Bar Association protests merger of Garhshankar with proposed district

Members of the Garhshankar Bar Association protested against the merger of Garhshankar sub-division with the proposed Sri Anandpur Sahib district by blocking traffic on the Chandigarh-Hoshiarpur main road, raising slogans against the Punjab government, and holding a protest march to the Garhshankar bus stand.

The protesters stated that whenever a new state or district was created from Punjab, Hoshiarpur district suffered the most. For example, with the creation of Himachal Pradesh, a large portion of Hoshiarpur was transferred to Una district. After the creation of Ropar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar districts, Hoshiarpur district was shrunk and several sub-divisions were merged with them. Even now, efforts are underway to reduce Garhshankar sub-division in size due to which the common people coming to get their work done in Garhshankar sub-division will have to face a lot of trouble.

On the occasion, Garhshankar Bar Association president Raj Kumar Bhatti, former president Pankaj Kripal, Sanjeev Kumar Kaliya, Ram Nath Rai, Harpreet Singh, Deepankar Lab, Sanjeev Dod, Harvinder Pal, Naresh Kumar Bhatti, Satpal, Harjeet Kumar, Jas Nagpal, Sanjeev Banga and Ram Nath Rai were present.