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.
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.