Ahead Of PM's Visit, State's Request To Rename Bhopal's Habibganj Station
NDTV
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday unveil the revamped Habibgang Railway station, which also happens to be the country's first public private partnership-built train station at a cost of around Rs 450 crore.
The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh has written to the centre, recommending to rename the Habibganj Railway station in the state capital after Rani Kamlapati -- the last Gond queen of Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh govt writes to Centre to rename Bhopal's Habibganj railway station after the tribal queen, Rani Kamlapati pic.twitter.com/b2Q0EUICgX
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday unveil the revamped railway station, which also happens to be the country's first public private partnership-built train station at a cost of around Rs 450 crore.
A letter of recommendation - sent by state transport department to the Union Home Ministry - read, "Bhopal was ruled by Gond rulers in the 16th century and to keep intact the memory of Gond Queen Rani Kamalapati, it's recommended to rename Habibganj railway station after Rani Kamlapati."
Earlier, BJP leaders, including Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur, Prabhat Jha and Madhya Pradesh's former minister Jaibhan Singh Pavaiya, had demanded that the station be renamed after former Prime Minister and veteran party leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
