Sir, I fully agree with the views expressed by Dr. Javeed Nayeem in his article Time For A Little More Patience! (SOM dated Dec. 27). The existing COVID-19 is still active in the country and has no signs of abating. Further, different strains as pointed out from the UK are spreading very fast. This strain…

Sir, I am writing with great anguish about the honking menace by motorists travelling on various vehicles here at Akashvani Circle, Yadavagiri. This is especially those coming from Sri Ramakrishna Ashram side and moving towards the city side. As soon as the green signal is obtained, almost all the vehicles honk continuously. Similarly when the…

Sir, This refers to the news item ‘Yuva Brigade volunteers clean Kapila bathing ghat in Nanjangud’ (SOM dated Dec. 26). Volunteers of Yuva Brigade deserve encomiums for their cleanliness drive at the bathing ghat and surrounding areas of Kapila River near Nanjangud Srikanteshwaraswamy Temple and influencing and sensitising the devotees to join hands with them…

Sir, This is in support of the letter “Toll Plaza-free India: Why make FasTag Mandatory?” by Prof. B.S. Shankara in Star of Mysore dated Dec. 21. Most of the 4-wheeler users may not be using the Toll Plaza and will be using only within city limits. Or some of the 4-wheeler owners may only use…

Sir, The Government has planned to eliminate cash transactions completely at Toll Plazas on Highways from Jan.1, 2021. Though it is a welcome move to save time, fuel and air pollution at Toll Plazas, it may lead to chaos if the automatic debit from the vehicle’s FASTag account did not happen. In my recent trip…

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….