Navjot Singh Sidhu wrote letters to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that the old pristine landscape and terrain of the area of Kartarpur Sahib (Pakistan) where Guru Nanak Sahib, founder of Sikhi, spent His last around 18 years, should not be disfigured in the name of ‘commercialization’ and ‘visitors comforts.’
The Punjab Council of Ministers, under the chairmanship of East Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, on Monday (Nov. 3) passed a special resolution to set up a Dera Baba Nanak Development Authority for the development and beautification of the area in and around Dera Baba Nanak ahead of the 550th Prakash Gurpurb of Sri Guru Nanak Ji.
While Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu was continuously facing flak for hugging with the Pakistan Army chief at newly elected Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s swearing in ceremony, the Dal Khalsa slammed political class for focussing on messenger instead on the message.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has sought the personal intervention of India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in opening of corridor to enable Sikh sangat to visit the historic Gurudwara Kartapur Sahib in Pakistan on the 550th Parkash Gurpurb of Guru Nanak ji.
How can we forget that it is Punjab on the other side to which we go when we cross over the border. We have a shared history of many millennia with its inhabitants. Some of our holiest shrines are in that Punjab.
In a positive gesture towards the Sikhs, Pakistan’s Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa has reportedly said that the Pakistan was thinking to open Kartarpur Sahib corridor on 550th Parkash Gurpurab of Guru Nanak Ji.
Following consistent erosion around the banks of river Ravi and change of its course has resulted in looming flood threat over Dera Baba Nanak
A wind-storm reportedly damaged “Darshan Sthal” at Dera Baba Nanak Indo-Pak border. Darshan Sthal was a temporary structure formed at India-Pakistan border at Dera Baba Nanak to help Sikh devotees to see Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, which is located in Pakistan.