Sir, If one goes by the news reports of the last few days, thousands of acres of pristine forests have been destroyed due to raging fire at Bandipur and Gopalaswamy Betta. Adding to this are the displacement of thousands of animals along with fully grown trees being turned to ashes. Many of these trees could…

Sir, There was a time in the past when house rents in Mysuru were affordable. The scenario has changed unimaginably now and it would cost anywhere between Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 20,000 to rent out a decent accommodation — what with Mysuru rates competing vigorously with Bengaluru.  Landlords would feel bad, squirm and very apologetically…

Sir, I read the relevant article titled “Reconstruct Devaraja Market & Lansdowne Building Keeping the ‘Heritage’ Facade” by Prof. N. Narayana Sastry (SOM dated Feb.26). Very well said. The slogan raised by the vested interest can be easily analysed. First of all, are they heritage structures like Gol Gumbaz or structures at Hampi? Commercial persons…

Sir, It is claimed by TRAI that cable TV charges will nosedive under the new dispensation. But it is found otherwise. For, working out charges for different channels, it is clear that the cable TV charges have become more than double for far less number of channels that one chooses from the list. It is…

Sir, Our city needs mobile toilet facilities near parks, CBD,  temples, mosques, weekly shanties, festival gatherings and more importantly at congested living locales where the poor live in unsanitary conditions. Because it is mobile, it can be taken, after use for a specific period, to cleaning stations with water and other cleaning facilities to make…

Sir, Chamundi Vihar Stadium in Nazarbad is a very good stadium for athletes and sportspersons. However, the tragedy is that because of the negligence of the officials concerned, it has turned into a den of anti-social elements. In many places the compound and fence around the stadium is broken and anyone can walk inside it…

Sir, The Mysuru – Hazrat Nizamuddin Swarna Jayanti SF Express is the only train from Mysuru to connect to New Delhi via Hubballi, Dharwad, Belagaavi, Pune, Bhopal and Agra. The train runs via Mysuru-Hassan line but only on a Weekly basis. As there is no facility of a daily service connectivity to New Delhi from…

Sir, This is with reference to Vikram Muthanna’s article titled ‘Give NCC a Try’ in Star of Mysore dated Feb.23. It is a good call to our young generation to build up patriotism and discipline through NCC. Now-a-days expressing patriotism has become a fashion and restricted to selected days, wherein one can see insincere display…

Sir, The news item in SOM dated Feb. 22 regarding eviction of 1.17 Million forest families is heartening to read as these families need to be rehabilitated with minimum facilities in a new place which is a more challenging task. Most of these families might have developed certain bonding and evolved socio-cultural living in tune…

Sir, Of late almost every other day we find Traffic Police conducting checks on two-wheelers at the junction of Hunsur Road and Gokulam Road.  The cops station themselves right at this junction and the two-wheelers are forced to stop at the busy junction.  This is causing a bottleneck for the free flow of traffic. Vehicles…