Sir, We, the senior citizens of Ramakrishnanagar in city, are engaged in environmental and social volunteering services in our locality. On behalf of all the residents who have installed Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) facility, we are highlighting our grievances. With great fanfare, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) came out with an announcement on on Jan.25, 2021…
Yeshasvini Health Scheme: MAHAN clarifies stand
February 1, 2023Sir, This is with reference to the news report in yesterday’s SOM which says that as per a statement issued by the District Health Officer (DHO), thirty private hospitals in the district have agreed to get empanelled under the relaunched Yeshasvini Health Insurance Scheme. I wish the DHO Office had also released a list of…
Mitigate parking woes at Bus Stand
January 31, 2023Sir, Apropos “MCC proposes innovative precast multi-level parking”, I hope the authorities concerned will proceed positively without any delay by citing various rules and regulations. This is definitely a long over-due proposal, which will mitigate the current woes faced by motorists to park their vehicles in the Suburban Bus Stand basement. Only very limited parking…
12 years, work on parking lot at Town Hall remains incomplete
January 31, 2023Sir, The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has proposed innovative precast multi-level parking lot near KSRTC Suburban Bus Stand, which seems quixotic (Star of Mysore dated Dec. 18, 2022). It is shameful, as the work on building a parking lot at Town Hall started in 2011 is yet to be completed and only God knows how…
Road near college at Dattagalli needs repair
January 30, 2023Sir, The road on 3rd ‘A’ cross situated off Outer Ring Road in front of Sukrutha PU College, Dattagalli in city, is crying deeply over the apathy of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). Neither the MCC nor the Corporator have given due attention to repair the road full of potholes and asphalt it to the safe…
Install speed-breakers on road stretch near SJCE
January 29, 2023Sir, A stretch of road near Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), leading from All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) in one direction and Hunsur Road in the opposite direction, is badly in need of a speed-breaker. Some motorists, especially two wheelers, are riding at a rattling speed from both the directions in…
Unruly practice at Yaraganahalli Crematorium affecting nearby residents
January 28, 2023Sir, At Yaraganahalli Crematorium one can see that the dead bodies are cremated as per the whims and fancies of the family members of the deceased persons. Despite having two platforms made for the funeral pyre, the bereaved relatives are cremating the bodies on their own will at which ever place they feel suitable within…
MCC must crack whip on pig menace at Dattagalli 3rd Stage
January 27, 2023Sir, From the last two to three months, we have been seeing that a group of pigs is roaming around near Rotary School, ‘H’ block, Dattagalli 3rd Stage in the city. For some time we thought they were wild pigs which came from nearby villages like Kergalli. But after observing keenly, we came to know…
Street vendor blocks footpath near new DC Office on Mysuru-Bannur Road
January 25, 2023Sir, The footpath near new Deputy Commissioner’s Office complex on Mysuru – Bannur Road is blocked by a street vendor. As a result, pedestrians walk on the footpath on this busy stretch. There is no hump or traffic signal on this particular stretch near CPWD Office to cross which is also life threatening. Vehicles move…
Sign board near Hunsur road leads to confusion
January 24, 2023Sir, Recently, Mysuru City Cor-poration (MCC) erected a sign board indicating the direction on Hunsur Road about 200 metres after the junction of Temple Road and Hunsur Road, ahead of St. Joseph’s School, proclaiming that the next road to the left hand side is “Temple Road”. I fail to comprehend the com-placent and irresponsible attitude…
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