MUDA’s Master Plan – 2031 lists Vinoba Road from Metropole Circle to Valmiki Road as ‘Heritage Road’ By Maj. Gen. (Retd.) S.G. Vombatkere Mysuru: The project to straighten Hunsur Road between Kalamandira and Valmiki Road will destroy the heritage ambience of that section of road which is bordered on both sides with trees which are…
Mysuru: Despite opposition from residents and environmental groups, the Public Works Department has decided to go ahead with the project to straighten a curve on Hunsur Road near Kalamandira. Mysuru-Kodagu Member of Parliament Pratap Simha will launch the project on Nov. 6, Monday (tomorrow). A communication from the MP’s office said that Pratap Simha will…
Mysuru: Maj. Gen. S.G. Vombatkere, who was recently reappointed as a member of the Mysuru Heritage Region Development and Protection Committee, has urged the Assistant Executive Engineer, National Highways Sub-Division, not to commence the project work of straightening the Hunsur Road before consideration of the matter by the Heritage Committee. In a letter to the…
Mysuru: The condition of roads alone are not responsible for accidents. Just blaming them does not serve any purpose. The road users who violate traffic rules are also responsible for accidents, said Traffic Police Officer Shankaregowda (Retd.). He was reacting to the widespread opposition to the straightening and widening of the curve near Jaladarshini Guest…
By S.G. Vombatkere The peacefulness of the “human chain” demonstration belied the very strong message that it sent to the Government of Karnataka (GoK) that the Project is an utter waste of money, because the reason for accidents is not the curve in the road but the over-speeding of vehicles in that stretch of road….
Sir, Our forefathers who built tanks (Lakes) had a clear idea of the topography of the land around it and designed their villages in such a way that rain water or any water would flow into the Lake. The channels or canals that carried the rain water into the Lake were not filled with water…
Mysuru: Nearly a thousand protestors formed a Human Chain opposing the State Government’s Rs. 12 crore plan to widen and straighten the Hunsur Road near Jaladarshini Guest House. Through Human Chain and silent march, they debunked the government theory that the road is leading to accidents and appealed to the authorities not to cut trees….
By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief Over a thousand citizens of Mysuru, comprising a few NGOs, assembled this morning at the Kalamandira premises and then marched towards the bend near Jaladarshini Guest House in a straight human chain to protest against the Government’s decision to straighten this stretch of road at an estimated cost of Rs. 12…
Mysuru: The concerned citizens of Mysuru and a few NGOs including Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), Kukkarahalli Kere Ulisi Samithi, Let’s do it!, Clean Mysuru Foundation, Swachha Mysuru, Green Mysuru, Mysuru Memes, Wild Mysuru and Samarpana Foundation, are going to form a Human Chain and stage a Silent Protest without obstructing traffic, at 11 am at…
Sir, Maj. Gen. S.G. Vombatkere’s letter on straightening of Jaladarshini Road hits the nail directly on the head (Star of Mysore dated Oct. 12). There is ample clarity and reason to give up such useless projects. I remember another letter some years back by retired Engineer H. R. Bapu Satyanarayana, on the same topic after…
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