Coimbatore: Residents around Karunya University on Siruvani Road staged a protest on Wednesday demanding the name of the place to be made Nallur Vayal.
The residents and members of Nallur Vayal Pathukappu Amaippu said that the place was called Nallur Vayal before the university was set up.
They said that even now in several government records, the locality is being referred to as Nallur Vayal. But over years the place got to be called as Karunya Nagar, named after the university. The name boards of the post office and police station in the place also refers to the locality as Karunya Nagar.
The villagers had sought police to grant them permission to take out a procession in a bid to attract the attention of the state government. However, police had denied permission. Many villagers started gathering on the Sirvuvani – Alandurai road. As police asked them to leave the spot citing denial of permission, the villagers sat on the road in protest.