Sir, During early years of opening of Garuda Mall on Albert Victor (AV) Road near K.R. Circle, cars were allowed to enter the basement of the Mall to park during shopping. Of late the entrance of the parking lot has been shifted to the road behind the Mall. However, even today many cars try to…
Dangerous junction box
November 25, 2019Sir, The lackadaisical attitude of CESC employees is just shocking. Most of the streetlight poles on Devaraja Urs Road have open electrical junction boxes with wires protruding outside the box. It is extremely dangerous to walk close to these light poles. In some junction boxes, the wires are secured with an insulation tape and in…
Heritage building Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion needs attention
November 24, 2019Sir, When I go for morning walk with Prof. Sheik Ali, we see a board at the entrance gate indicating that it is Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion and below it is written Museum Complex (see picture). If there is no indication about the visiting hours how can visitors know about it? It is not known whether…
‘Platform’ dogs: A menace to train passengers!
November 24, 2019Sir, The problem of street dogs is not limited to the streets of the city. Their presence is seen on the platforms of the City Railway Station too. At least three dogs were seen on the same platform during my recent visit to the Station. Their total number may be a wild guess. According to…
Use of high-beam lights attributed to lack of streetlights
November 23, 2019Sir, This refers to Dr. S.V.N. Vijayendra’s write-up in connection with the accident at RTO Circle. I whole-heartedly agree with him that most of the vehicle drivers are misusing the high-beam lights within city limits and flouting traffic rules. But after dusk, most of the roads in Mysuru do not have streetlights and the ones…
Create a new Housing Directorate / Authority
November 22, 2019Sir, Apropos “Drop Ballahalli Layout Project” (SOM dated Oct.14), Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), this time has a Detailed Project Report (DPR) ready and wants to develop a full-fledged residential satellite township at Ballahalli. 90 percent of farmers whose land MUDA wants to acquire for the project are up in arms and want this project…
Vehicle parking fees at Railway Station: Users must insist for system-generated cash receipts
November 21, 2019Sir, Thousands of commuters travelling by train from Mysuru to Bengaluru and nearby areas park their two-wheelers at the parking lot provided in City Railway Station premises. Incidentally, at Gate No.2 [CFTRI side] for all practical purpose is a two-wheeler parking lot. While checking into the parking lot, system-generated bar coded paper tokens will be…
On over-speeding and use of high beam lights
November 20, 2019Sir, This is with reference to the damage caused recently to the RTO Circle (Srikanteshwara Iyer Circle) on JLB Road in city when a speeding car crashed into it in the early hours (Car ploughs through RTO Circle, Star of Mysore dated Nov. 18). Failure to notice it due to the glittering headlights of a…
Proposal for Middle Circle City Bus Route
November 19, 2019Sir, This is in continuation of betterment of bus services in Mysuru (Proposal for Outer Circular Bus Route in ‘SOM’ dated Nov. 7). The next proposal is for the Middle Circle which connects intermediate localities of Mysuru along with connecting Suburban Bus Stand directly to many localities, especially suburban bus stand and southern localities of…
Excellent Weekend Star Supplement on Pets
November 19, 2019Sir, Kudos to Star of Mysore for bringing out an excellent Weekend Star Supplement about man’s best friend (SOM dated Nov.16). As you rightly said, only true pet-lovers can understand the eternal bonding among them. May their tribe increase. – Dr. C.S. Arun, Gokulam, 17.11.2019 You can also mail us your views, opinions, and stories…
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