Sir, It is of interest to know that our PM Narendra Modi, during his recent historic visit to Israel, accompanied by his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu made it a point to visit the War Memorial at Haifa where 99 years ago during World War I, our Mysore Lancers had played a prominent part in its…
Sir, This refers to the news item titled “First Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) facility in Asia: Overwhelming response to Trin Trin” (SOM dated July 5). At present, the hubs are located very close to one another and concentrated in the Central Business District (CBD) area and nearby except for the Chamundi Hill area. A vast…
Sir, The article “Rajendra Vilas Palace atop Chamundi Hill – Dream Destination to get facelift” (SOM dated July 6) made an interesting reading. It is true, many visitors to the Hill temple never even think what that building was! During my student days, a conference was arranged in this beautiful Palace which was admired by…
Sir, The street-lights from Columbia Hospital Junction to Narayana Hospital are totally dead since a long time. I am a regular commuter on the Ring Road and it is very difficult to ride two-wheelers during nights because of heavy vehicles and four-wheelers zipping past with High Beam Lights on the pitch dark roads. The service…
Sir, We, the residents of 8th Cross Vinaya Marga, Siddartha Layout (behind Jain Temple) have been frequently facing flooding of sewage water. Often the main line is blocked for one reason or the other resulting in back-flushing of sewage water to the corner house of Vinaya Marga and 8th Cross. Ultimately the drainage water overflows…
Sir, The news on chaotic traffic on Sayyaji Rao road clearly highlighted the carelessness of the motorists (SOM dated July 4). However, it ignored the pedestrians’ misdeeds on this stretch of the road. Many a time these pedestrians are responsible to open the barricades everywhere on this road. They fail to reach the designated pedestrian…
Sir, The report “Chaotic traffic on Sayyaji Rao Road” (SOM dated July 4) surprises the citizens of this city! Your reporter has presented a clear picture of how unruly road-users are taking the law-abiding people to ransom. Sayyaji Rao Road is not the only road, the whole of the city traffic is in a total…
Sir, On Saturday morning I decided to go on a long drive. It was a wonderful drive from Mysuru to Kukke Subramanya via Kodagu; the road is good throughout. As I descended the ghats of Madikeri, there was a pothole which could neither be seen nor was there any kind of signboard. I drove into…
Sir, KBG’s Point Blank titled “Dr. No” published in SOM dated July 3 reminded me of a similar incident. Recently, one of my employees had suffered a similar predicament. He had visited the K.R. Hospital, where the abscess had been opened surgically and the pus squeezed out. The wound was then dressed and he was…
Sir, Post Offices are invariably the preferred destination for secure investments of small savings of government employees — serving and retired — as well as the general public. But for the past several weeks, Post Offices (PO) are facing acute shortage of passbooks, resulting in hardships for customers wishing to open accounts. In such an…
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