Sir, The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has taken up computerising the calculation, collection and managing property tax in Mysuru. Another government body (Survey Settlement and Land Records, Urban Property Ownership Record — SSLR, UPOR Project Office) has already surveyed all the residential, commercial and institutional properties in Mysuru and surrounding areas and allotted unique identification…

Sir, Apropos the letter “Toll Plaza-free India: Why make FASTag mandatory?” (SOM dated Dec.21), Prof. B.S. Shankara (retd.) has very clearly highlighted the lacuna in Government policies. When a car owner has voluntarily limited the use of his vehicle to local travel only, why should the owner be burdened with FAStag? It should be the…

Sir, Recently the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had announced that citizens can get their voter ID changes done. This included address, name and other changes which was a long overdue drive by MCC. People who have relocated to new areas like Dattagalli, Somanathnagar etc., need to get these changes done urgently. This process started a…

Sir, It was fascinating to go through Gouri Satya’s write-up in SOM dated Dec. 20 on ‘De Havilland Arch, an Engineering Marvel’ in continuation of Dr.  Javeed Nayeem’s article. Of course, needless to say both of them have been a source of great information to old-time SOM readers like me.  In the article there is…

Sir, This is regarding the Inner Ring Road in between Vishwesh-waranagar and JP Nagar near Shaneeshwara temple. At two places, there are deep openings (drainage line) right in the middle of the Road which may lead to accidents. Very recently, MCC had repaired the Road but did not bother to set right these two pits….

Sir, Apropos the news item ‘FASTag mandatory for all 4-wheelers’ (SOM dated Dec.19), I wish to express my dismay at the strange rules without application of mind by the authorities. The report says that all 4-wheelers with no exception to have this tag from Jan.1, 2021. It also links the same with denying renewal of…

Sir, I am a resident of 9th Cross Srirampura 2nd Stage, Mysuru. Earlier, the garbage was being collected daily. Since about the last one month, the garbage collection from our street has become very irregular. At times, the Pourakarmika has not picked up the garbage for 3 days at a time. Everyday the residents end…

Sir, So very glad to share with SOM readers that the Jeevan Praman Patra (Digital Life Certificate) was processed at my doorstep by the Postman of Gokulam Post Office. I am a resident of Gokulam. It so happened that the Postman, who had come to deliver a post, asked me whether I am a Pensioner…

Sir,  The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) should kickstart immediately e-waste collection centre in each and every district of Karnataka. Since almost all electronic scrap components, such as CPUs, PCB etc., contain potentially harmful materials such as lead, cadmium, beryllium, or brominated flame retardants, these materials affect the health of all living beings adversely. …

Sir,This has reference to the tragic death of three of a family near Dandi Maramma Temple on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road when a car driven by a minor hit the median and jumped to the other side of the road and hit the two-wheeler coming from the other side (Star of Mysore dated Dec.11). Next, it was…