Sir, In recent times salary is not being disbursed on time to the employees of Degree Colleges (Government and aided), Engineering and Polytechnics in particular from the Government. In fact the salary is being delayed by two to three months. Whenever the officials concerned are enquired in the Department in this regard, they give evasive…
Ring Road plunges into darkness yet again
November 4, 2020Sir, This refers to the news item “Ring of Light: 42-Km Outer Ring Road Glows, Again” in SOM dated May 9, 2020. The lights have gone off and the road has again plunged into darkness, endangering the safety of people using the motorway and residents of layouts beyond the road. The city including the Columbia…
Swachh Bharat Lesson: An eye-opener for citizens
November 3, 2020Sir, Kudos to Madetira Thimmaiah, ex-GP President, Kadagadaalu in Kodagu district, for reminding the responsibilities to the youths of the country to keep our country clean by calling the youths from our city to come and pick-up the trash thrown by them on to the roadside in Kodagu (Swachh Bharat Lesson, SOM dated Oct. 31)…
Un-motorable Kalidasa Road
November 2, 2020Sir, Since a couple of months, Kalidasa Road is in a totally neglected state. This road is one of the main roads of Mysuru having a lot of medical facilities, good number of banks and other commercial establishments. Also it is one of the main roads leading to Vijayanagar Layout. The stretch of the road…
Open Gangothri campus for morning walkers
October 31, 2020Sir, The sprawling Manasagangothri campus, often awash with morning walkers and joggers, wears a deserted look. The Government has unlocked the economy; domestic flights, buses, metros are operating. Even gyms and theatres were given a go-ahead signal. At a time when everybody has access to everything and anything, health conscious people who are often wedded…
Transfer of pension from one account to another of same bank branch
October 30, 2020Sir, Recently, a Central Government pensioner applied for transfer of his pension from one account in a branch of SBI to another account with a different branch of the same bank in the same city. The transferor branch, in its knowledge, transferred the SB account through which the pension was being operated itself to the…
Shanthaveri Gopala Gowda Nagar crying for attention
October 29, 2020Sir, Recently, Muda announced its plan of building a satellite town by acquiring some villages around Mysuru and also form new Layouts. But why is it not taking care of its existing Layouts? Muda Layout Shanthaveri Gopala Gowda Nagar’s maintenance is very poor when compared to other Private Layouts in its surrounding areas. Muda seems…
When will Gokulam Post Office get its own building?
October 28, 2020Sir, The Gokulam Post Office has been functioning for the past few decades. Unfortunately, it does not have its own building and as such the Office has shifted its location whenever the owner wants them to vacate. This has happened several times and each time the customer has to go to the Yadavagiri Post Office…
More on symptoms and treatment of Parvo in puppies
October 27, 2020Sir, This is with regard to Maneka Gandhi’s column titled ‘Pet Talk (Symptoms and treatment of Parvo in puppies)’ in SOM dated Oct. 21, 2020. She spoke extensively regarding treatment of Parvoviral gastroenteritis or PVGE as it is commonly known. PVGE is a deadly and remarkably contagious disease that invariably affects a large proportion of…
Unwise decision to open tourist spots
October 24, 2020Sir, Apropos the news item “All tourist spots in Mysuru, Mandya open for visitors” (SOM dated Oct.17), it is indeed a very unwise decision now to open all tourist spots during the festival period, after having banned entry to such places earlier. Although the Government has urged people to follow COVID safety norms strictly, they…
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