Sir, The Railway authorities are suggested to utilise the rakes of some trains that remain idle at Bengaluru and extend it upto Mysuru. Amongst them include the prestigious daily running 16593/16594 Bengaluru – Hazur Sahib Nanded Express LHB rake operating via Dharmawaram-Gooty-Guntakal-Mantralayam Road-Raichur-Bidar-Latur-Parbani-Purna-Nanded. The train’s LHB rake arrives at 5.30 am to Bengaluru and departs…

Sir, The elevated road humps constructed on KRS Road near Vani Vilas Water Works are very effective in curtailing the speed of the zooming vehicles, especially the two-wheelers. I request the authorities concerned to opt for similar type of road  humps on Kalidasa Road — one pair near Karnataka  Bank and another pair near Yes…

Sir, This refers to the front page report about the burning of dry leaves by house owners (Star of Mysore dated Feb.8). You also carried a remark attributed to the Mayor stating that notices will be issued to residents who have dry leaves accumulated in their sites and also burn the leaves to get rid…

Sir, In the Abracadabra titled “With Love from Donald Trump to India and Narendra Modi” (SOM dated Feb.8), KBG has very deftly compared Donald Trump’s leadership for America with that of his contemporary Narendra Modi’s leadership for India. Even while the personalities of these two leaders are certainly not comparable, the challenges they face have…

Sir, I believe that America’s 45th President Donald Trump may be taking a page from America’s 42nd President Bill Clinton’s playbook by raising tensions with Iran and Iraq amid his impeachment inquiry. According to The New York Timses, Clinton made a similar move more than two decades ago — launching air strikes in Iraq as…

Sir, Having been a teacher for nearly half-a-century and still training the children to not only face exams cheerfully, but more importantly LIFE (where everyday you face some kind of a test or challenge), I feel duty-bound to address the children again,  to enable them to perform well for which they have been single-minded getting…

Sir, In spite of having CCTV cameras at several junctions in city, including on Sayyaji Rao Road, near Private Bus Stand, there has been a lot of motorists jumping the signal which is unruly behaviour. The way the impatient motorists jump the signal causes anxiety among the rules-abiding motorists. Probably the cameras at this junction…

Sir, There is an urgent need to put up scientific road humps or speed-breakers on KRS Road in front of Coastal Garden Restaurant and Brigade Symphony Apartment. As we know, this road is the main connecting road for people and vehicles going to Brindavan Gardens and there is heavy traffic on this stretch. The vehicular…

Sir, This refers to the news item “Transforming Mysuru’s rural students into skilled Technopreneurs” (SOM dated Jan. 29). This initiative of L&T under STEM to train up selected students from classes 7th to 9th std., under different schemes of technologies, deserves to be applauded while hoping that this initiative keeps going for a long time…

Sir, Apropos “UoM restricts entry of private vehicles into Gangothri Campus” (SOM dated Feb.4) is a most welcome move, though belated, to retain and regain the glory of the very name itself “Manasa Gangothri.” Prior to this, vehicle population was equivalent to humans (inhumans) choking all roads and junctions and a drivers track including plying…