Sir, Today my relatives, aged 70 plus, approached State Bank of India, KM Puram Branch, Mysuru for linking their Aadhaar number with their respective bank account at the above branch. Both the Aadhaar numbers of my relatives have only year of birth as per the old format. The bank’s software has complete date of birth…

Sir, One more hump has to be added to the list of dangerous humps of Mysuru. This is at the intersection of M.G. Road  (old Chavadi Street) and Ramanuja Road. This junction is a point of traffic chaos with frequent jams. Recently authorities have laid a hump on the Chavadi Street side adjacent to another…

Sir, I was saddened to hear the news of Sanjay, one of the finest Kho-Kho players of mid-1990s, passing away at a young age of 40 (SOM dated Feb.27).  During our student days in mid 1990s, sports events were regularly organised in some of the schools in Mysuru, especially in St. Joseph’s, St. Philomena’s, D….

Sir, I thank Ashvini Ranjan for highlighting in this column the dangerous hump on Hunsur Road near B.M. Hospital. I was on my two-wheeler with my brother on the pillion, and were on the way to catch the early morning bus. I was in the belief that the road which was asphalted had smooth riding…

Sir, We understand that doubling of tracks between Bengaluru and Mysuru has been completed along with electrification of Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru corridor. We are also happy to note the introduction of new Humsafar Express and extension of Anubhuti service till May for Shatabdi. As doubling of the tracks and electrification is now successfully completed, the Railway authorities…

Sir, I travelled to and fro from Hassan, on an official work in company’s car driven by one of the experienced officers, on Saturday, the 24th and Sunday, the 25th of February. I noticed that the distance between Mysuru and Hassan was about 120 kms and with not much of traffic on this road and…

Sir, Believing the Government’s announcement that the Urban Property Ownership Record [UPOR] is going to protect the interests of the genuine property owners, lakhs of citizens of Mysuru got their property ownership recorded under the UPOR scheme. In the process, they incurred financial costs apart from the substantial physical efforts. To a common property owner,…

Sir, I am a daily commuter from Metagalli to Kuvempunagar in City Bus Route No. 72. This bus bridges the South Western part of Mysuru with North Western part covering vast areas like Srirampura, Vivekanandanagar, Kuvempunagar, Ramakrishnanagar, Saraswathipuram, Gangothri Layout, T. K. Layout, Janathanagar, AIISH, Regional College, SJCE, Manasagangothri, Vijayashreepura, Jayalakshmipuram, V.V. Mohalla, Gokulam, Sanatorium,…

Sir, When I moved into Jayalakshmipuram some 18 years back, I noticed that the Street in front of my house did not have any name. A detailed study of the area showed that there were several anomalies. Before listing these anomalies, let me reiterate what I believe should be a logical method of naming of…