Imphal airport named Bir Tikendrajit International Airport
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 21 2016:
Taking into consideration the desire of a good number of people to name the Imphal International Airport after the name of a great personality of the State, the State Government has decided to name Imphal International Airport as Bir Tikendrajit International Airport as is done with other airports such as Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi; Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata; Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwa-hati.
An official statement in this regard was issued by the Transport Commissioner of the State today.
Towards this end, the State Government has also decided to recommend the name, Bir Tikendrajit International Airport, to the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation for doing the needful at the earliest possible.