Old Airport Road stretch to be named after Deve Gowda

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council on Wednesday passed a resolution to rename several roads and a park in the city.

The decision was taken after Mayor G Padmavathi approved the request by senior BBMP officials.

Old Airport Road from Domlur to Ejipura is being renamed as H D Deve Gowda Road; 2nd Main Road in Kaveripura ward as Shivakumar Swamiji Road; 19th Main Road from Rajajinagar 2nd stage as G S Shivarudrappa Road and the park next to Navarang theatre in Rajajinagar as Parvathamma and Dr Rajkumar Park.

The flyover at Anand Rao Circle will be renamed as Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Road.