Sir, The recent announcement by Railway Board regarding complete electrification of its Railway Network by 2023 is welcome. Indian Railways, of late, is dependent much on fossil fuel through diesel-powered locos affecting…
Sir, I fully agree with the views expressed by Dr. Javeed Nayeem in his article Time For A Little More Patience! (SOM dated Dec. 27). The existing COVID-19 is still active in…
Sir, I am writing with great anguish about the honking menace by motorists travelling on various vehicles here at Akashvani Circle, Yadavagiri. This is especially those coming from Sri Ramakrishna Ashram side…
Sir, This refers to the news item ‘Yuva Brigade volunteers clean Kapila bathing ghat in Nanjangud’ (SOM dated Dec. 26). Volunteers of Yuva Brigade deserve encomiums for their cleanliness drive at the…
Sir, This is in support of the letter “Toll Plaza-free India: Why make FasTag Mandatory?” by Prof. B.S. Shankara in Star of Mysore dated Dec. 21. Most of the 4-wheeler users may…
Sir, The Government has planned to eliminate cash transactions completely at Toll Plazas on Highways from Jan.1, 2021. Though it is a welcome move to save time, fuel and air pollution at…
Sir, The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has taken up computerising the calculation, collection and managing property tax in Mysuru. Another government body (Survey Settlement and Land Records, Urban Property Ownership Record —…
Sir, Apropos the letter “Toll Plaza-free India: Why make FASTag mandatory?” (SOM dated Dec.21), Prof. B.S. Shankara (retd.) has very clearly highlighted the lacuna in Government policies. When a car owner has…
Sir, Recently the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had announced that citizens can get their voter ID changes done. This included address, name and other changes which was a long overdue drive by…
Sir, It was fascinating to go through Gouri Satya’s write-up in SOM dated Dec. 20 on ‘De Havilland Arch, an Engineering Marvel’ in continuation of Dr. Javeed Nayeem’s article. Of course, needless…
Sir, This is regarding the Inner Ring Road in between Vishwesh-waranagar and JP Nagar near Shaneeshwara temple. At two places, there are deep openings (drainage line) right in the middle of the…
Sir, Apropos the news item 'FASTag mandatory for all 4-wheelers' (SOM dated Dec.19), I wish to express my dismay at the strange rules without application of mind by the authorities. The report…
Sir, I am a resident of 9th Cross Srirampura 2nd Stage, Mysuru. Earlier, the garbage was being collected daily. Since about the last one month, the garbage collection from our street has…
Sir, So very glad to share with SOM readers that the Jeevan Praman Patra (Digital Life Certificate) was processed at my doorstep by the Postman of Gokulam Post Office. I am a…
Sir, The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) should kickstart immediately e-waste collection centre in each and every district of Karnataka. Since almost all electronic scrap components, such as CPUs, PCB etc.,…
Sir,This has reference to the tragic death of three of a family near Dandi Maramma Temple on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road when a car driven by a minor hit the median and jumped to…
Sir, There is a big Rajakaluve - Rain water drain running in Dattagalli crossing the Ring Road. This Rajakaluve is filled with drainage water and silt, emanating foul smell in the entire…
Sir, Recently Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) made a public notification for awarding a reasonable compensation to the road accident victims, if the cause for such accidents are on account of potholes…
Sir, This is with reference to the letter on Pensioners’ Life Certificate (SOM dated Dec.8). My experience in this regard has been much more harrowing. On my visit to the concerned Bank…
Sir, I was nonplussed to read that Mysuru was gearing up for seven-star rating in garbage-free city category under the next Swachh Survekshan (Star of Mysore dated Dec.5). My city, no doubt,…
Sir, The number of stray dogs in residential areas of Mysuru have significantly increased. It is very dangerous when they chase people on bikes. Since the schools are shut down, children are…
Sir, The bus service on Ring Road needs to be improved. Now we have two bus depots in the opposite sides of Ring Road — plying two buses from Vijayanagar Depot and…
Sir, The areas in and around Vijayanagar Water Tank are in complete shambles. Roads are ripped off for more than a year now. The Park stretch between Vidyavardhaka Engineering College and temporary…
Sir, Now almost all commercial establishments welcome their customers with a hand sanitiser — either pedal-operated or hand-pressed. In some establishments it is seen that the pedal-operated sanitiser will have the sanitiser…
