Deepkamal Kaur
The stalled works of various development projects started in the Garhshankar constituency is in focus in the forthcoming Assembly elections. The project which is the closest to the heart of the residents of the area is of setting up of 151-foot-long Minar-e-Begampura at Khuralgarh Sahib, the meditation site of Guru Ravidas.
Past trend
Voters here have tried leaders from almost all parties. While they voted for AAP last time, they went with SAD in 2012 and Congress in 2007 and 2004 bypolls. In 2002, they voted for BJP. CPI, too, has won thrice and BSP twice.
Electorate strength
Total voters – 1,74,656
Male – 90,936
Female – 83,712
Third gender – 8
Locals’ key demands
- Khuralgarh project’s completion
- Fully-equipped football stadium
- Proper canal for kandi area
- Better medical facilities
The work on the Rs 110-crore project started during the erstwhile SAD-BJP dispensation in April, 2016, but there has not been much headway in the past five years. Several leaders visited the site and assured to extend grants, but still the work has been going on at a very slow pace.
The people of the area are also sore over the issue of the pending work of a football stadium coming up at Mahilpur. “The youth of this area love the game of football. When the state is facing a problem of drugs, the stadium can keep youngsters away from the menace by engaging them in sports for fitness. But no attempt has been made to complete the work of the stadium here in the past few years,” rues Gagandeep, a resident of the area.
Likewise, a 30-bed government hospital at Beenewal in the Bet area too is awaiting proper facilities, including medical equipment, doctors and medicines.
Garhshankar: Major projects hang fire
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