City MLAs, MP should help Sir, The recent Notification by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) asking the property owners to provide certain ownership documents to enable it to digitise ownership records raises certain fundamental questions with regard to its necessity and the functioning of the MCC. Further it also unnecessarily exposes the property owners to…

Sir, This is to bring to the notice of the Traffic Police authorities concerned about the rampant ongoing menace of using mobile phones while riding two-wheelers in and around the city. Despite highlighting this issue multiple times by many concerned citizens, we are yet to see any concrete steps taken in this regard by the…

Sir, The decline of passenger traffic from Mysore Airport is definitely due to two main reasons. One, except to Chennai and Hyderabad, there are no flights connecting smaller cities and two, lack of information regarding flights and other details to general public. If flights to smaller cities like Belagavi, Shivamogga, Hubballi, Mangaluru, Kochi, Goa, Pune,…

Sir, Mysuru, a tourist hub and a busy city throughout the year with constant flow of tourists, has two prime entrances — one is the City Railway Station and the other is our Suburban Bus Stand. No doubt the Railway Station has been upgraded several times and made easily accessible to users but the KSRTC…

Sir, The abject neglect of space earmarked for a park and the adjoining civic amenities (CA) site in Thathappa Layout, Udayagiri, by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has become a source of concern for residents of the locality. The park and the adjoining CA site that initially turned into a dumping ground for silt removed from…

Sir, Several retro-reflective bollards along the cycle track on Vishwamanava Double Road, located 100 metres from Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Circle in city, have been vandalised. The incident occurred right before a tender coconut stall in the vicinity. Until yesterday, the cycle track was in good condition. However, today it was discovered that the retro-reflective bollards meant…

Sir, The condition of KSRTC buses operating in and around Mysuru city has significantly worsened, with frequent breakdowns leading to passengers being stranded. This decline in service quality is attributed to a combination of factors, primarily overcrowding due to the implementation of free travel for women by the current Karnataka Government and inadequate maintenance. Free…

Sir, The tragic incident involving the death of four persons and injuries to five others occurred in Hunsur town and it took place at a turning in front of the RTO Office. A four-wheeler, moving on its designated side, collided head-on with a KSRTC electric bus at 8.30 am (reported as a ghastly accident in…

Why not Old Exhibition Building? Sir, Apropos the letter by K.B. Ganapathy calling for providing the city with a world class art gallery (SOM dated Dec.23), I would like to bring to the notice of people concerned a few points pertaining to the plight of artists of this city who wished to conduct exhibitions of…