Many public toilets awaiting inauguration
Sir, Apropos the news item warning the general public not to urinate in public, it is laudable that the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has and is being constructed/constructing public toilets. Though the…


Sir, Apropos the news item warning the general public not to urinate in public, it is laudable that the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has and is being constructed/constructing public toilets. Though the…
Sir, On enquiring about the delay in issuing Trade Licence by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), I was surprised to learn that since February 2018, there are some issues for generating the trade…
Sir, After the nypha various threat started I see two families of pigs roaming around freely at all times of the day in and around 7th to 10th Main of Gokulam 3rd…
Sir, Apropos the news item titled ‘Brindavan Gardens to be developed like Disneyland: CM’ (Star of Mysore dated July 5). Well-maintained Brindavan Gardens used to be another world whenever we used to…
Sir, Kitchen or backyard gardening has its own limitations and side effects in urban areas today where dwelling units are measured as per cost per square feet. In olden days many of…
Sir, Stray dogs in 8th Main, 6th Cross, Saraswathipuram locality, are creating havoc to the pedestrians and motorists, especially two-wheelers. In spite of repeated complaints, the authorities concerned are blindfolded. People are…
Sir, I wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on 13th June 2018 about banning use of carcinogenic pesticides, fertilizers and promote use of safe and natural pesticides in agriculture via NaMo…
Sir, Recently I saw many signboards in Kuvempunagar painted with a patch of white colour (see photo). MCC might have ordered to do so probably to mask the names of people’s representatives…
Sir, This is with reference to your recent WhatsApp Us titled ‘Will this oxygen supplier at Railway Station survive?’ It is a wrong concept to say that space is necessary around the…
Sir, The recent posturing by the Tourism and Sericulture Minister against the MRC has been widely covered by the press and as a common citizen of Mysuru I was wondering whether the…
Sir, If one wishes to have a glimpse of the hell, come straight to the temple town Nanjangud and take a ride (or even a walk) on the R.P. Road, one of…
Sir, The Mysore Race Club (MRC) is not troubling the people of Mysuru nor the people have any problem from MRC. Even if MRC is shifted and the place converted into a…
Sir, This is in reference to the letter by Vijayakumar (SOM dated June 20) and the inordinate delay by RTO, Mysuru, in issuing vehicle documents. I have submitted vehicle ownership transfer papers…
Sir, The news that we encounter every day is so filled with instances of horror and tragedy that we tend to get inure over a period of time; shrug the momentary emotions…
Sir, The Road in picture is the 4th Main, 28th Cross, Vidyaranyapuram. After more than a decade of back-breaking motor rides, multiple requests, debates and arguments with elected representatives, our Road was…
Sir, I have a fancy of travelling in KSRTC which has a fleet of buses with network touching many nooks and corners of the State and even inter-States, observing diversity of nature…
Sir, After reading a lot of positive reviews about the Passport Seva Kendra working at Metagalli Post Office, which is definitely a boon to the public in and around Mysuru, a couple…
Sir, Curiously, the very same day the Editorial on the status of Executive appeared in SOM dated June 14 (Burdensome babudom), I had an entirely different and a very pleasant experience with…
Sir, This is to bring to the attention of the authorities concerned that general public have to wait for a minimum 20-30 minutes to get a bus to Ramaswamy Circle from Petrol…
Sir, The Bogadi Road leading to Manasagangothri where Kuvempu Statue is erected is badly in need of a speed-breaker. Some motorists, especially two-wheelers, are driving at a rattling speed on this stretch.…
Sir, Apropos the recent reports in Star of Mysore on the subject of Chamundi Hill’s destruction, I would like to look at the problem from the groundwater point of view. In fact…
Sir, G.T. Devegowda, the JD(S) MLA from Chamundeshwari Constituency, who defeated the then CM Siddharamaiah, has compromised on his stand not to accept the Ministry of Higher Education. However, the very reason…
Sir, In the past few decades, the pattern of life of human beings has totally changed leading towards materialistic life of desire and greed. Due to this, intolerance, frustration and stress have…
Sir, How a government intent on executing a project of massive proportion in an ecologically sensitive Chamundi Hill, with magnificent Chamundeshwari temple situated on the top presenting a grand panoramic view of…