The Udhampur railway station in Jammu and Kashmir has been renamed after martyr Captain Tush💝ar Mahajan, officials said on Friday.
Captain Tushar Mahajan, an officer of the 9 Para of special forces of army attained martyrdom after killing a terrorist while protecting his fellow Army personnel in a👍 terror attack on the JKE𝔉DI building in Pulwama district in South Kashmir in February 2016.
The station was renamed after the Lieute🐎nant Governor's office accorded a formal approval, the officials said.
“Sanction is hereby accorded to the naming of 'Udhampur railway station' as 'Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan railway♊ station' in district Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir,” Sanjeev Verma, Commissioner Secretary, General Administration Department (GAD), said in an order issued here on Thursday evening.
The Ministry of Home Affair🦄s (MHA) accor🌜ded approval to the renaming of Udhampur railway station on September 6, the officials said.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh, who represents the Kathua-Udhampur parliamentar🏅y constituency in Lok Sabha, had announced the decision througꦯh a tweet on September 6.
The demand for renaming of the station was raised by the people of Udh🔯ampur to the Central government.
