Sir,  This has reference to the recent news item advising owners of residences to disconnect rain water from terrace from joining the UGD line as the latter is not designed to handle excessive flow during rainy season and other consequences thereof. VVWW has recently awakened to the fact of too small size of UGD pipes…

Sir, As a concerned resident of Mysuru, I would like to raise the issue of an unsafe traffic pole present in Dattagalli Ring Road. As seen in the picture, the traffic pole is highly tilted. It would be on the verge of collapsing in the event of heavy showers or wind. I am afraid that…

Sir, On Lingambudhi Lake Bund Road from Preethi Layout to Lingambudhi village, there are two huge rain trees. In the first rain tree, a huge branch is separated from the trunk and is hanging with support of another branch. It is hanging in a very dangerous condition and a strong wind will definitely bring it…

Sir, The road leading to Mysore Airport does not have street lights. The cement barricades, placed in the middle of the roads, do not have reflective stickers. These are classic recipe for a major accident ! Due to lack of street lights, all the vehicular traffic move on with high beam lights in the evening,…

Sir, We senior citizens and ladies experience a lot of hardship to catch buses towards Ballal Circle and so on at RTO bus stop. There are two bus stops — one in front of the Petrol Bunk and other in the end of Vani Vilas Road. Many buses coming from Ramaswamy Circle stop in front…

Sir, India’s glorious victory down under has brought back memories of a Test match nearly 70 years ago. Though India had started playing Test cricket from 1932 onwards, we had not won a single Test match for nearly 20 years. We would lose most of the matches and occasionally draw a match. India would consider…

Sir, Recently there have been a spate of letters in SOM about whether it was feasible to fix interlocking tiles on the bund road around the Kukkarahalli Lake or not.  At present, since it is not paved, it becomes slushy during rainy season and so becomes unuseable. But then, if the road is paved and…

Sir, Nowadays shop-keepers in city, especially in the busy K.T. Street, are following their own rules and regulations. Footpath encroachment is on high volume. The photo displays proof of encroachment by shop-keepers right from Hotel Chandra Palace to Prabha Theatre Circle. So I request MCC to kindly take suitable action against those violating the rules…

Sir, While going through “Star of Mysore” paper daily, it is noticed that almost everyday, there are two or three persons missing, irrespective of their age and gender. Being a senior citizen, it is really scaring and makes us very unsafe on the roads of Mysuru. We are also not aware of the missing persons’…

Sir,  This refers to the news item titled “Residents warned against letting rainwater into UGD system: MCC sets 15-day deadline” in Star of Mysore dated Jan. 17. While appreciating the seriousness exhibited by MCC in this issue in the form of strict warning and threat to impose fine, I would urge the authorities to show…