Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Prasad Harichandan has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to name the Jharsuguda Airport after Veer Surendra Sai on the occasion of the birth anniversary observance of the freedom fighter on January 23.
In the letter, the PCC Chief has mentioned that Surendra Sai as a freedom fighter of Odisha had fully devoted himself in the first freedom struggle of India. However, history has no example of his contributions to the freedom struggle.
Notably, birth place of Surendra Sai Chhinda Jharsuguda is 12 kilometer away from the airport. In 2012, operation of Unscheduled Flight had started between Bhubaneswar, Jharsuguda and Rourkela.