Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Cabinet on Sunday approved the renaming of Dehradun's Jolly Grant Airport after late BJP stalwart and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
According to ANI, a resolution to this effect will be passed during the Winter Session of the state assembly after which it would be sent to the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation for its seal of approval.
The proposal to rename the Jolly Grant airport after Vajpayee was approved by the state cabinet at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, state government official said.
The Jolly Grant Airport, which is named after the area where it is situated, belongs to the Airport Authority of India (AAI).
It was built in the year 1974.
The AAI suspended the flight operations at the airport between March 2007 and March 2008 “to execute its airport modernisation plan”.
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According to ANI, a resolution to this effect will be passed during the Winter Session of the state assembly after which it would be sent to the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation for its seal of approval.
The proposal to rename the Jolly Grant airport after Vajpayee was approved by the state cabinet at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, state government official said.
The Jolly Grant Airport, which is named after the area where it is situated, belongs to the Airport Authority of India (AAI).
It was built in the year 1974.
The AAI suspended the flight operations at the airport between March 2007 and March 2008 “to execute its airport modernisation plan”.
25/11/18 Zee News
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