Sir,

I could not agree more with the views expressed by Ashvini Ranjan (SOM dated Feb.1) about our elected representatives’ total disregard for our city’s future.

Allowing developmental activities atop the Chamundi Hill is incomprehensible, to say the least. It is a matter of great shame on the part of our decision-makers in not heeding to the sentiments of citizens who have been vehemently opposing the move — the massive signature campaign championed by Bhamy Shenoy, the Founder-President of MGP, that’s been taken up notwithstanding.

The landslides that happened following heavy rains recently seem to have made no difference to their motives.  Are the residents there only for paying taxes? Don’t we have any stake in the city?

As Ashvini Ranjan has rightly pointed out, we ourselves are to be blamed for this situation. The majority of us are indifferent to the goings-on, possibly due to the fatalistic attitude that nothing is going to change and why to take the trouble of opposing or getting involved in ‘unproductive’ exercise.

It is the responsibility of an entity such as the MGP to sensitise and mobilise the public on issues that have far-reaching consequences. I understand that the MGP has taken up such issues quite successfully in the past but currently seems to have been immersed in problems of its own as enumerated by Ashvini Ranjan.

It is important for the MGP to do some introspection, fix the problems and work on new strategies to take up the challenges the city is facing. The absence of a strong public voice will only help the politicians to have their own way.

It is the responsibility of all MGP members to understand this reality and work towards making MGP a strong and vibrant organization capable of mobilising the public for common good of   Mysuru city.

– N.T. Yaduraju, Yadavagiri, 3.2.2022

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