Naini area of Prayagraj will now be known as former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Nagar. The name of Prayagraj airport will be Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Airport. In a meeting held in the Municipal Corporation on Monday, the House approved the new names of the city square, road and park including Naini, Airport.
After the discussion on the budget, a list of nomenclature was placed in the House. A proposal to name Naini as Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Nagar was sent to the government. This proposal was sent by Allahabad MP Dr. Rita Bahuguna Joshi. The government sent Dr. Rita’s proposal to the Municipal Corporation and suggested to take a decision in the house.
Before the House, it was placed in the naming committee of the Municipal Corporation. The committee rejected the proposal saying that Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna already has a market, park, school and square in the name of the city. The committee itself suggested naming Naini as former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. When the committee’s proposal was placed in the house, everyone unanimously approved it.
Similarly, there was discussion on renaming Prayagraj Airport as Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya or Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Airport. The house was told that there is already a road, intersection in the name of Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya. Therefore, it was unanimously decided to name the airport as Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Airport. Naini Ka Leprosy Chauraha will now be known as Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Chauraha. The House named the road near Lukarganj Fish Market as freedom fighter Dudhnath Nagar Marg.
The Nagar Nigam Sadan has named Kohli Dhaba Square in Pritam Nagar as Janakavi Kailash Gautam Chauraha. Tikona Park in Shivkuti was named as Shaheed Ambuj Singh Park. Similarly, the name of Alopibagh flyover will now be Shaheed Roshan Singh Setu. The Municipal Corporation House on Monday gave green signal to the new names of the road and park including the intersection, flyover. The Beniganj-Kareli road has been changed to Sardar Kishan Singh Marg, the popular leader of pensioners.
Kalindipuram will be known as Durga Puja Park. A meeting of the Municipal Corporation’s naming committee was held recently on the new naming of the intersection, road and park. After the meeting, the committee of officers examined all the aspects. After scrutiny, the new names were approved by the House. Mutriganj was renamed as Saligram Jaiswal in 1982. The House directed to put up boards of new names in 2018.
After the meeting, Mayor Abhilasha Gupta Nandi told that a committee has been formed on the directions of the High Court for naming. The committee itself decides on the new names. There was nothing in the name of the former prime minister in the city. Hence Naini was named Atal Bihari Vajpayee Nagar.