CHENNAI: The 16-km Velachery–Tambaram High Road is set to be renamed after Major Mukund Varadharajan, the Indian Army officer who was killed in action and posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, the country’s highest peacetime gallantry honour.The Tambaram Corporation Council on Thursday approved a resolution to name the arterial road “Major Mukund Varadharajan Road” in recognition of his sacrifice. The proposal was taken up following the approval from the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department.
