Sir, The new Zone 3 Office of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) in Sharadadevinagar is ready for occupation and it is situated across the road of Tapovan Solace Apartment. We, a couple of quite senior residents, just walked across and felt happy to see the imposing building. More happy we felt to come across the above…
Stray dog menace: MCC needs to wake up
January 12, 2025Sir, This is regarding the stray dog menace across the city. I have been informed that the team — PFA — commissioned to round up and sterilise street dogs has ceased operations due to non-payment of dues by MCC. Until recently, I regularly sought their services and they were remarkably prompt in dispatching their team…
Expansion of air services from Mysuru: A good move
January 11, 2025Sir, It is indeed great news that Air Kerala is exploring the possibility of expanding air services to Mysuru (Air Kerala explores Air Services from Mysuru in Star of Mysore dated Jan. 4). The focus on improving tourism and the intention to establish an Aviation Academy in Mysuru are truly commendable initiatives. We Mysureans are…
Abandon the illogical bus terminal at Bannimantap
January 10, 2025Implement Mass Rapid Transit System on Outer Ring Road Sir, The proposed bus terminal at Bannimantap has sparked intense public debate. There have been two other write-ups in Star of Mysore (‘Need to send DPR back to the Drawing Board’ by Bhamy V. Shenoy and ‘A brand new bus stand in a very wrong new…
New Bannimantap Bus Terminal: Desi Problems Need Desi Solutions!
January 9, 2025Sir, This has reference to the suggestion to ponder over a multi-level bus terminal within the Bannimantap Bus Depot area (‘New KSRTC Bus Stand at Bannimantap: Need to send DPR back to the Drawing Board — Why not an underground multi-level bus stand like in New York City?’ by Bhamy V. Shenoy in Star of…
UPOR & e-Khata: Property owners in a dilemma
January 8, 2025Sir, Way back in 2016, all property owners received notices to furnish their property details, like title deed, sale deed, tax paid receipt, Aadhaar, pan, owners photo etc. Hard copies were submitted to Urban Property Ownership Record (UPOR) Office under Revenue Department, Government of Karnataka. They digitised the documents and issued a certificate showing property…
Please vacate illegal auto stand near Zoo
January 7, 2025Sir, Despite numerous complaints to the Traffic Police, no action has been taken against the illegal auto stand located at the exit of the Zoo underpass. Recently, while dropping my cousin at Ittigegud, I encountered this issue first-hand. Nearing the underpass exit, I found that auto drivers had blocked one side of the road, forcing…
e-Aasthi process: Frustrating delay
January 6, 2025Sir, In August-September 2023, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) initiated a door-to-door drive in our area to collect inputs for the e-Aasthi process. Representatives from an NGO visited each house on our road, gathered the required data and handed it over to the authorities concerned. The representative collected the materials at my residence on September…
No street lights on a stretch of Mahadevapura Main Road
January 6, 2025Sir, This is to inform the authorities and elected representatives of the lack of street lights on Mahadevapura Main Road (also known as Azeez Sait Main Road for a stretch). This road extends from its starting point near the Nexus Mall junction (formerly Forum Mall) to its joining point at the Outer Ring Road near…
Govt. should preserve Mysore Vasudevacharya’s house
January 5, 2025Sir, Mysore Vasudevacharya’s House on New Sayyaji Rao Road in Agrahara, Mysuru, is the Kashi for musicians where they render concerts. It is now a heritage building and given free of cost by the descendants of the late Karnatak Music Maestro Mysore Vasudevacharya. It is a simple partly tiled house on the busy Sayyaji Rao…
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