Sir, Recently the MCC has taken up the work of relaying water pipes by digging roads in many parts of the city. In Vijayanagar Railway Layout too, this exercise is being carried out and some residents have expressed their ire about the shabby work of the contractors for having broken the UGD pipelines. While most…
Kudos to BJP MLA Suresh Kumar
July 13, 2017Sir, In recent times, it has become customary to burst crackers whenever some VIP politician arrives for some party function. BJP MLA Suresh Kumar, who was witness to this when he attended a puja ceremony at a party worker’s house recently, asked his party workers to get him a broomstick and they were shocked to…
Digital Life Certificate: Pensioners’ ordeal to get re-scanned
July 12, 2017Sir, Consequent upon the decision of the Central authorities of the Provident Fund Organisation, under the Ministry of Labour, to adopt Digital Life Certificate of all pensioners in place of the earlier paper-based Certificate which was being submitted after 15th of November every year (through the respective Banks where the pensioner had his/her account), all…
Zebra crossing near AIISH needs new coat of paint
July 11, 2017Sir, The vehicle inflow at AIISH junction on Bogadi Road is getting denser and there is a need for more discipline by the vehicle-users. Even though there is a divider on the SJCE Road, due to fading away of the zebra crossing, motorists coming from SJCE Road do not stop at the divider and keep…
My son is in Engineering, what about yours?
July 11, 2017Sir, How often do we hear this sentence when we ask someone, what his or her daughter or son is studying? The answer in almost all cases would be Engineering. Today, it looks like colleges are churning out Engineering graduates and with slowing IT jobs and manufacturing industry yet to employ in a big way…
Armed Forces Memorial at Mysuru
July 10, 2017Sir, It is of interest to know that our PM Narendra Modi, during his recent historic visit to Israel, accompanied by his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu made it a point to visit the War Memorial at Haifa where 99 years ago during World War I, our Mysore Lancers had played a prominent part in its…
Extend Trin Trin facility to other areas in city
July 9, 2017Sir, This refers to the news item titled “First Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) facility in Asia: Overwhelming response to Trin Trin” (SOM dated July 5). At present, the hubs are located very close to one another and concentrated in the Central Business District (CBD) area and nearby except for the Chamundi Hill area. A vast…
The well-lit Rajendra Vilas could be seen even from Mandya!
July 9, 2017Sir, The article “Rajendra Vilas Palace atop Chamundi Hill – Dream Destination to get facelift” (SOM dated July 6) made an interesting reading. It is true, many visitors to the Hill temple never even think what that building was! During my student days, a conference was arranged in this beautiful Palace which was admired by…
Dead street-lights on Ring Road
July 8, 2017Sir, The street-lights from Columbia Hospital Junction to Narayana Hospital are totally dead since a long time. I am a regular commuter on the Ring Road and it is very difficult to ride two-wheelers during nights because of heavy vehicles and four-wheelers zipping past with High Beam Lights on the pitch dark roads. The service…
A ‘sewage river’ on Vinaya Marga !
July 7, 2017Sir, We, the residents of 8th Cross Vinaya Marga, Siddartha Layout (behind Jain Temple) have been frequently facing flooding of sewage water. Often the main line is blocked for one reason or the other resulting in back-flushing of sewage water to the corner house of Vinaya Marga and 8th Cross. Ultimately the drainage water overflows…
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