The government has planned to rename the Chuhandanda Airport of Aathrai Rural Municipality in Tehrathum district.
While unveiling the budget for fiscal year 2078/79 today, Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel said the Chuhandanda Airport will be renamed after late Ang Tshiring Sherpa while Suketar Airport in Taplejung district will be renamed after late Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari.
Both Sherpa and Adhikari lost their lives in a helicopter crash in Pathibhara, Taplejung district, on March 9, 2019.
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