Hi Tridivesh,
I hope everything is going well and that you've
received good news from Singapore!
I just wanted to update you on the Kartarpur
Project. The Ambassador went to the Sikh Convention held in
Maryland by SCORE. Mr. Rajwant Singh introduced the Ambassador to
the crowd of 200-plus Sikhs, to whom the Ambassador gave a speech
introducing IMTD and delineating the Kartarpur Project. (I will
email you a video of the speech later today). He has made it clear
that there is to be no government money given towards the project,
and hence no government influence. He received quite a lot of
support and enthusiasm. I am to contact some individuals he met at
the convention to talk about funding and will update you as soon
as I have gotten their contact information.
The plan itself is moving along and we are in the
midst of completing a project proposal. The project will be
sectioned into four phases with the final objective being the
creation of the Kartarpur Corridor, reparation of the Ravi Bridge,
and creation of business along the Kartarpur route. The
initial phase will be gathering qualified individuals that we will
raise money to fly to Washington DC to design a plan for the
Kartarpur Corridor. The professionals needed must be the
following: a)
an engineer; b)
urban planner; c)
an architect; and d)
a business man. The final participant we have identified
will be Mr. Kuldip Singh. We were hoping you could help us in
identifying Sikh professionals that would be eager and willing to
participate in the corridor project. We are looking for
individuals in India and Pakistan and understand that you had Sikh
contacts in Pakistan and were wondering if you could contact them
or send us their information so we could request their
participation.
Thank you for your help and I look forward to
hearing from you!
Most Sincerely,
Maria Jan
IMTD
Program Manager
Arlington, VA
M.S. Conflict Analysis, GMU
B.A. Psychology, GMU / Hertford College, Oxford
University
