Sir, Recently, a news item titled “No Helmet ? No Insurance? Then No Vehicle” in SOM drew my attention largely because for the first time we have heard about some kind of a deterrent to send the message home that you can’t always get away with all the traffic violations. I personally wish to congratulate…
Check stray dog menace in Hebbal
April 3, 2017Sir, I am a resident of Hebbal 2nd Stage. Every day I go out in my two-wheeler, I have to carefully choose which road I need to take before reaching my destination as each road has these terrifying group of stray dogs. They come in group of 5 or 7 or even more chasing us….
Get customer-centric parking facility at Rly. Station
April 3, 2017Sir, The government that we elect and the machinery only works for itself than for the ultimate beneficiary, which is we the citizen. The other day I witnessed an evidence for the same at the City Railway Station. The car parking facility (if one may call it so) had disappeared suddenly overnight and the ticket…
Re-install bus shelters near Kamakshi Hospital
April 2, 2017Sir, This letter is in support of the issues raised by Dr. M.N. Manjunath (SOM dated 20.2.2017). The authorities associated with the mysterious disappearance of bus shelters in front of Kamakshi Hospital and Sigma Hospital owe an explanation to the bus-travelling public they have put to inconvenience. A few months ago, the ITS enabled shelter…
This road needs attention
April 2, 2017Sir, The approaching road to Roopanagar on Bogadi main road through SBM Employees Layout is in a very bad condition and requires immediate repairs. The road has not been repaired for the last 3-4 years. With full of potholes, the residents of SBM Layout and Roopanagar find it very difficult to drive on this stretch…
Stop using mobile phone while driving
April 1, 2017Sir, Using mobile phone while driving is more dangerous than not wearing seat belt, as the former may cause harm to other road users, while the latter may hurt self. Use of mobile phone while driving has become a routine feature by riders of either two-wheelers or four-wheelers in the city. Though this is brought…
Video-shooting in classrooms, a boon to teachers and students
March 31, 2017Sir, Apropos the letter titled “Video-shoot of classroom lecture, a novel idea indeed” by T.S. Narayana Rao (Star of Mysore dated Mar. 18), I am also of the opinion that it is a very good proposal from the point of view of teachers and also from the students’ perspective. Of course, what Dr S. Dandapani…
Gagging the Press: Time to show people’s power
March 30, 2017Sir, I was shocked to read KBG’s Abracadabra titled “Audacity of Legislators” (SOM dated Mar.24). This is not a disaster only for the Press and Media. In fact it is we the people who should be even more concerned. If the Press does not inform us of the shenanigans of our political leaders who will?…
Namma Rashtriya Panchanga…
March 28, 2017Sir, If you had listened to All India Radio Mysuru (FM 100.6) at 5:54 am on 22nd March 2017, the announcer would have said that as per the national calendar it was the first day of the month of ‘Chaitra’ of ‘Shalivahana Saka’ year 1939! This information intrigued me quite a bit as we normally…
Some suggestions to Kukkarahalli Lake Expert Committee
March 27, 2017Sir, This refers to the recent report “Expert Committee constituted for Kukkarahalli Lake.” The Committee members as I know are irrigation experts. The Deputy Commissioner should have included one sanitary expert in the Committee. However, before giving their report to the Karnataka Lake Development Authority, I want them to consider the following details: 1) The…
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