Sir, It is very unfortunate that some of the States including Karnataka have either reduced the increased traffic penalties for various violations of road safety rules or not implementing the amended Motor Vehicles Act (MV Act), due to the pressure of violators backed mostly by political parties (SOM dated Sept. 22, 2019) and thus diluted…

Sir, The Mysuru City Corporation has been kind enough to lay a 3 feet footpath with paver tiles in Mysuru’s extensions and one such beneficiary is the Temple Road in Jayalakshmipuram. It is, however, sad to see educated people parking their four-wheelers and two-wheelers on the footpaths without realising that they are encroaching on the…

Sir, The recent hike in penalty to traffic violations is well justified. Those of us who follow every traffic rule and behave well on the roads need not worry about any hike in the penalty. The cry by many all over to bring back the penalty to what it was earlier or near to that…

Sir, This evening at around 4 pm, I happened to see as many as five cows grazing in Kukkarahalli Lake. This is shocking as there was a news of the cattle attacking two unsuspecting women, while they were on their regular stroll, a couple of months ago. As I continued my walking, I spotted a…

Sir, The much-needed space for sportspersons and evening walkers in Vijayanagar Stadium is now encroached and disturbed by mindlessly allowing vehicles inside the stadium campus. Since a new private gym started operating in the public space (through tender, as informed), the gates have been kept wide open for vehicles to reach till the doorstep of…

Sir, The article “A Noble Soul on a Noble Mission!” by Dr. Javeed Nayeem in his column “Over a cup of evening tea” (SOM dated Sept. 13) was really an apt one and those who visit Raghulal’s for buying medicines would surely agree with the author. I generally purchase my regular medicines from Raghulal and…

Sir, We the residents of Sankalpmahal on Lalitha Mahal Road wish to bring to the notice of MCC Commissioner regarding irregular and poor supply of water. It is an irony that when both KRS and Mettur Dams are full and thousands of cusecs of precious fresh water is being let off into the sea, we…

Sir, This refers to the news item about Rangayana, Mysuru, published in Star of Mysore dated Sept. 14 and 17. The B.S. Yediyurappa’s BJP Government in Karnataka has given marching orders to the State’s prestigious theatre repertory Rangayana’s Directors without citing any valid, justifiable reason. According to senior theatre personality Prasanna, who was earlier the…

Prevent ‘dogs dinner’ menace Sir, Mysureans, who are increasingly responding to the call for swachchata in the city, are finding it difficult to counter situations like the ones in the photo above. Reasons: First, MCC is finding it difficult to control the ever-increasing population of street dogs in the city for reasons known to everybody…

Sir, This is in response to the letter by Geologist Mrinmoy Chakraborty (SOM dated Aug.11, 2019) defending the views of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) published in SOM dated Apr.25. I write this to bring to light a few facts that go to show that Chakraborty has hastened to defend the warnings given by…