Sir, The much-needed space for sportspersons and evening walkers in Vijayanagar Stadium is now encroached and disturbed by mindlessly allowing vehicles inside the stadium campus. Since a new private gym started operating…
Sir, The article “A Noble Soul on a Noble Mission!” by Dr. Javeed Nayeem in his column “Over a cup of evening tea” (SOM dated Sept. 13) was really an apt one…
Sir, We the residents of Sankalpmahal on Lalitha Mahal Road wish to bring to the notice of MCC Commissioner regarding irregular and poor supply of water. It is an irony that when…
Sir, This refers to the news item about Rangayana, Mysuru, published in Star of Mysore dated Sept. 14 and 17. The B.S. Yediyurappa’s BJP Government in Karnataka has given marching orders to…
Prevent ‘dogs dinner’ menace Sir, Mysureans, who are increasingly responding to the call for swachchata in the city, are finding it difficult to counter situations like the ones in the photo above.…
Sir, This is in response to the letter by Geologist Mrinmoy Chakraborty (SOM dated Aug.11, 2019) defending the views of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) published in SOM dated Apr.25. I…
Ensure rain water drainage system is built properly in all localities so this water flows into a Lake or an artificial pond or back into the nearest river Sir, Mission ‘Paani’ is…
Sir, Kudos to the district administration for the bold step taken to clear unauthorised shops atop Chamundi Hill including the ones illegally allotted to Government servants and kins of VVIPs. This is…
Sir, Since three days I have been visiting several Vehicle Emission Checking Centres in Mysuru and seen long queues of vehicles, both two and four-wheelers, going for emission testing. Finally, near the…
Sir, The new Motor Vehicles Act prescribing heavy penalties even for minor offences may have been enacted to reduce accidents but it has created widespread anguish and fear because the implementation of…
Sir, The presently running train number 12613/12614 Mysuru-Bengaluru Tipu Express coach composition consists of just a single AC coach (that is, AC Chair Car Coach- C1) apart from general sitting and reserved…
Sir, I bear out B.S. Srikantaiah’s grievance about the frequent and chronic power outage throughout Yadavagiri (SOM dated Sept. 4). Consumers have to put up with the inconvenience as the CESC officials…
Sir, About 10 years ago residents of Tilaknagar made a request to convert Umar Khayam Road as one of the model streets since it was an important road that connected to the…
Sir, I would like to bring to your notice the miserable condition of roads in Mysuru city. The roads are broken at many places. As a result vehicles cannot move smoothly, they…
Sir, Medians on the road are meant for road safety and it facilitate easy movement of vehicles. It restricts the drivers not to go on to wrong side of the road. However,…
Sir, The recent nationwide flood devastation is yet green (nay red) in my memory. Normal life got paralysed, rendering many homeless. Nanjangud too was prey to this nature’s fury that literally cut…
Sir, Krishna Vilas Road has been declared as non-hawking zone by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) a few years back. But of late several eateries have mushroomed on the road, especially in…
Sir, The recent announcement by the Finance Minister of merging 27 Nationalised Banks to 12 and the move appears to be more focused on improving the efficiency besides making them financially healthier.…
Sir, The idea to park vehicles in the Town Hall premises is really helping the public, especially the tourists visiting the area in and around the Central Business District of Mysuru. But…
Sir, This is to bring to the notice of CESC authorities concerned that in the 2nd Main Road particularly and in other areas of Yadavagiri extension, invariably there are power shutdowns for…
Sir, Time and again readers are expressing the inconvenience being faced by the car and two- wheeler users who come to pick up / drop their friends or relatives to the KSRTC…
Sir, As we aspire to be the cleanest city in India, it is disheartening to see garbage being dumped on roadside in Lakshmipuram 1st Main near RMP guest quarters building. JSS school…
Sir, I was enlightened reading the article “Sage Agasthya Stood For One Nation, One Culture” by Dr. Manik Bengeri (Star of Mysore dated Aug.18). So exhaustive was the article that I learnt…
Sir, With more number of old structures crumbling, it is high time for the guardians of “heritage” to re-look and re-think their views on restoring, re-constructing or maintaining these structures at the…
