Maharashtra cabinet clears proposal to name Navi Mumbai international airport after DB Patil
The Maharashtra cabinet on Saturday cleared a proposal to name the upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport after late D B Patil, who had led several farmers and landowners protests in Panvel district when the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) had acquired land in the area in the 1970s and ’80s.
The state government’s decision comes weeks after thousands of protestors marched to the CIDCO headquarters in Belapur to press their demand to name the upcoming airport after the local hero.
An earlier proposal to name the airport after Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray had sparked widespread protests for almost a year in Navi Mumbai, Raigad, Thane, and Palghar districts.
