Sir, Water table depth is directly proportionate to the combination of withdrawal of underground water and its replenishment, and as the present withdrawal is greater than replenishment, naturally the situation is getting…
Sir, All law-abiding citizens whole-heartedly appreciate the measures taken by Mysuru Police in law enforcement through counselling, punishment or fines to make the society disciplined, to instil fear in the minds of…
Sir, For the past several weeks residents are not receiving their postal articles addressed to them in Ramakrishnanagar ‘I’ Block area. Residents of the area are facing much inconvenience because of non-delivery…
Sir, Conversion of Poet Laureate Kuvempu’s residence as a Museum is a welcome decision taken by the authorities concerned, though belatedly. The house of Mysuru-based English writer R.K. Narayan at Yadavagiri was…
Sir, It is unfortunate that our city lost three youngsters in a heart-rending road accident that occurred near Dattagalli on Outer Ring Road recently. Most probably it might have resulted due to…
Sir, It was shocking to read the news item titled “Water Table Sinking” in SOM dated Feb.2. The water table is the upper surface of the zone of saturation. The zone of…
Sir, Every time I buy SOM, the first thing I do is to look at the cartoon by Satish Acharya under Star Punch. The quality of cartoons in SOM are world class!…
Sir, Post-conversion to double lane, the Mysuru-Nanjangud stretch on NH 766 has turned deadly with the accident count ascending each week rather than coming down. Recently, two fatalities that occurred on a…
Sir, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is doing a yeoman service by beautifying the footpaths of majority of roads in Mysuru, making it pedestrian-friendly. Though some roads do not have much pedestrian movement,…
Sir, Much to the chagrin of the people of Mysuru, the Yeswantpur-Karwar Express has been rescheduled and now touches Mysuru only thrice a week. The rationale behind the new schedule is hard…
Sir, The road hump provided just adjacent to the DC’s Office building is not scientifically designed one. Moreover, the installation of such humps on roads is mere violation of Supreme Court’s recent…
Sir, On 26th January, around 7.30 pm, a heavy and dense smoke (see photo) had engulfed all around the area behind Civil Law Courts where I reside. I went around the Public…
Sir, I would like to draw the attention of the Department concerned and officials regarding the violation of the rule that bans use of loud intensity crackers and loudspeaker after 10 pm…
Sir, Of late, Mysuru City Traffic Police are earning a substantial amount as fines collected from traffic rule violators. As long as we have irresponsible parents and disobedient children, Traffic Police will…
Sir, I have been travelling in Train No. 16022 Kaveri Express from Mysuru Jn. every Sunday night since eight years now. This train is also preferred by many tourists and IT employees…
Sir, This has reference to the news report “In-house Conservation Laboratory at Mysore Palace” (Star of Mysore dated Jan. 23). While the idea of setting up an in-house Conservation Laboratory for the…
Sir, Civic authorities are seemingly serious to bring back to Mysuru the Cleanest City tag. In actuality, they are guilty of the same laxity which cost our city that tag. The rampancy…
Sir, As we welcome the Mysuru Police Drive on ISI-marked helmets, I also would like them to take necessary steps to control high beam lighting by both four-wheelers and two-wheelers during night…
Sir, The Road from Cheluvamba Park to Ta.Ra.Su Circle (Akashavani Circle) in Yadavagiri, was recently closed for a short time for laying of pipeline. After the completion of work, the road was…
Sir, MCC claims that it is going to implement waste segregation system strictly but Pourakarmikas do not have any facility to segregate the wastes. They dump the wastes together even if we…
Sir, I travel quite often between Mysuru and Bengaluru by train. After completion of double track works, we see that there are a good number of trains running between these two cities.…
Sir, Wearing the helmet has become a useless charade as in majority of cases, just to hoodwink the Police, the two-wheel drivers wear all sorts of helmets that is useless to give…
Sir, I own a house in Vijayanagar 3rd Stage and have been diligently paying house tax for the past 19 years. Last year, when I went to pay the house tax during…
Sir, I had a strange experience on the 2nd of this month, when me and my neighbour set out on different bikes. We were stopped for checking at RTO Circle. I had…
