Sir, Recently, our travel to Mangaluru from Mysuru by road was particularly inconvenient and chaotic from Mani in Puttur to B.C. Road in Bantwal as the stretch is in complete chaos due…
Sir, Vande Bharat Express — previously known as Train 18, a semi-high-speed, electric multiple unit train — from Chennai to Mysuru to be inaugurated on Nov. 11 by Prime Minister Modi puts…
Sir, This has reference to the news ‘University of Mysore to be limited to Mysuru city, district’ (SOM dated Oct. 10). The University of Mysore (UoM) is the first University in the…
Sir, While I move on the roads of Mysuru driving my car, I have noticed erratic behaviour of youths and middle aged persons riding two-wheelers. Most of the time the two-seater motor…
Sir, On behalf of 55-plus member industries of Nanjangud Industries Association (NIA), we would like to bring to the notice of the authorities concerned the extremely poor condition of the Mysuru-Nanjangud National…
Sir, This is to bring to the attention of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) regarding the bad road conditions in 2nd Main, Vontikoppal, Nirmala Convent Road. It is very difficult for the…
Sir, Dasara has come and gone. And as expected, the roads which were not repaired before Dasara are still the same. Many concerned citizens including me had written in this column about…
Sir, The 8th Cross, Vinaya Marga, Siddartha Layout, has three segments. One segment between Neethi Marga and San Marga, the other between San Marga and Vinaya Marga and the third between Vinaya…
Sir, Kudos to Gouri Satya for the wonderful history of ‘Fountain Circle’ or the ‘Elgin Fountain’ (SOM dated Oct.19). This is exactly what I have been asking for the past several years,…
Sir, This refers to the news item titled ‘Collapsing of multiple heritage structures causes concern’ (Star of Mysore dated Oct.22) showing pictures of six heritage structures. The issue has finally galvanised the…
Sir, It was reported that one more landslide has struck the Nandi Statue Road atop Chamundi Hill (SOM dated Oct. 21). Repeated slides seem to have given rise to the perception that…
Sir, This refers to the news item titled “Going Green: MCC uses e-Autos to collect waste” in SOM dated Oct. 13. The use of battery is no doubt pollution-free apparently, as it…
Sir, Apropos the above photo published on page-4 of Star of Mysore dated 6th October. Of hundreds, if not thousands of people, on top of the Lansdowne building to witness Dasara procession,…
Sir, In a span of 2 to 3 months, I have visited Chamundi Hill Temple twice and both the times, I had bad experience near the entrance to garbhagudi. As one reaches…
Sir, This is regarding the report titled “Portion of Mysore Palace fort wall collapses near Kote Maramma Temple” in Star of Mysore dated Oct.18. Since the structure is more than 100 years…
Sir, Since covid outbreak, the rise in crime has left citizens in a spot of bother in Mysuru. Loot, theft, burglary, chain-snatching etc., are on the rise, especially in city outskirts. Burglary…
Sir, We would like to draw the attention of Mysuru Dasara Cultural Sub-Committee members through this column. During Dasara many cultural programmes are arranged at various locations — around 15 to 20…
Sir, When I travel from Saraswathipuram in an autorickshaw to Canara Bank near Ballal Circle (rarely it is called by its name as Ashoka Circle), usually I avoid using the diagonal road…
Sir, Apropos to the news item, ‘The City of Circles’ in Star of Mysore dated Oct.14, 2022. Though the decision of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to beautify some Circles in the…
Sir, I have seen the civic authorities are building good tiled footpaths next to the main road in most of the places in the city and the new roads are asphalted pre…
Sir, Apropos the report in SOM last month announcing the inauguration of Lingambudhi Botanical Garden on Sept.26 (coinciding with Dasara), the report said that this garden will function from 7 am to…
Sir, It is heartening to know that a branch of Kidwai Cancer Research and Palliative Care Centre is being opened in Mysuru. According to the report in Star of Mysore dated Oct.…
Sir, We are very happy to see the responses of City Administrators and Legislators to the readers’ letters in this column. Let me also present the problems faced by several commuters of…
Sir, I visited Nanjangud the other day and was shocked to see the roads in such a pathetic condition. Many stretches are unmotorable, with craters and potholes all along the road. The…
