Sir, The streets around Vijayanagar Water Tank and adjacent Railway Layout in Vijayanagar Second Stage is infested with street dogs that endanger the movements of pedestrians in the area. The dogs also enter the parks in the area and pose a potential threat to the park users. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities are requested…
Plug overflowing manhole on Hunsur Road in Vijayanagar
June 16, 2020Sir, The manhole in front of Shell Petrol Bunk on Hunsur Road, Vijayanagar, is overflowing on the main road since a couple of months. The stench emanating is nauseating, apart from causing inconvenience to the motorists especially for two-wheelers. When the two-wheeler riders suddenly see the overflowing sewage on the road, they swerve their vehicle…
Installation of automatic street light controllers: Some thoughts
June 15, 2020Sir, Many have suggested installation of automatic street light controllers in city. Yes, it is a good idea but will it work is the million dollar question? I have worked in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait for over 40 years and visited many places abroad. In Saudi and Kuwait, once a scheme is implemented there is…
Automatic street light controllers: Need of the hour in Mysuru city
June 14, 2020Sir, This refers to the recent letters by Prof. B. S. Shankara and Dr. S.V.N. Vijayendra about the urgency to install automatic street light controllers in city. I strongly support their views and urge the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to take up this project as early as possible. I recall that MCC was approached by…
Traffic rule violators on the rise
June 13, 2020Sir, With the Mysuru City Police busy in monitoring activities connected to COVID-19, the undisciplined motorists are having a heyday on Mysuru roads now. Two-wheelers are happily riding without helmets, resting their mobile phones on their shoulders and talking, riding on the wrong sides of both one-way and two-way roads, jumping signals and risking other…
Aadhaar applicants and Cyber Centres
June 12, 2020Sir, The Aadhaar Seva Kendras (ASKs) in Vijayanagar and Saraswathipuram have recently re-opened after the lockdown was relaxed in Mysuru. The ASK had announced that only applicants with online appointments will be accepted. So there is a rush to get appointments from the Cyber Centres. It has been observed that some Cyber Centres are allegedly…
Install automatic street light controllers to save energy and money
June 11, 2020Sir, Apropos to the letter ‘Maintain street lights: Conserve electricity’ by Prof. B.S. Shankara (‘SOM’ dated June 8). Similar to the street lights in the city limits, the street lights on Outer Ring Road (ORR) are being switched on early wasting the electricity. The pathetic condition was non-payment of dues that resulted in darkness on…
Check rash driving on Ring Road
June 10, 2020Sir, I want to bring to the notice of all the readers that we have seen some really rash driving on the Ring Road of our city. With lockdown restrictions and empty roads, youngsters have taken to Ring Road to showcase their senseless thirst for speed. I have, in the past one week, noticed three…
Non-functioning street light set right
June 8, 2020Sir, I had recently written about non-functioning of street light in Income Tax Layout, Mysuru, for the past ten days. Today afternoon, this repair work was attended to by the authorities providing much relief to the residents. I take this opportunity to thank the authorities for redressing the grievance and also ‘SOM’ for highlighting the…
An appeal to MCC: Maintain street lights, conserve electricity
June 8, 2020Sir, I wish to appeal to the authorities of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the Corporators to adopt latest technology to conserve electricity wasted daily through thousands of street lights not being switched off well in time. It is strange to observe several street lights burning well after sunrise. In these summer days, sunrise is…
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