Punjab Transport Minister Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Tuesday announced that the State Government would soon send a proposal to the Union Government for naming Halwara International Airport after Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha as a tribute to the country’s legendary revolutionary.
Warring, presiding over the state-level function organized to commemorate 106th martyrdom day of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha in his ancestral village, said that the State Government would soon urge the Central Government by sending a proposal. “It would be a tribute to the youngest martyr of the country who attained martyrdom at the age of 19 years,” he said.
On the proposal of senior Congress leader Capt Sandeep Singh Sandhu, the Minister assured that Dakha's new bus stand would be named after the martyr's name and the proposal in this regard would be taken up in the Cabinet meeting in the evening.
Further, he announced a daily bus service of Punjab Roadways directly from Ludhiana to Sarabha village. Besides, a grant of Rs 10 lakh for the development of the village from his own discretionary funds. Later, the Minister along with Capt Sandeep Sandhu, Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma, Ludhiana (Rural) SSP Raj Bachan Singh Sandhu and several others, visited the ancestral house of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha and paid tributes to the martyr.