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In tribute to Kalyan Singh, UP govt announces road named after him in Ayodhya
Lucknow,
Aug
23:
The
Uttar
Pradesh
government
on
Monday
announced
that
one
road
each
in
six
districts,
including
Lucknow
and
Ayodhya,
will
be
named
after
former
chief
minister
Kalyan
Singh.
The
Public
Works
Department
(PWD)
will
prepare
a
proposal
for
this,
it
said.
"One PWD main road each in Ayodhya, Lucknow, Aligarh, Etah, Bulandshahr and Prayagraj will be named after Kalyan Singh," Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said.
PWD officials will soon send a proposal in this regard, he said.
Kalyan Singh, who was ailing for some time, died at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) on Saturday night. He was 89.
Story first published: Monday, August 23, 2021, 12:50 [IST]