Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) secretary Partap Singh said government employees have sent letters to the SGPC saying that they are facing great difficulties in going to Sri Kartarpur Sahib as they have to go through a long process of foreign leave. The government employees should be permanently exempted from the foreign leave process for visiting the historic shrine, Singh added.
The high court bench of acting chief justice Ritu Bhari and justice Nidhi Gupta, while disposing of a PIL from Nitin Mittoo, a Kapurthala resident, asked the Punjab government to decide his representation in this regard, which was submitted to the government on November 28, 2023.
The beautification of the raised platform situated on the Ravi dhusi bandh has been done by the Punjab government through district administration in collaboration with the Land Port Authority of India (LPAI) and Border Security Force (BSF). Earlier, the platform was in dilapidated condition and lacked quality binoculars.