<span style="color: #222222;">Vice President M Venkiah Naidu on Monday laid the foundation stone for the construction of Kartarpur Corridor at Mann village in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The corridor will connect Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib situated at Kartarpur in Narowal district of Pakistan. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Speaking on the occasion, the Vice President said, people have been dreaming of this project for a long time. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The corridor will provide smooth and easy passage to Sikh pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan throughout the year. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Presently, Sikh pilgrims have to go through the long visa process and have to wait for particular dates of buses to reach the Gurudwara via Wagah border. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Singh Puri and Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh were also present at the ceremony. </span><br />