India, Feb. 2 -- A demand has been raised to name the newly constructed double-decker flyover at Pune University Chowk after the late deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash recently.

In a letter addressed to the commissioners of the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) and the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Dattatray Bahirat has urged the authorities to name the flyover as "Late Hon. Ajitdada Anantrao Pawar Flyover".

The letter describes Ajit Pawar's death as a major loss not just to his party or family, but to Maharashtra's public life. It states that Pawar played a key role in several development projects across Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and other parts of the state, and was known for his adminis...