Sir, Out of curiosity, after reading the news report “Rs.150 Crore Govt. Land Reclaimed — Welfare Association claims ownership of Doddakere land, officials say it’s illegal” (SOM dated Jan. 10), I verified the facts and indubitably Tahsildar’s action, of clearing the land and erecting a board mentioning that it is a government land, appears to…

Sir, I read with interest the news report on Median Strip Gardens (SOM dated Dec.18). It is a good initiative on the part of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). Apart from those plants mentioned in the report, Bougainvilleas could also be planted on a large scale, particularly around trees, as they bloom throughout the year…

Sir, All of us should have been concerned the way K.R. Hospital has been deteriorating over the years. Like most government institutions (Schools, Universities, Public Sector Companies, Public Libraries), K.R. Hospital has also been suffering because no one is held accountable. All these institutions are not able to practice the most basic management principle of…

Sir, It is heartening to observe that the initiatives taken by our MP Pratap Simha in extending a number of trains from Bengaluru to Mysuru are bearing fruits. Railways have positively responded to the requests of our MP in extending the trains. This in turn augmented the train services between Chennai and Mysuru also. Till…

Waive off Income Tax levied on medical reimbursement to pensioners Sir, After having paid Income Tax throughout our career, now at the twilight of our lives with many health issues, we have been surviving due to the benevolence of some of our past employers who reimburse a part of our actual medical expenses incurred. Sadly,…

Sir, It is given to understand that Train Numbers 16535/16536 Mysuru – Hubballi Hampi Express runs combined with an RSA with 17307/17308 Mysuru-Solapur Golgumbaz Express. Also 16209/16210 Mysuru-Ajmer Express runs combined with an RSA with 16229/16230 Mysuru – Varanasi Express. All these trains run with a combined rake sharing arrangement (RSA) with 4 rakes each…

Sir, I have been reading of corruption-free efficient services at the Office of RTO in Mysuru, often in these columns. In fact my own experience there, about two years back, when I went to renew my DL also proved the point that they had become efficient in their ways of working as much as the…

Sir, Train number 22831/22832 Howrah – Sri Sathya Sai Prashanti Nilayam runs as a Weekly Express via Kharagpur-Bhubaneswar-Vijayawada-Guntur. The train arrives overnight at Prashanti Nilayam (that is, the station under Bengaluru-Dharmawaram section) on Thursdays and returns to Howrah on Friday morning every week. The train’s rake can further be put to optimum use by facilitating…

Sir, This refers to the news item “MCC clears over 300 encroachments in Bannimantap” (SOM dated Jan. 5). Never before in the recent times have we witnessed the kind of action the Mysuru City Corporation took in clearing all illegal shops and encroachments on footpaths and other open spaces of government lands in Bannimantap and…

Sir, In the letter titled “Proposed Disneyland Advisory Panel: A jumbo farce” (SOM dated Jan. 9), I saw the name of D.K. Shivakumar, Water Resources Minister, as the Panel Chairman. You may take it that he will push Disneyland project as he wants. It may be recalled that when he was the Energy Minister he…