NAME CHANGER, GAME CHANGER
The Free Press Journal|May 16, 2023
Over the past 20-odd years, naming of roads in state appears to have been linked to expression of gratitude and symbolic expression of power by different political groups
ABHIJIT MULYE
NAME CHANGER, GAME CHANGER

Close on the heels of the Mumbai Coastal Road being named after Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, demands have been made requesting names for the two other key infrastructure projects in the city.

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday shared an old letter on the Twitter, requesting Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to name Versova-Bandra sea link on the Mumbai coastal road after SwatantryaVeer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link between Sewri and Nhava-Sheva in Navi Mumbai after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpeyee.

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