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Banner mania in Bogadi !
Sir, Our one-time beautiful Bogadi village road is now turning notoriously infamous into a banner road. There is not a day on which we can see the stretch without some banner or…
14 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Ban use of high beam lights
Sir, This has reference to a report on the above matter in SOM dated 11.2.2017. I have been following up this matter with the Traffic Police in Mysuru for the last five…
14 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Fix reflectors on the barricades
Sir, The news item “Two bike riders killed as they hit road barricades” (SOM dated Feb.10) is really sad and shocking. Two precious lives were lost for no fault of theirs and…
13 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Chamundi Express and Shatabdi: Some suggestions
Sir, The seating arrangement in Chair Car of Chamundi Express train do not conform with that mentioned in the ticket. For example, if seat no. 51 is mentioned as window seat in…
13 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Traffic violations on the rise
Sir, It is surprising to learn that more than 3,000 traffic violations in 45 different categories were being noticed on a Sunday in city. Several hundreds or thousands more violations might be…
13 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Is this the way to cross the road?
Sir, Many vehicle-users comment on the Traffic Police whenever there is an inconvenience caused to them due to any reason related to traffic movement. But if one looks at the above picture,…
12 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Can we have a flawless widening of Vivekananda Circle-Srirampura Road
Sir, I refer to the interesting article by V.N. Prasad in SOM dated 4.1.2017. The suggestion made by the author is very much necessary lest the public money goes to drain in…
12 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Plan for pedestrian walkways at RUBs and ROBs
Sir, This has reference to the news item ‘New Railway Over and Under Bridges sanctioned for city’ (SOM dated Feb.6). While welcoming such Road Under Bridges (RUBs) and Road Over Bridges (ROBs)…
11 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Harrowing experience in Rajya Rani Express
Sir, Just a few days back I was travelling to Bengaluru by Rajya Rani Express which departs from Mysuru at 2.30 pm. The journey was very awesome up to Naganahalli. The train…
10 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Suppress urine stench around Lansdowne building
Sir, The Clean City tag for Mysuru is deserved for many reasons but not for few reasons. Some aspects lets down the criteria at many places. The entire stretch of Lansdowne building…
9 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Elected leaders have failed Sy. No. 4 victims: Mysureans together must fight all kinds of Govt. apathy
Sir, The raging controversy over layouts coming under Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41 clearly shows that our elected representatives including the MP, MLAs, MLCs and Corporators have not…
9 Mar 2017 · 2 min read
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Woes of a bus passenger
Sir, I would like to draw the attention of the authorities concerned towards the difficulties faced by the aged passengers who are alighting from the long distance buses at Mysuru. In the…
8 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Common Man of India-2017
Sir, This has reference to ‘Abracadabra’ by KBG in SOM dated Feb. 13, 2017. I am not a cartoonist nor am I good at drawing. Hence I thought I would write about…
8 Mar 2017 · 2 min read
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SOM’s first editorial promises delivered
Sir, Thank you for publishing the first editorial, heralding the birth of Star of Mysore on 16.2.1978, 39 years back, in the Special 40th Anniversary Issue dated 16.2.2017. It was quite exhaustive…
7 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Political parties should not vandalise Fountain Circles
Sir, I was heart-broken last evening on seeing the newly-constructed Elephant Fountain Circle at Moulana Abul Kalam Azad Circle (Highway Circle) vandalised by a political party with its flags wrapped all around…
6 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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How to control stray dog population
Sir, Residents of Ramakrishna-nagar H-Bock have been facing the problem of stray dogs chasing children, cyclists, two-wheelers, vendors,cattle etc., besides making loud noise during night and thus depriving us the much-needed sleep.…
5 Mar 2017 · 2 min read
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Don’t urbanise this beautiful lake
Sir, Kukkarahalli Kere is a walker’s paradise. And I speak for all morning and evening joggers when I say that hundreds of people enjoy the quietness and silence it provides. As do…
4 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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The last word on de-silting of Kukkarahalli Lake: A Botanist’s observations
Sir, For the last 10 days, interesting observations, exaggerated statistics and impending threats to biodiversity of Kukkarahalli Lake are being discussed in different forums by different group of activists. All are ill-conceived.…
4 Mar 2017 · 4 min read
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Kukkarahalli Lake development: Response to Editor’s Note
Sir, This is in response to the editorial note regarding Kukkarahalli Lake issue (SOM dated Feb.28). I have covered almost all the points regarding why developmental activities are not required in Kukkarahalli…
3 Mar 2017 · 3 min read
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Shifting of Gokulam 3rd Stage Post Office inconveniencing elders
Sir, Yesterday when I went to the V.V Mohalla Post Office with a Bank cheque to be credited to my PPF account, there I was asked to send it through the Post…
2 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Take steps to curb accidents on Ring Road
Sir, It was disheartening to read the news item “IAF staffer killed in bike accident” (Star of Mysore dated Feb. 12). Many road accidents have occurred in the Ring Road starting from…
1 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Chronic traffic rules violators
Sir, In spite of vigilant checks by the Traffic Police at many vantage points, we still can see plenty of traffic rules violators. In the attached photo one rider appears to be…
1 Mar 2017 · 1 min read
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Restore feeder canal to augment inflow of water to Kukkarahalli Lake
Sir, I write this letter with an intention to add to the voice being raised by concerned citizens against the ill-conceived ‘development’ works being implemented in the Kukkarahalli Tank and its environs.…
28 Feb 2017 · 2 min read
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Enough of developmental works at Kukkarahalli Lake
Sir, Developmental works such as widening walking path, boating activities, de-silting, children’s park and butterfly park are on at the Kukkarahalli Lake. Are these works necessary? At the Lake, over 170 species…
28 Feb 2017 · 2 min read