Sir, Hundreds of people, including the employees of BARC-RMP, Mysuru and other contract labourers and visitors travel on Mysuru-Hunsur road, on a daily basis and the potholes on this road are causing lot of inconvenience to both two-wheeler riders and to those who travel by four-wheelers. This apart, near St. Joseph’s Central School in front…

Sir, In a heart-rending incident, very recently, a one-year-old baby girl slipped from her mother’s lap when the two-wheeler in which they were travelling was moving over a hump near Mandya and injured grievously. However, she could not sustain the head injuries and died while undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital. This incident should become…

Sir, The National Highway connecting Mysuru to Coimbatore and to Kerala is one of the major Highways with a very large density of vehicles at any point of time. About 45 kms of this Highway between Chamarajanagar and Tamil Nadu border is a misnomer for the road. This stretch of about 45 kms will test…

Sir, This is with reference to the letter in SOM dated Nov. 18 by Kamala regarding the difficulty of pensioners in getting Jeevan Pramaan Digital Life Certificate (JP-DLC). Also referring your response regarding other options. Yes, respective banks (any branch) are supposed to facilitate the JP-DLC biometric authentication for pensioners but the banks are not…

Sir, Recently I went to Hosa Kannambadi to visit the Venugopalaswamy temple in KRS backwaters. Looks like the temple is closed since covid-induced lockdown. Even though other temples are opened for devotees, this temple is still shut. Just 2 kms before reaching the temple there is a board which says the ‘Temple is closed for…

Sir, I am a retired teacher from a private school. I have been drawing my pension since 2008. As it is mandated, I had gone to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Office at Nazarbad to confirm my Jeevan Pramaan Account. At the gate of the said office, from behind locked gates, an official directed me…

Sir, I am residing at the road situated behind Sai Baba temple, J.P. Nagar, Mysuru. Ours as well as surrounding roads lack direction signboards. As such, new-comers to our area as well as delivery boys, courier boys and others are finding it difficult to locate the address.  Some cement boards are painted in yellow but…

Sir,  KBG’s piece under Nostalgically Speaking-11 on IPS Officer Kempaiah is spot-on (SOM dated Sept. 27, Oct. 4, Oct. 11,  2020). There is simply no match to former Commissioner of Police Kempaiah for sheer resourcefulness and dynamism. And, he richly deserves the praise lavished by K.B. Ganapathy. Undoubtedly, Kempaiah endeared himself to the public as…

Sir, This refers to my letter titled “Aadhaar updates: Beware of overcharging by Computer Centres and Common Service Centres” in SOM dated Nov. 11. The links for mobile, email id and language updates have not yet been activated in the Self-Service Update Portal (SSUP) in the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) website. Hence, it…