Chhattisgarh Cabinet on Tuesday endorsed a proposal to re-name State’s hi-tech green field capital city Naya Raipur as “Atal Nagar” after former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Chief Minister Raman Singh informed after chairing the Cabinet meeting at the Mantralaya here.
About five acres of land in Naya Raipur will have ‘Atal Smarak’ (Atal Memorial) constructed. The statue of late Prime Minister will be installed in all 27 districts of the State. The Central Park of Naya Raipur will also be named after late PM, Singh said while addressing a press conference.
The naming of narrow guage line and Expressway will also be done after former PM late Atal Bihari Vajpayee while the Rajnandgaon Medical College will also be named after him. The Bilaspur University would also be named after late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
A police battalion in the State will be called ‘Pokhran Batallion’ and every year a national-level poetic award will be announced from the State in the name of late PM.
The Madwa Thermal Power Station would be named after late Prime Minister and the garden at the Raipur District Collectorate will also be named after him.
The State will institute an ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sushashan Award’ which will be given by each Janpad Panchayat to each Gram Panchayat and from every Revenue division to one Janpad Panchayat, one city Panchayat and one Municipal Corporation. At the State level to Zila Panchayat and a Municipal Corporation.
The text book of State Education Board will have a chapter on life sketch of late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Chief Minister announced.