Sir, It is given to understand that Indian Railways has made a robust shift to digital transactions through e-ticket booking facility. A passenger has the flexibility to book Rail tickets at ease…
Sir, In the popular article on the famous Brihadeeshwara Temple of Thanjavur, published in SOM dated April 27, the author, Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, has made a passing reference to the mural…
Sir, On May 25, one of my family members started experiencing fever at 5 pm. At around 6 pm, I took him to a Super-speciality Hospital in the city where the RAT…
Sir, I usually read complaints against city officials for not attending to problems in this column regularly. But here is a different story of Saraswathipuram CESC engineer attending and rectifying the problem…
Sir, This has reference to the letter on drive-in or door-to-door vaccination drive by D.V. Mohanprakash (SOM dated May 11). While his suggestion was to avoid overcrowding in vaccination centres (now that…
Sir, This is in response to the question raised by Prof. B.S. Shankara of Ramakrishnanagar with regard to duration of RT-PCR testing (SOM dated May 22). Just as there are cases of…
Sir, With COVID cases spiking all over the country, oxygen concentrators are in great demand of late and we read in newspapers about various individuals and organisations donating the same to COVID…
Sir, This has reference to the news item “Be prepared to increase oxygenated beds, ICUs and ventilators: District Minister” (SOM dated May 15). People are running from pillar to post to find…
Sir, I really appreciate the initiatives taken by various clubs and organisations in extending support to the needy during these trying times. The act of distributing food packets to the underprivileged deserves…
Sir, Apropos the letter in SOM dated May 17 by Dr. P.V. Ravindra, I wish to understand from those concerned regarding the humongous volume of testing for Covid-19 being carried out throughout…
Sir, Prevention is better than cure, so goes the adage. Presently, we are neither fully preventing COVID-19 nor totally curing all the affected people. The main issue here is fund crunch and…
Sir, At the crossing of 12th Main and 3rd Cross Saraswathipuram, electric wire from the pole runs to connect the house (see picture). Every time there is violent shaking either due to…
Sir, This is regarding the software platform provided by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) for online payment of property tax. On 6th of May 2021, I logged onto MCC website, checked the property…
Sir, At the intersection of Ring Road-Bogadi Road, anyone can easily spot a damaged route-signboard which is serving no purpose to the road users over the past 3 years and even the…
Sir, The targeted testing [(Influenza-like illness or ILI) and (Severe Acute Respiratory Infections or SARI)] coupled with lockdown, introducing ‘Covid Mitras’ for proper triaging, providing home isolation kit, telemedicine, streamlining the oxygen…
Sir, There is scarcity of water in BSNL Layout, Doorvaninagar, Shaktinagar Post, near VTU Centre, Mysuru. This is happening quite frequently in the recent past. As a result, residents must run from…
Sir, There are many elderly bed- ridden people in Mysuru for whom the logistics of transportation and risk have been a deterrent to their vaccination. The rapidly emerging mutant variants of covid…
Sir, Now, it is certain that various agencies of the Government have become desperate and carries out thoughtless and wasteful exercises. One such is the sanitisation drive at Agrahara (SOM dated May…
Sir, This is with reference to the letter titled “Odd age problem 44-45years” in Star of Mysore dated May 12. As a Senior Consultant Physician, I wish to clarify the grey area…
Sir, This refers to property tax issues raised by me in ‘Voice of the Reader’ column in SOM dated May 4. To my surprise, the MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag somehow collected my…
Sir, In this column recently, a reader had furnished some details of ugly public behaviour at COVID Vaccination Centres. Best thing for the District Health authorities would be to conduct this service…
Registered beneficiary denied vaccination at two centres Sir, On the evening of May 10, 2021, my son opened CoWIN portal to book an appointment for COVID vaccination. He got a slot and…
Sir, I duly endorse the view expressed by a reader, in this column under the heading ‘Irresponsible societal behaviour’ in SOM dated May 7. One of the major reasons for steep hike…
Sir, Reading Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy’s article about the magnificent Brihadeeswara temple at Thanjavur in Star of Mysore dated Apr.27, my memory went back to my native place (Thanjavur) where I stayed…
