Advisory committee agrees to naming Jollygrant airport after former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Dehradun’s Jollygrant Airport will be named after Bharat Ratna former Prime Minister Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In the meeting of the Airport Advisory Committee, a consensus was reached to change the name of the airport.
On Saturday, a meeting of the Airport Advisory Committee and various departments related to the airport was held at Jollygrant Airport. In the meeting, Rajeev Talwar, a member of the advisory committee, suggested renaming the Jollygrant airport after former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. On which all the members, airport administration and concerned departments agreed.
आज देहरादून एयरपोर्ट, जौलीग्रांट में भारतीय विमानपत्तन प्राधिकरण, देहरादून विमानपत्तन की सलाहकार समिति की बैठक में विकास संबंधी कार्यों की समीक्षा कर सभी संबंधित अधिकारियों को निर्देश दिया कि विकास संबंधी कार्य जल्द पूर्ण किए जाएं। pic.twitter.com/Fy2IqbmZSI
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Airport Advisory Committee Chairman Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that ‘Atal ji had created a separate state respecting the people of Uttarakhand and in 2018 the Uttarakhand government also wanted the same. So there is no problem with Jollygrant airport being named after him.’
Soon a proposal in this regard will be prepared and sent to the central government. After which Jolly Grant Airport will be renamed after former the former Prime Minister.
