By Maj. Gen. (Retd.) S.G. Vombatkere A voluntary group of citizens, under the banners of Parisara Balaga and Chamundi Betta Ulisi Samiti, has been working and agitating to protect, preserve and save the religious, environmental and heritage ambience of Chamundi Hill. They seek to especially protect the immediate surroundings of Chamundeshwari Temple and other temples,…
Learn from Joshimath disaster, warn environment activists To organise mass protests, satyagraha against destruction MysoreMysuru: The proposed plan of the Centre and the State Government to holistically develop Chamundi Hill under the Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) Scheme has infuriated environmentalists who are decrying the move and are arguing that ultimately all…
Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ Army Recruitment Scheme is neither effective nor productive from any point of view, Maj. Gen.(Retd) S.G. Vombatkere urged the Centre to drop the scheme in the better interests of the country. He was speaking on the topic ‘The Dangers of Agnipath Scheme’ at the ‘Jai Jawan-Jai Kisan’ Conference organised…
By Maj. Gen. S.G. Vombatkere, VSM When I joined the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun, in January 1961, for the 1st of the four 6-month-terms pre-Commission training, I was assigned to Imphal Company of ‘C’ Battalion. A Gentleman Cadet by the name of G.V. Prasanna Rao was also billeted in the same wing. I remember…
By Maj. Gen. S.G. Vombatkere Mysuru District in-Charge Minister V. Somanna has proposed construction of a Ropeway at Chamundi Hill. This proposal has already been made three times (2005, 2012, 2015) and dropped because of reasoned objections of the people of Mysuru, with public demonstrations, signature campaigns and letters to Chief Minister (CM) and other…
2020 may well be a repeat of 2018 and 2019 if urgent measures are not taken By Maj. Gen. (Retd.) S.G. Vombatkere (VSM) We need rain for drinking water and for survival. But there are also people who fear rain, especially heavy or continuous ones, like many who live in Kodagu and elsewhere in the…
By Maj. Gen. S.G. Vombatkere, VSM (Retd.) It is heartening that the Additional CGDA and the PCDA (Pensions) came to Mysuru to initiate the 159th Defence Pension Adalat at Kalamandira on Aug. 23 and 24. That it is the 159th Adalat since 1987 shows the interest that CGDA and PCDA (P) are taking in this…
Mysuru: Maj. Gen. S. G. Vombatkere (retd.) said that he was happy to see the NCC in its present form and complimented the organisation for playing a major role in moulding the Cadets and giving them a range of experiences in camps and adventure activities that were limited during early years. Maj. Vombatkere, who was…
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…
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