Traffic violations on the rise: Stringent action needed
Sir, In continuation with the letter by Ashok Nayak titled “Use of mobile phone while driving on the rise” in Star of Mysore dated Jan.19, I would like you to use your…


Sir, In continuation with the letter by Ashok Nayak titled “Use of mobile phone while driving on the rise” in Star of Mysore dated Jan.19, I would like you to use your…
Sir, The KRS Road is one of the main roads of Mysuru and since more than a month street-lights are not functioning on this road. It was observed that the cable connecting…
Sir, The recent fatal accident on Ring Road (near GRS Fantasy Park) is an eye-opener to all. I have been travelling in this road since last 15 years and I find that…
Sir, I have been observing these days, more number of drivers, especially two-wheelers, bending their head and holding mobile on one hand while driving. In the process, their concentration on road is…
Sir, Udayaravi Main Road in Kuvempunagar, about a kilometre stretch from Kavitha Departmental Stores on Paduvana Road, is in a very bad condition. The road was not relayed with tar for more…
Sir, It was indeed a pleasure to read the 3-part article titled "A visionary educationist of Mysore: N.S. Subba Rao” written by Dr. Bhagirath S. Naganath under his column 'Mysore Memories' recently.…
Sir, I am a 61-year-old retired person. I took my first dose of Covishield vaccine at the District Hospital in Metagalli on 30.3.2021 and I got the certificate also. On 30.4.2021, I…
Sir, I would like to draw the attention of the civic authority towards the deplorable condition of the park in Chamundipuram 2nd Cross. The park is not cleaned properly or secured tightly…
Sir, I underwent some inconvenience during last week while travelling in the train from Davanagere to Mysuru and today from Mysuru to Bengaluru. Thanks to Indian Railways for immense facilities and comforts…
Sir, I got myself booster vaccinated today. I went in early and by the time the vaccination staff arrived, there were just four persons waiting for the early bird status. However, I…
Sir, We are impressed with your good review and critique of the book “A Place Apart” in Star of Mysore dated Jan. 8, 2022, and agree with your views. The only surprise…
Sir, This is to bring to your notice that I received the COVID vaccination — the first dose on 13th March 2021 and the second dose on 26th April 2021 — at…
Sir, This refers to a recent newspaper report titled ‘How much can you save by switching to EVs in Karnataka?’ Savings by using different type of EVs (Electric Vehicles) as shown in…
Sir, As an ordinary citizen I am disappointed by the imposition of curfew during the weekends across Karnataka. As per Dr. Soumya Swaminathan of WHO, imposition of curfew is an exercise in…
Sir, In N.R. Constituency represented by our MLA Tanveer Sait, there are two satellite bus stand complexes lying vacant — Naidunagar satellite bus stand and Sathagalli satellite bus stand. They were built…
Sir, This refers to the news item “Girl driving to Mysuru for friend’s birthday killed as car topples” (Star of Mysore dated Dec. 28, 2021). This incident of driving fast and losing…
Sir, A 2-year-old child was rushed to our Emergency Room (ER) because the child had swallowed a coin about 3 hours ago. After swallowing the coin at home, the child was in…
Sir, This refers to the weekly column 'Over a cup of evening tea' on the remains of the fallen Raja Marga balustrades (SOM dated Oct. 24, 2021). The enormous tragedy is nobody…
Sir, This has reference to the news item under the title ‘Kannada name-boards: Defaulting business establishments warned’ (SOM dated Oct. 23, 2021). Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Mayor, has in a press statement,…
Sir, Every year during the rains for the last 5 years, we, the residents of 12th Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, have been having huge problems with drains overflowing and water entering the…
Sir, For the last three decades, three to four city buses were running between CBS - Kesare and Naidunagar via Pulikeshi Road, RMC which were very helpful to the people going to…
Sir, KSRTC is the backbone for passenger transportation in our city. From Hootagalli, a number of buses are available to city bus stand but all are via Vontikoppal Post Office, St. Joseph’s…
Sir, This is regarding a dangerous spot on the Ring Road which is prone to accidents. The spot in question is the curve right adjacent to Seshadripuram College. This place has a…
Sir, Recently, the Ring Road was asphalted erasing speed-breakers at two points at Dattagalli side. Earlier, there was a road hump erected at Netaji Circle, as was considered by Kuvempunagar Traffic Police…