Sir, A 200-year-old genuine palace is demolished, yet no bleeding-heart heritage advocate is crying foul or protesting that it should be preserved and restored using ancient technology (Royal family rebuilds ‘Bettada Aramane’ in Star of Mysore dated Sept. 16). However, I appreciate Pramoda Devi Wadiyar for rebuilding it using new technology while retaining the same…
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Subway locked for 355 days, open for 10 days
September 22, 2026How long will this continue? Sir, The unused subway near K.R. Hospital on Sayyaji Rao Road has become a classic example of infrastructure without purpose. (Closed subways get Dasara facelift, Star of Mysore dated Sept. 20) For nearly 355 days every year, the subway remains locked. It is opened during Dasara for crowd management and…
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BSNL issues bill without installing telephone!
September 21, 2026Sir, I wish to bring to your notice that BSNL has issued me a telephone bill for Rs. 707 and asked me to make the payment immediately against telephone No. 0821-2434671. I have never applied for this telephone connection, nor has BSNL installed any such telephone at my residence. Despite this, BSNL has been sending…
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Remove dried tree at Kuvempunagar
September 20, 2026Sir, We, the residents of Kuvempunagar, urge the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to immediately remove a dried-up sampige tree located along the main road near Maruthi Temple, behind Kamakshi Hospital. Several representations have already been submitted to the civic authorities seeking removal of the tree, but no action has been taken so far. The road…
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Irregular water supply at Gayathripuram
September 19, 2026Sir, We, the residents of Gayathripuram 1st Stage, wish to draw the attention of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the general public to the serious problem of inadequate and irregular water supply in our locality. Residents are receiving water for only about 1.5 to 2 hours a day and even this supply is neither…
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Prolonged power cuts at Rajivnagar
September 18, 2026Sir, For the past three days, residents of Rajivnagar have been facing frequent and prolonged power cuts. We have been without electricity for nearly 30 hours. Children are unable to study, students preparing for examinations are finding it difficult to concentrate, elderly people are struggling without fans and families are unable to carry out even…
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Endless wait for trains to enter Mysuru Station
September 17, 2026Sir, The South Western Railway (SWR) seems to have little regard for the precious time of passengers. I travelled by Train No. 12614 from KSR Bengaluru to Mysuru on Sept. 9, 2026 and I had a frustrating experience. The train reached the Mysuru Goods Terminal at around 5.15 pm. However, it was kept waiting there…
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Dasara Kambala: Hope wiser counsel will prevail
September 16, 2026Sir, The fact that construction of the track for organising Kambala during Dasara is already underway shows that the Karnataka Government is determined to go ahead with the event, despite serious concerns raised by a wide range of organisations, including Parisarakkaagi Naavu. These organisations have raised concerns about the impact of Kambala on civic infrastructure…
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Illegal garbage dumping in Vijayanagar 1st Stage
September 15, 2026Sir, Despite CCTV installation by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and security monitoring by Jagannatha Centre for Art and Culture (JCAC) in Vijayanagar 1st Stage, dumping along the public road and water drainage channel system behind JCAC continues to worsen. Due to ongoing inaction, the road connecting to K.D. Road has effectively turned into a dump…
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CESC staff leave pruned tree branches on roads
September 13, 2026Sir, Every few months, Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation’s (CESC) green- uniformed staff go around Mysuru pruning tree branches that intrude into overhead electricity lines, a necessary exercise given the safety risks posed by overgrown branches to power cables. On Sept. 9, this pruning drive was carried out on New Kantharaj Urs Road, Kuvempunagar. What is…
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