Sir, It is given to understand that Indian Railways has established a centralised public grievances redressal mechanism through various social media channels and portals like Rail Madad and CPGRAMS. A passenger can lodge grievance/suggestions through any of the channels including online portal and get a resolution based on the nature of the complaint/suggestion.  The instant…

Sir, The Roads from Vijayanagar Water Tank till Ring Road via Abhishek Circle and  from Water Tank till Trinity Circle are in a very worst condition for the past three months which is really pathetic. I am not sure whether the area Corporators take necessary action to repair them and make it motorable. This road…

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…

Sir, 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…

Sir, 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…

Sir, 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…

Sir, 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…

Sir, 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…

Sir, 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…

Sir, 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…