Maharashtra Approves Renaming Pune AirportSant Tukaram
The state cabinet has approved the proposal, which will now be sent to the central government for final approval.
- The Maharashtra government has approved a proposal to rename Pune's Lohegaon International Airport as Jagadguru Sant Tukaram Maharaj Pune International Airport.
- The proposal was submitted by Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol, who is from Pune.
- The decision was made during a state cabinet meeting and will now be forwarded to the central government for further processing.
- Sant Tukaram was a prominent 17th-century saint and spiritual poet born in the Pune district, specifically in Lohegaon where the airport is located.
- The renaming has received support from the ruling Mahayuti alliance, including the BJP, Shiv Sena, and the Nationalist Congress Party.
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