Dehradun, May 28 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 26 May: Uttarayani, a thirty-year-old registered organisation comprising officers of the civil services, defence services, para-military forces and other professional fields, has written to the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand requesting that Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun be renamed after former Chief Minister the late Maj Gen BC Khanduri, who passed away recently. The organisation, which has about 500 members across the country, described the proposal as a befitting tribute to a decorated soldier and respected leader.

The organisation urged the government to rename the airport 'Maj Gen BC Khanduri Airport, Dehradun,' and it emphasised that his immense contribution to public life would co...