Sir, It is interesting to note that the recent Government Order relieving the Directors of Rangayanas has generated a debate. I have attended a few programmes in Rangayana and it was quite obvious that the administrators were leaning towards a particular political ideology. A few months back there were a series of plays in the…

Sir, It is very important that we realise the importance of keeping our city clean, especially with “Nada Habba” Dasara round the corner. A lot of tourists throng into the city from different parts of the country and they tend to litter in public places. It is not only the duty of Mysuru City Corporation…

Sir, I am a resident of Mysuru and visit Chamundi Hill every Sunday morning. Since a month I kept checking for the availability of drinking water in this needful setup, but every time I checked, there was no water. Since this temple is a well-known asset to whole of Mysuru, thousands of people visit the…

Sir, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Offices badly need a thorough sprucing up. The Officers in-charge are failing to keep their surroundings tidy, free from dust and muck. Furniture in most of these Offices is outdated, damaged, torn and probably uncomfortable. There is no feel good factor for the people either who visit these Offices. Why…

Sir, With Dasara-2019 round the corner, authorities are busy with last minute touch up works to make Mysuru as attractive as possible. The lights on Ring Road have been activated exactly after one year much to the joy and bewilderment of the residents and motorists. Joy, because the road looks beautiful and perplexed because someone…

Sir, I read the news item “Dasara decoration: Cause for delight but a word of caution” in yesterday’s Star of Mysore about a Mantap with a lotus design erected at Kurubarahalli Circle (leading towards Chamundi Hill)on Lalitha Mahal Palace Road. The caption has a remark that the design is masking traffic signals. I travel on…

Sir, It is very unfortunate that some of the States including Karnataka have either reduced the increased traffic penalties for various violations of road safety rules or not implementing the amended Motor Vehicles Act (MV Act), due to the pressure of violators backed mostly by political parties (SOM dated Sept. 22, 2019) and thus diluted…

Sir, The Mysuru City Corporation has been kind enough to lay a 3 feet footpath with paver tiles in Mysuru’s extensions and one such beneficiary is the Temple Road in Jayalakshmipuram. It is, however, sad to see educated people parking their four-wheelers and two-wheelers on the footpaths without realising that they are encroaching on the…

Sir, The recent hike in penalty to traffic violations is well justified. Those of us who follow every traffic rule and behave well on the roads need not worry about any hike in the penalty. The cry by many all over to bring back the penalty to what it was earlier or near to that…

Sir, This evening at around 4 pm, I happened to see as many as five cows grazing in Kukkarahalli Lake. This is shocking as there was a news of the cattle attacking two unsuspecting women, while they were on their regular stroll, a couple of months ago. As I continued my walking, I spotted a…