Sir, Generally we use these columns to express our complaints and bring out changes in different spheres. However, I want to first thank the authorities concerned who did one good road, that is the 4th Main of Bank Employees Colony, off Ring Road, Bogadi. No doubt, it is helping us a lot in the Colony…

Sir, The Main Akbar Road from Ragi Mandi Chowk to Mandi Market is crying for repair since last three months. The surface is uneven. There are jolts and jerks in the moving carriage. People prefer to walk on foot and this is also not easy as one might fall at any step. During rains there…

Sir, After auto drivers, now it is the turn of the tempo drivers who have started parking their vehicles in bus bays and blocking the movement of other vehicles. Recently one such incident was recorded in Temple Road, V.V. Mohalla, wherein a tempo driver parked his vehicle in a bus bay at the bus stop…

Sir, With the recent conversion of Chamarajanagar-Tirupathi- Chamarajanagar trains (16219 and 16220) from Fast Passenger to Express mode, we expected positive changes in service too, but there is none.  Journey time remains the same post-conversion also and the number of halts enroute has’nt reduced either. Added to this, unreserved passengers get into the reserved compartments…

Sir, Railways is in the news for all the wrong reasons these days. Recently I travelled by Tipu Express to Bengaluru. The  coaches were dirty and uninviting. When do we catch up with the swanky trains we see in the West and other developed countries? As the train moved, a Ticket Examiner entered our coach…

Sir, With reference to the recent letter  titled “Whither Hawkers’ Zones?” by SOM reader Mirza, I would like to bring to the attention of authorities concerned and public that in Darjeeling  a separate street was established for hawkers to do their business and it is one of the tourists’ attractions there. After all, they also…