Sir, Apropos Narasimha Murthy’s letter in SOM dated May 17 which focusses on a very important issue, I would like to add up one more thing. The accidents occurred on the other side of the Hunsur Road. The vehicles hit the tree which is on the curve. The tree which was about five feet away…

Sir, Time and again readers have expressed traffic problems near Vijayanagar Water Tank. To make the situation worse, now the Circle opposite SBM is creating utter chaos as vehicles coming from Vijayanagar Water Tank towards K.D. Road, from Abhishek Circle, from K.D. Road and from Karnataka Bank, all get stuck here, thus making the pedestrian…

Sir, Deliberate signal jumping and not following the lane discipline, that is, driving on the other side of the road divider, especially at the Circles, has become quite common in city. In a recent incident, I have noticed a narrow escape from a head-on collision between a scooter and bike near AIISH Circle on Bogadi…

Sir, At last the deadly steep curve on Hunsur Road near Jaladarshini Guest House, which was prone to frequent accidents, was made available for public use after bringing some engineering changes like road widening followed by introducing some revised road design parameters aimed at increased safety of vehicle riders. At the same time, the environmentalists’…

Sir, There is a stretch of around 100 mtrs near SBR Mohan Jewellery Hall on Ashoka Road restricted for parking by the disabled. Since we shop-keepers are already running short of parking space on Ashoka Road and as most of our customers are shying away from our shops, we request the authorities concerned to remove…

Sir, Though Traffic Police of Mysuru are putting their best efforts in nabbing and curbing all sorts of traffic rules violators and violations, one group of violators are still going scot-free. The autorickshaws with Kerala registration number cannot be penalised by city Traffic Police even if they blatantly violate all the rules, even when the…

Sir, I would like to draw the attention of Town Planners, people’s representatives and the officers of CESC towards the problem of naked electric wire and the danger caused when they are snapped and fall on the ground. I live in Vijayanagar 3rd Stage. Today at 7 am, one live wire came down leaving frequent…

Sir This electric pole on Ring Road near Sathagalli bus depot is in this slanting position since the past few days. Will the authorities concerned wake up before it is too late and set right this leaning pole of Mysuru? – Ameer, Mysuru, 3.5.2018 You can also mail us your views, opinions, and stories to…

Sir, The rise in the number of road accidents and related deaths or injuries in our country is indeed worrying one and all. To curtail this trend, strict actions are being taken in some States without waiting for the proposed amendments in the road safety bill. During the last financial year (2017-18) more than 2.53…

Sir, This has reference to N.K.A. Ballal’s article “Musings on World Idli Day” (Star of Mysore dated May 10). I believe the name ‘idli’ itself suggests its origin. My conjecture is the word ‘idli’ is derived from ‘hittalli.’ In Kannada ‘hittalli madiddu’ means prepared out of paste of a cereal. It is easy to see…