Sir, The seating arrangement in Chair Car of Chamundi Express train do not conform with that mentioned in the ticket. For example, if seat no. 51 is mentioned as window seat in the ticket, it is an aisle seat in the compartment. This needs to be corrected and aligned properly immediately. The Chair Car compartment…
Traffic violations on the rise
March 13, 2017Sir, It is surprising to learn that more than 3,000 traffic violations in 45 different categories were being noticed on a Sunday in city. Several hundreds or thousands more violations might be going on unnoticed without getting caught by the Traffic Police. If questioned, some start arguing without acknowledging their violation. Use of defective or…
Is this the way to cross the road?
March 12, 2017Sir, Many vehicle-users comment on the Traffic Police whenever there is an inconvenience caused to them due to any reason related to traffic movement. But if one looks at the above picture, it clearly shows that they themselves are not following the rules and causing inconvenience to others. Barricades are placed on Sayyaji Rao Road…
Can we have a flawless widening of Vivekananda Circle-Srirampura Road
March 12, 2017Sir, I refer to the interesting article by V.N. Prasad in SOM dated 4.1.2017. The suggestion made by the author is very much necessary lest the public money goes to drain in the absence of quality control. It seems Prasad has not taken into consideration two more critical issues associated with widening and improving the…
Plan for pedestrian walkways at RUBs and ROBs
March 11, 2017Sir, This has reference to the news item ‘New Railway Over and Under Bridges sanctioned for city’ (SOM dated Feb.6). While welcoming such Road Under Bridges (RUBs) and Road Over Bridges (ROBs) that help in easy movement of vehicles at Railway crosses, authorities have to also plan for pedestrian walkways in RUBs and ROBs according…
Harrowing experience in Rajya Rani Express
March 10, 2017Sir, Just a few days back I was travelling to Bengaluru by Rajya Rani Express which departs from Mysuru at 2.30 pm. The journey was very awesome up to Naganahalli. The train reached Naganahalli so fast that I didn’t feel like I travelled. It was there almost at 4.30 pm. But trouble started only after…
Suppress urine stench around Lansdowne building
March 9, 2017Sir, The Clean City tag for Mysuru is deserved for many reasons but not for few reasons. Some aspects lets down the criteria at many places. The entire stretch of Lansdowne building (backside) wall on 1st Cross, Jaganmohan Palace Road, is spilled with nauseous urine slush. Public are using this wall exclusively for urinating purpose….
Elected leaders have failed Sy. No. 4 victims: Mysureans together must fight all kinds of Govt. apathy
March 9, 2017Sir, The raging controversy over layouts coming under Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41 clearly shows that our elected representatives including the MP, MLAs, MLCs and Corporators have not exerted pressure on the State Government to resolve the long-pending issue that has been created by some government officials who lacked knowledge about…
Woes of a bus passenger
March 8, 2017Sir, I would like to draw the attention of the authorities concerned towards the difficulties faced by the aged passengers who are alighting from the long distance buses at Mysuru. In the absence of any parking area adjacent to the alighting gate, aged passengers have to walk a long distance through busy traffic road to…
Common Man of India-2017
March 8, 2017Sir, This has reference to ‘Abracadabra’ by KBG in SOM dated Feb. 13, 2017. I am not a cartoonist nor am I good at drawing. Hence I thought I would write about a Common Man of India-2017, in words which may interest a few. The Common Man of 2017 has a disappointed face and at…
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