Signature drive to rename road after Major Mukund

Spearheaded by environmental activist K Abdul Ghani and RJ Sano, the campaign is a bid to remember the martyr, who laid down his life for the nation. Ghani said, “Aid given by the government will not compensate the loss for the family. We wanted to do something concrete to remember the Major, who hails from Chennai. Sano then came up with the idea of naming the street, that he grew up, after him. We started a signature campaign, for which the first signatories were Major Mukund’s parents, R Varadarajan and Geetha. We will collect signatures from prominent people from all walks of life and also an online campaign through Change.org and then submit it to the Corporation Commissioner for further action,” he said. 

Sano said that this will be a fitting tribute for the army man. “If you walk anywhere, you will only see streets named after politicians and British officers. What about the real heroes of our soil? How do we honour them? Why can’t we do something for a real hero from our city? Will it not make the family proud? His daughter will love to grow up seeing her father remembered as a living landmark? There has been a lot of talk about renaming a street after Major Mukund but till now, no follow-up has been done,” she added. 

Major Mukund’s father, Varadarajan said renaming a street after his son would be an honour for the family. “The councillor spoke to us about it two years ago, and we heard that it has been approved by the Tambaram Corporation. But nothing has been done so far. Mukund grew up in Professor’s Colony in Tambaram and he loved the locality. He enjoyed his life here, fell in love with his wife Indhu and got married. It would be an honour if the government renames the street where he grew up. It can be any other street too. I don’t want to ask for it. The initiative has to come from the State,” he concluded.