Times of Islamabad

Kartarpur Corridor: India makes yet another new demand from Pakistan

Kartarpur Corridor: India makes yet another new demand from Pakistan

NEW DELHI – On Kartarpur Corridor, India has made yet another new demandfrom Pakistan.

India has asked Pakistan to build a bridge over Ravi river, which willmanage the flow of the river and prevent the flood damages.

India raised the matter with Islamabad through an official note in thefirst week of May.

The matter was also raised earlier in the 2nd technical meet on Kartarpuron April 16.

Work is on in full swing on the Indian side to build the corridor. NewDelhi is building a passenger terminal building (PTB) at the cost of Rs 195crore on its side of the border, the work for which is expected to becompleted by September.

50 acres of land has been demarcated to build the PTB with Rs 10 croresbeen given as compensation for land acquisition done for the project.

Passenger terminal building will be able to cater to 5000 pilgrims per day.

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