes on nine terror camps across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), including the Jaish-e-Mohammad base in Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s stronghold in Muridke.
A senior official confirmed that the Kartarpur corridor, which connects the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India to the historic Darbar Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan—Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev’s final resting place—was shut for the day. No pilgrims would be allowed to to visit the Darbar Sahib gurdwara on Wednesday.
Several devotees who had arrived at the corridor early in the morning hoping to offer prayers at the gurdwara in Pakistan were turned back due to the temporary suspension.
Opened on November 9, 2019, to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the Kartarpur corridor allows visa-free travel for up to 5,000 Indian pilgrims daily, as per a bilateral agreement between India and Pakistan.
The strikes under 'Operation Sindoor' came in response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, which claimed the lives of 26 people, most of them tourists.
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