The two-year long battle of the Project Affected Persons of the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) finally seems to have borne fruit as the State Cabinet decided to name the airport as Loknete Swargiya DB Patil International Airport.
The PAPs from Uran, Raigad, Panvel, Thane, Palghar and Mumbai have welcomed the decision and claimed that Patil had fought for the rights of PAPs and deserved the honour.
The opposition, though, questioned the timing of this decision. Sena had earlier decided to name the airport after Sena Supremo, Late Balasaheb Thackeray.
