Sir, A visit to the Mysore Palace revealed lack of commitment to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan with the absence of dustbins in and around the historical Palace and no proper allotted area for…
Big B galvanises Gujarat tourism, why not our Maharaja galvanise Mysuru Tourism? Sir, When Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh appointed our Maharaja as the Brand Ambassador of Mysuru City, I was the first…
Sir, Now that the Dasara season has set in, I found this brief news item titled “Mysore Dasara Festivities” quite interesting [Courtesy: From ‘The Hindu’ Archives - A hundred years ago, Oct.…
Sir, The M.G. Road behind Dasara Exhibition Grounds is narrowed with stray cattle, hurly-burly parking and stoppage of vehicles for loading and unloading of vegetable crates. To add further chaos, vendors have…
Sir, This refers to the recent news item published in SOM under the title “Despite the ban, plastic adds to city’s pile of waste." Environmentally harmful plastics, especially single-use items like glasses,…
Sir, The above picture is taken in Jayanagar 10th Cross. Some miscreants have covered the drainage with mud in order to take lorries in the conservancy to transport their construction materials. Because…
Sir, The street light on Paduvana Road A & B Block in Kuvempunagar, opposite House No. 457, has not been working for the last two months. I have lodged a complaint more…
Sir, It is an everyday affair for me when I start driving to my workplace, passing through Ring Road, Teresian College, Nazarbad Police Chowk to Sayyaji Rao Road. Enroute I find so…
Sir, With Dasara nearing, traffic management in and around Mysore Palace becomes a nightmare for the Traffic Police. One of the prime traffic contributors are the City Buses. City bus is very…
Sir, In recent months many citizens have written in these columns about the stray dog problem in many parts of the city, which has now assumed menacing proportions. It has now become…
Sir, The recent development to allow advance reservation by AC coach to travel by Malgudi Express is a welcome step, especially owing to anticipated rush during the upcoming Dasara. As Dasara festival…
Sir, The main purpose of fixing metal barricades or constructing a road hump is to ensure that all motorists slow down at this point. Humps or barricades are fixed in junctions to…
Sir, Recently I happened to go through my old Driving License (DL) booklet [Form-6] issued by RTO in Karnataka which, unlike the current plastic card, carried 17 simple but very important road…
Sir, Our Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner, K.H. Jagadeesha, must be complimented for his honest and practical approach towards the overall development of Mysuru. On Sept. 26, through the people-friendly WhatsApp Us…
Sir, Apropos the letter from C.N. Srinath, Director, Dhvanyaloka, Bogadi Road, Mysuru, under the caption “Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar’s Birth Centenary: Make A Beginning” in SOM dated Sept. 12. It is heartening to read…
Sir, This year KRS Dam has filled to the brim, and quite early too. Mysureans are seen using water luxuriously inside and all round their houses. We are accustomed to be callous…
Sir, On behalf of the citizens, I request the MCC to provide an e-toilet opposite Aishwarya Driving School on Valmiki Road. There is no public toilet in the area and men come…
Sir, A construction work is being undertaken on the Guest House Road in Nazarbad, between the Canara Bank, Nazarbad Branch and Hotel Siddartha. For quite sometime now the contractor of the building…
Sir, Last month, a pre-cast concrete compound wall was erected surrounding a residential vacant corner site No. 212, situated at High-Tension I Main Road and 4th Cross junction of CFTRI Employees Layout.…
Sir, Apropos ‘Hotch-potch patch work to fill potholes’ (SOM dated Sept. 18), there is a saying in Urdu ‘Jaldi ka kaam, Shaitan ka kaam’ — roughly translated, it means ‘Work done in…
Sir, It has been observed that the maximum traffic violation such as signal jumping, over-speeding, using mobile phones while driving or riding is more in the morning between 8 am and 9.30…
Sir, The Kalidasa Road is getting congested these days due to increasing traffic and mushrooming of commercial establishments. Also the Road is not wide enough to park on both sides. My suggestion:…
Sir, Krishnaraja Boulevard or KR Boulevard is a heritage avenue in Mysuru City. Many heritage structures like the Law Courts, Sri Chamarajendra Urs Boarding School, District Board Office, Oriental Research Institute, Old…
Sir, It was heartening to come across the slogan ‘Respecting the dignity of women’ painted on the HP domestic gas cylinder mentioning above it Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. It is, indeed, a…
