Naming Metro station proves uphill task

Bijendra Ahlawat

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, August 27

The district administration is in the dilemma over naming the Metro station at Ballabgarh. There have been demands from various quarters to name it after renowned personalities, including erstwhile ruler of Ballabgarh Raja Nahar Singh and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

The trial run at the Metro station began on August 24 and it is expected to be opened for the public in October.

Avtar Sarang, a resident of Sahupura village, said, “We have submitted a memorandum to the administration, the local MLA and the Chief Minister in support of our demand to name the Metro station after famous ruler Raja Nahar Singh.”

He said the land where the station had come up belonged to Nahar Singh’s estate. He said it would be a befitting tribute to the famous ruler if the station was named after him.

Vikas Chaudhary, a Congress worker, said the same demand had also been raised by the All-India Jat Mahasabha and claimed that there was hardly any opposition to it.

Deputy Commissioner Atul Kumar Diwedi said suitable suggestions would be forwarded to the state government for its approval. He, however, said there had also been demands to name the Metro station after personalities such as Subhas Chandra Bose, Sant Kabir and Baba Surdas.

Ballabgarh MLA Mool Chand Sharma said proposals to name the Metro station after Raja Nahar Singh and former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee had been submitted to him recently.

The MLA said he would take up the matter with Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar soon.