Sir, To ease payment of property tax, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) came with an innovative idea of affixing a QR code at each property and the property owners were eager to scan and pay the tax, which in turn was an utter flop. While the system was not foolproof, why did the MCC resort…

Sir, The Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) online tax collection system appears to be streamlined compared to the problems faced last year. But there are many shortcomings in the whole scheme adapted by MCC. Last year to provide fool-proof system, MCC officials visited door-to-door, took residence pictures from all angles, collected owner’s pictures, Khata papers, building…

Sir, It is good that the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has at last got the online payment of property tax for the year 2022-23 working or so it seems. Now owners can pay their property tax from the comfort of their homes and there is no need for us to disturb the Revenue Officers. I…

Sir, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in his tweet has said that the travel time between Bengaluru and Mysuru will be reduced to 75 minutes (Zip from Mysuru to Bengaluru in 75 minutes from October in ‘Star of Mysore’ dated 29.3.2022). True, it sounds alluring in an environment when life these…

Sir, The news of vehicle users of Mysuru city paying Rs. 23.6 crore as traffic fines for just     three years from 2019 to 2021, which included lockdown periods, indicates the extent of traffic rule violations (Star of Mysore dated Mar. 19, 2022). Thus, Mysuru city secured top rank in traffic fines among all tier-2 cities…

Sir, I would like to bring to the notice of authorities the difficulty being faced by people living and travelling around Alanahalli region, particularly the Ring Road stretch between Devegowda Circle and T. Narasipur Circle (the distance between the Circles is just around a km or so). There are at least 7 to 8 liquor…

Sir, City bus route No. 10A which was operating from J.P. Nagar last bus stop to L&T via Chamundipuram, Ashoka Circle, Ramaswamy Circle, Vontikoppal and route No. 11R which was operating from the same route to city bus stand via K.R. Hospital was stopped a year ago. These two buses were very helpful to the…

Sir, We wish to draw the attention of the local MLA, Deputy Mayor and Muda Commissioner towards the poor maintenance of parks, roads and street-lights in our locality (Devanur 3rd Stage, now known as Rajivnagar 3rd Stage). The new layout was developed by MUDA and sites were distributed during 1991 but not a single house…

Sir, Recently, there was a drive to prevent/stop footpath encroachment by businesses and households in central business area of city. The Mysuru City Corporation served notice and imposed fine on defaulters. The picture alongside shows the entire footpath of approximately 15-plus feet on either side of the road being occupied. This is common throughout the…