India, May 27 -- The state cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to rename Sawantwadi railway station on the Konkan Railway network after former union railway minister and veteran socialist leader, the late Madhu Dandavate, recognising his pivotal role in making the Konkan Railway project a reality. It also approved the regularisation of structures, officially listed as encroachments, on a 4.25-acre plot of land occupied by the Pimpleshwar Temple Trust in Dombivli, and the transfer of the plot at a nominal rate to the trust. Both decisions were taken in the state cabinet meeting.

The government will now forward a formal proposal for the station renaming to the union ministries of home affairs and railways for final approval. Officials s...