Sir, The Star Punch by Cartoonist Satish  Acharya (SOM dated Mar.12) speaks volumes about the game of politics in this country. Leaders discarded by one party gets red carpet welcome by the other. The century-old Congress party, battered by two successive Parliament election losses, appears to have not learnt any lessons resulting in loyal and…

Sir, Kudos to Pharmacist N. Raghavan of  Raghulal and Co., for his self-less yeoman service to ensure we have a green cover in Mysuru, over a period of time. (SOM dated Mar. 11). Many organisations in Mysuru plant trees on Environment Day or some other days and pose for photos and then they conveniently forget…

Sir, This is in response to Col. C.P. Muthanna’s letter published in Star of Mysore dated Mar. 13, 2020. Nobody is disputing the approval given by the 37th AGM of Coorg Wildlife Society (CWS) to oppose the proposed Railway project from Mysuru to Kushalnagar. It is a fact that during my Presidency of CWS, I…

Sir, This is with reference to the recent press statement by C.S. Poovaiah with regard to Rs. 90,000 paid to me on account of the PIL against the Railways through Kodagu (Coorg Wildlife Society Hon. Treasurer Resigns in SOM dated Mar.4). I would like to clarify as follows: In my capacity as President of Coorg…

Sir, The train number 16595/16596 Yeswantpur-Karwar-Vasco Da Gama Express was introduced as a daily train very recently. The train, however, doesn’t touch Mangaluru and instead crosses via Padil bypass. The move is welcome but the cancellation of train number 16523/16524 and 16513/14 has put many passengers in jeopardy as the trains no longer travel via…

Sir, The following underbridge roads are dangerous and in a pathetic condition: 1. Immediately after the junction of KRS Road and Ring Road, close to GRS Fantasy Park. 2. Junction of Ring Road towards B.M. Shree Nagar. 3. Junction of B.M. Shree Nagara and Janata Nagar towards Shivarathreeshwara Nagar. 4. Midway junction on Ring Road…

Sir, This refers to the news item titled “Demand for excess auto fare: Nine autos seized” (SOM dated Mar. 5). I have travelled many places in India and excess charging by autos is not taken as serious issue since, everywhere, this is common. However, I find that the auto fare in Mysuru is not monitored…

Sir, Congratulations to the Inspector of Traffic Police and her team attached to V.V. Mohalla Traffic Police Station for initiating an immediate action against a complaint lodged through the Traffic Advisory WhatsApp Group. While laying underground cable by a private agency near Railway Choultry, opposite Sri Venkataramanaswamy Temple, Vontikoppal, a part of the road caved…

Sir, While reading the thought- provoking article titled ‘We need public art’ by Vikram Muthanna (SOM dated Mar.7) in his column In Black & White, I was reminded of my fascinating travel to Montreal. Montreal is designated as a City of Design under the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. And the city does its best to…