The Gurdaspur Municipal Council has dropped its project of turning Nehru Park, also called Sukka Talaw, into a car parking lot in Punjab.

The Council has dropped the project due to continuous protests of locals against turning  of the century old heritage (Nehru Park) into a car parking lot.

Also, the Sukka Talaw Bachao Sangarsh Committee (STBSC) had filed a writ petition against the council in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2013, to stop work on the project.

The Committee had filed the writ petition stating that converting of Nehru park into a parking lot was a violation of the town planning norms by the Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA).

Due to strong opposition the Council was forced to drop the project.

The project saw strong agitation from farmers, labourers and employees. The representatives of these organisations had requested the Municipal Council authorities to shift the venue of the parking project to the old Zila Parishad office which was adjacent to the Nehru Park.

The foundation stone for the project was laid on 17 September, 2012 by Gurbachan Singh Babbehali, Chief Parliamentary Secretary.