Belapur MLA Manda Mhatre said that the state government will have to pass a resolution to name the airport after late D B Patil. She said that the name of the proposed airport will be given after Patil if her party comes to power.
Members of the All-Party Action Committee (APAC) decided to continue their protest against the state government for not naming the upcoming airport after Patil. They claimed that it was a long pending demand and the state government is ignoring it.
They demanded that the state government must accept their demand before that, else the state will see a massive protest which had never happened in the state.
A meeting of CIDCO with representatives of the project-affected 27 villages was held on January 20 at CIDCO Bhawan in the presence of CIDCO’s vice president and managing director.
On January 13, the birth anniversary of Late D B Patil, son-of-soil or the villagers will assemble in their respective areas to celebrate the anniversary and chalk out the further plan of action.