Sir, Driving down on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway was a joy ride 10 years back with the 4-lane road being just inaugurated. But now it is a punishment, especially in Channapatna, which takes one hour on Sunday evenings to cross followed by Mandya which takes a minimum of 15 minutes to cross. The travel has become…

Sir, A manhole has been let open at Lakshmipuram behind the Buddha Stupa from past one month. The rainy season brings many diseases like viral fever and dengue. The main reason for this are the standing toxic water and stagnant water around us. With the drainage water over-flowing rapidly here, no civic authority or public…

Sir, This refers to wrong parking of vehicles in front of Railway Station back gate towards CFTRI main gate side. Regularly articles on violations of traffic rules are published in SOM. As a Traffic Warden and as a regular commuter to Bengaluru by Train, daily I see the people who come to drop their kith…

Sir, The Road behind NIE does not have street-lights. This Road is being used by many people as it connects J.P. Nagar and Vishveshwaranagar. As there are no street-lights in this area, commuting in the evening time and night hours is really becoming difficult for many like me. Hence, I request the authorities concerned to…

Sir, Star of Mysore is doing all it can to highlight the worsening traffic situation in our city. There have been several suggestions from readers in your paper besides those made in person during the monthly (on every third Saturday) interaction with the public. Alas, none or not many get implemented and even if a…

Sir, At the entrance of Hinkal from city on Hunsur Road, next to Government School, the drainage which collapsed one year back is waiting for repair since then. Repeated written requests to Hinkal Gram Panchayat have yielded no result. This drainage is acting as a breeding place for mosquitoes with foul smell in the air….

Sir, This is to bring to the attention of CESC authorities overlooking the operations of Industrial Suburb, Visveshwaranagar, Mysuru- 570008. There has been long shut down of power for the past one month. However, summer months were seen through with less power shut down. The main reason given by the “customer care” is that somewhere…

Sir, The alternate bus route from Mysuru to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) runs in front of  BEML, Mysuru.  There are a lot of trees on either side of  this road. Among them are around 20-30 dead trees, which are posing danger to both the pedestrians and vehicle riders. Hence, I request the Forest authorities concerned…

Sir, The recent deaths of at least 23 children and many others in a school bus crash in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, death of 18 labourers in a lorry accident in Maharashtra and 9 in a truck mishap at Utttar Pradesh must shear the conscience of the nation. The Supreme Court constituted a Committee of Road…

Sir, Apropos Dr. Shyam Prasad’s letter titled “Introduce direct buses from Mysuru to Electronic City and Whitefield” highlighting the miserable and pathetic situations faced every week by us and our aged parents (Star of Mysore  dated May 9). We the commuters travelling to and from Whitefield are also undergoing the same ordeal, if not even…