NCP asks Centre to name Jammu airport after Mata Vaishno Devi

Jammu: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today asked Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel to rename the Jammu airport after Mata Vaishno Devi.
"We urge the Government of India to rename Jammu airport after Mata Vaishno Devi. Vaishnodevi shrine is biggest milestone in Jammu, which is called city of temples," NCP`S state Unit Chief Thakur Randhir Singh told reporters here on Wednesday
He said that he has already submitted a memorandum to Patel for constructing a modern international airport in Ismailpur-Bari Bodahri area on the outskirts of Jammu where thousands acres of barren land is available. "Other suitable place is on the National Highway between Samba and Jammu." The existing airport at Jammu is very small and there is no scope for any expansion and upgradation as an international airport of world standards, which is the need of the hour, he said.
25/04/07 Zee News

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Categories: Airports Apr 2007