Protesters block highway, seek closure of wine shop

Residents of Chann Morian village and adjoining areas of Kootah panchayat today held a demonstration and blocked the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway for more than two hours, over the shifting of a wine shop from Chadwal to their village. Protesters assembled at Chann Morian under the leadership of Sarpanch Kant Kumar Sharma and Shamsher Singh and raised slogans against the re-opening of the wine shop, demanding its closure. Sarpanch Kant Kumar said the Excise Department allowed the opening of shop near the highway, without acquiring a no-objection certificate from the institution…

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