With Himachal Pradesh set to implement an increased entry tax from April 1, opposition to the move is intensifying in border areas, with residents and political leaders from both Punjab and Himachal Pradesh planning to join hands to raise their concerns.Amid growing unrest, Punjab Education and Public Relations Minister Harjot Singh Bains told The Tribune that the Punjab government was planning to impose entry tax on commercial vehicles registered in Himachal Pradesh.“We do not intend to burden common people, but commercial vehicles from Himachal may be taxed. This will make the government realise the pain of people who are being forced to pay entry tax while entering the state,” he said.Bains added that Punjab would also move the Supreme Court against the entry tax imposed by Himachal on national highways. “These are national roads under the National Highways Authority of India, and imposing such a tax is illegal,” he said.The BJP MLA from Una, Satpal Satti, also criticised the Himachal Pradesh government, arguing that it was not earning anything by increasing the entry tax.“The tax is just a burden on common people of border areas of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab and is affecting local businesses,” Satti said while attending an event in Nangal.He also claimed that the toll collection contractors have paid just 40 per cent of the promised revenue at some barriers so, whatever, the state government was claiming to earn, was just an inflated figure.”Meanwhile, local organisations have planned to resort to traffic blockade on the inter-state border from April 1 to oppose the increased entry toll.The transport union of Himachal Pradesh is also planning to join the agitation. Paramjit Singh Pamma, president of the Sargarsh Morcha against the entry toll, said residents of Nangal would stage a blockade in protest.