BMC renames junction after ex-Israeli prez

In Israel there are roads and junctions named after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, so I don't see any problem in renaming a junction after a former president who is also a Nobel laureate, says BJP corporator Makarand Narwekar

Mumbai now has the distinction of having the first-ever junction in the city to be renamed after an international leader. A junction between Kala Ghoda Chowk and Sai Baba Marg in south Mumbai has been named ‘Shimon Pares Chowk’, in honour of the former Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shimon Peres. This move of the BMC has come despite the proposal having been roundly opposed twice by its group leaders two years ago.

The junction is located beside the Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue at VB Gandhi Marg. Earlier, it had no name, but recently, the Mumbai civic body has put up a signboard which reads ‘Shimon Pares Chowk’. Clearly, the typographical error in the name of the foreign honoree is far from a sticking point.