Residents of 5th Trust Cross Street in Mandavelipakkam have taken objection to a name change proposal for their street, and have made their disappointment known through a letter sent to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister as well as the South Chennai MP.

The petition signed by more than 50 residents argues that the proposal to change the street name to “S.V. Venkataraman Street” would signal a break in a street numbering system and a partial erasure of neighbourhood history.