Several places to be renamed after Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Jharkhand

The Jharkhand government today decided to rename several institutes in the state after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

According to an official release, the Jharkhand Cabinet, which met today with Chief Minister Raghubar Das chairing it, decided to rename the 'Jharkhand Innovation Lab' as Atal Innovation Lab. 

Similarly, it also decided to name the



under-construction Convention Centre, Ranchi as Atal Convention Centre. It has been decided to recommend to the Centre to name the four-lane bridge over the Ganga in Sahibganj as Sidho-Kanu bridge, the release said.

The state Cabinet also decided to recommend to the Centre to name the under-construction airport at Deoghar as Atal Bihari Vajpayee Airport.