Sir, Sudeep, a 24-year-old youth who was working as a service engineer at a service centre of a firm dealing with washing machine, was seriously injured after a huge branch of a dried tree fell on him at Gokulam on Jan. 13, 2022. Even though he wore a quality helmet, he sustained serious injuries affecting…
Sir, In Vani Vilasa Mohalla (VV Mohalla) some of the roads are named after famous poets — like Kalidasa Road, Adi Pampa Road and Valmiki Road. Hence, it is appropriate to name VV Mohalla 5th Main Road as Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Road or Udayaravi Road. It is on this stretch of road that ‘Udayaravi,’ the good…
Sir, Apropos to the recent news item “Vehicle checking drive intensified across city,” it is good that Traffic Police have intensified vehicle inspection. The Police should also check vehicles for the following: 1) Vehicles without number plates or the number plates which are not as per RTO specifications, size and font. 2) Vehicles violating one-way…
Sir, During early mornings, many citizens, especially elderly, go for a walk from 5 am on the main roads as parks are ill lit and not maintained properly. During this hour, vehicle users — four-wheelers and two- wheelers — speed past and move in an erratic way by not going around Circles, hitting wrong way …
Sir, This is to bring to light the pathetic state of High Tension road in Vijayanagar (from Trinetra Circle to K.D. Circle and from Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering to K.D. Circle). Despite repeated complaints, the repair works have been consistently delayed, causing immense hardship to the public, especially motorists. The road in question is in…
Sir, A tree on the opposite side of the road provides much needed shade. However, some of its branches hang out in a precarious manner stretching up to our apartment complex. I have tried on umpteen occasions to bring this to the notice of the Forest Department. However, neither Mysuru City Corporation authorities nor the…
Sir, I want to bring to the notice of the Railway authorities concerned a stampede-like situation that arises every time while boarding Kaveri Express train starting from Mysuru Railway Station at 9 pm. The train starts from Platform-5 and there is a stampede-like situation every single day on the bridge to access this platform. This…
Sir, The city bus connectivity to layouts on Dr. Rajkumar Road needs improvement with more buses and connectivity to Suburban Bus Stand as well as the main Railway Station. Apart from it, the bus routes also need to be rerouted to facilitate better connectivity. The buses from Satagalli Bus Stand to City Bus Stand (CBS)…
Sir, The recent news of intensified vehicle inspection in our city both by the Traffic and Civil Police is a good initiative, but when it comes to ground reality, it is an entirely different story. It is common to see how the traffic offenders learn about vehicle inspection on the road ahead, with he or…
Sir, I hereby appeal to authorities of Rangayana theatre repertory to present their shows at different venues in Mysuru city. I am 70-year-old and a theatre lover who has not missed any plays of Rangayana for the past 25 years. Now, owing to age factor, it is difficult to commute between my house and Rangayana,…
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