Sir, Nowadays it is very common to see violation of one-way rule on city roads. It is also seen on prominent and busy roads at the city centre, even at night times. One-way rule is imposed to avoid inconvenience to road-users, especially vehicles, when the road is very narrow and the sign boards are also…
Sir, It is really painful to observe many of the four-wheeler drivers heading for a race with the ambulance, in spite of having sufficient road clearance to give way to the ambulance. And the irony is that most of these drivers are educated. Apart from not giving way for the ambulance, these drivers obstruct the…
Sir, GST laws are slated to be brought into effect from 1st July 2017. Long innings of Central Excise laws since 1944 virtually comes to an end on that fateful day though that law will remain on the statute book for some more time. Those of us who were connected with the Central Excise (CE)…
Sir, The Mysuru City Corporation Works Committee had approved a proposal to install a statue of late Chief Minister D. Devaraja Urs at the junction of D.D. Urs Road and JLB Road where the CITB wanted to create a Circle specially for the purpose. This was, if I remember right, in the month of August,…
Sir, The Karnataka State Food Safety Commissioner has banned, inter alia, the sale of “limestone paste” which is used in the preparation of paan beeda in packets and tubes (SOM dated May 16). I am afraid, there has been some mix-up in the nomenclature. The mineral, calcium carbonate, occurs in several forms: Limestone, Chalk, Calcite,…
Sir, It is becoming common these days, three adults, mostly head-long youngsters, triple riding two-wheelers (scooters and bikes), which is not only a violation of traffic rules but also an invitation to accidents. A scooter or bike is designed to carry two persons only and any extra load it is made to haul may result…
Sir, It is reported that the Government of Kerala has initiated action to develop the whole village of Chambai where Vid. Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, a celebrated vocalist and a famous guru of the yesteryears was born, into a cultural centre. In the background of this news item, I bring to light an example of the utter…
Sir, This has reference to the request that was made to Bogadi CHESCom on the restoration of streetlights’ connection on TP Kailasam Road, opposite Sri Sharada Public School (Star of Mysore dated Apr.6). It was happy to note that the streetlights glowed on May 10 but it was also noticed that there was incomplete execution…
Sir, This refers to the article “Unburdening our PUC students” by Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem in Star of Mysore dated May 12. Before giving some solutions, I shall narrate my experience when my son was in 12th class, four years back. At least once in two months, we had to attend the parent-teacher meeting where…
Sir, It was very unfortunate to read the news of two youth getting killed and another seriously injured in a road accident while triple riding without helmets (SOM dated May 11). Quite recently, in a similar case of triple riding, three people died on the spot in Kollegal, when their bike was hit by a…
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