Kartarpur corridor: Indo-Pak technical teams meet to sort out details

A technical meet of Indian and Pakistani officials took place at the proposed zero points of Kartarpur corridor on Tuesday and it was decided that experts will be doing the survey of the site and discuss the alignment of the corridor.

Along with that, both sides decided to meet in the future to discuss the coordinates and engineering aspects of the proposed crossing points. 

Zero point is the point at which the Indian side of the corridor and the Pakistani side of the corridor will be meeting. India had shared the coordinates with Pakistan earlier this year but the Pakistani side gave alternate points.

Present in the meet were India and Pakistani engineers and surveyors. New Delhi had been seeking this meeting for a long time and had suggested the meet to happen on 15th February but Islamabad had linked the meet with the draft agreement.

The outcome of Tuesday's site visit would be further discussed at the meeting on 2nd April when the 2nd round of talks between Indian and Pakistani officials will take place in Wagah, Pakistan. The 1st round was done on 14th March on the Indian side of the Attari-Wagah border.

While India has proposed that the corridor should be open to Indian citizens and Indian diaspora with 5000 people allowed every day, Pakistan has said that they can allow only 700 people that too only Indian citizens on designated days with a paid permit.