India, Oct. 15 -- New Delhi

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), in its general house meeting on Tuesday, passed a resolution to name a main road in Burari village as the "Shaheed General Bipin Rawat Marg", after the country's former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), who died in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu.

Rawat was a four-star general in the Armed Forces, who assumed office as the country's first CDS in January 2020. He died on December 8, 2021, when an Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper carrying him, his wife, and 11 others crashed in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district.

Delhi mayor Raja Iqbal Singh said that Rs.12.5 crore has been allocated for special sanitation efforts and urgent repair works. "This funding will aid in improving cle...