Sir, It was in February 1978, I got my new house in Gokulam 3rd Stage. I went to the Mysuru City Corporation and requested the officials there about fixing annual rental value…
Sir, Big, colourful cut-outs of politicians and their kin, glorifying their birthdays, or putting up huge posters to welcome leaders on any occasion, are common now. Of late, the passion has multiplied…
Sir, There are two electric poles in front of my house. We had lodged a complaint to CESC about 10 years ago to replace the old pole which was in a pathetic…
Sir, The Niranjana Mutt (Anathalaya, meaning Orphanage) which is in the news of late belonged to one Nanjundaswamy, who was also popularly known as Niranjana Swamy. Later, the place came to be…
Sir, This refers to Prof. G. L. Shekar’s article titled “A case for multimodal public transport network” (Star of Mysore dated Sept.11). I am very happy that NIE has taken up a…
Sir, The erstwhile City Improvement Trust Board (CITB) developed various well-laid layouts and extensions by offering lot of amenities to the public. One such amenity was the provision of about ten feet…
Sir, Innumerable number of readers have raised their voice about the pathetic condition of the road from Vijayanagar Water Tank to Trinetra Circle. This road is utterly in a very bad shape…
Sir, Mysuru city holds the distinction of being one of the earliest well-planned cities in India. But unfortunately, it is appalling to see the present sorry state of roads in Namma Mysuru.…
Sir, It is not just the spike in crimes that requires the attention of City Police, City Corporation and the district authorities concerned, but also on the pathetic condition of roads adjoining…
Sir, We are reading in newspapers a demand for renaming the Rajiv Gandhi National Park at Nagarahole as Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa National Park. Considering the sentiments of the local people and…
Sir, I fully endorse the opinion expressed by Dr. M. Shyamprasad (Curb noise pollution by street hawkers, SOM dated Aug.28). The street hawkers use amplifiers for their business and to give relief…
Sir, Most of the roads — opposite to Fire Brigade, Christ the King Convent, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, so on and so forth — in Mysuru city have pits and potholes.…
Sir, The above picture was taken on Mysuru Ring Road near the road which connects Sankranthi Circle (Hebbal) to the Ring Road. As you can see, there is a big hole where…
Sir, Apropos ‘Tribute to Sr. Annette from a friend’ by Jennifer Bhide (Star of Mysore dated Sept. 1). My father worked under David Syiem, IAS, when he was the Mysuru City Corporation…
Sir, This refers to the write-up titled “City’s booming stationery business now stationary” (Star of Mysore dated Sept. 2). A stationery store situated near my residence has on its name-board spelt ‘stationery’…
Sir, Apropos the letter from Dr. M. Shyamprasad (SOM dated Aug.28), I wish to express my full agreement with the point made and the appeal to the authorities to curb the menace.…
Sir, With the installation of working traffic signal lights at Akashvani Circle on KRS Road in Yadavagiri, the issues faced by the motorists stand resolved to a certain extent while manoeuvring this…
Sir, This is to thank K.B. Ganapathy for the tribute dedicated to Sr. Annette under the title “No X-mas cake to my sister Reverend Sr. Annette” in his Abracadabra column (SOM dated…
Sir, The gang rape of a student by some youths in this heritage city makes all of us hang our heads in shame. As a retired senior citizen, I have come across…
Sir, The potholed 3rd A Cross road at I-Block, Dattagalli-Kana-kadasanagar, the photo of which was published recently in SOM, hasn’t so far evoked any response from the authorities or area Corporator. Every…
Sir, It pains me to say that civic deformities abound the temple town Nanjangud. The Railway under-bridge opposite main Post Office on the busy MGS Road is an eyesore, hindering movement of…
Sir, Everybody is pitying and encouraging street hawkers for giving the supply of our daily needs at our doorsteps, thus avoiding crowding at business places during Corona times. But of late, many…
Sir, Anything above 40 kmph on our Highways is now considered over-speeding. We can see interceptors hiding on the Highways and the Ring Road to catch motorists going over 40 kmph. There…
Sir, Recently I read the Abracadabra titled ‘Secret to a long and happy life’ (SOM dated July 16, 2021) and I wish to add the following: In Japan, 2 million people are…
