Mysuru, Oct. 27 – Finally responding to the growing menace of vehicles being parked haphazardly in ‘No Parking Zones’ and on main roads, the Mysuru City Traffic Police launched a special ‘Wheel Lock’ drive this morning around Devaraja Market, including New Sayyaji Rao Road. To deter haphazard parking and ensure traffic discipline, Police often use…
Mahadevapura Road needs urgent attention
August 10, 2025Sir, This is to bring to the urgent notice of both the elected representatives and the civic authorities of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the Traffic Police Department the pathetic and dangerous state of Mahadevapura Road (also known as Azeez Sait Main Road for part of its stretch). The road has been neglected for…
Should one drive with a helmet on?
February 6, 2025Four-wheeler owner receives Police notice to pay fine for violating traffic rule, for third time in a row; His offence – ‘Not wearing helmet while at wheels’ ! Mysuru: A four-wheeler owner has received a notice for violating traffic rules, for driving without wearing helmet, that has left him in a tizzy yet again, over…
Traffic Cops deputed near City Bus Stand junction
July 21, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Traffic Police personnel have been deputed near KSRTC City Bus Stand (CBS) on New Sayyaji Rao Road here to address the woes of pedestrians and vehicle users, who were risking their lives to make way through traffic congestion, to an extent. Following a report published in Star of Mysore dated July 19 under…
Cops stop man from taking wife and ailing infant to hospital in Mandya
November 4, 2022Make mother-child sit on roadside for hours till husband fetches money to pay fine for helmetless riding Mandya: Traffic Police personnel, who stopped a man from taking his wife and his seven-month-old ailing infant to hospital as he was not wearing a helmet, made the mother and child sit on the roadside for hours till…
Checking on roads: People remind Police about DG-IGP’s order
July 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Checking for traffic violations by the Traffic Police has turned out to be a headache to them as motorists have begun to argue by reminding the Cops about the DG-IGP’s instruction. “DG-IGP has instructed the Police not to stop vehicles for checking documents, why are you stopping us?” motorists were heard arguing with the…
Traffic Cops continue footpath encroachment clearance drive
July 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Traffic Police, who have undertaken footpath encroachment clearance in city, continued the drive yesterday also. They cleared footpaths on Rave Beedhi and Gandhi Square in Devaraja Traffic limits, Chamaraja Double Road in K.R. Traffic limits, Akbar Road, Ashoka Road and New Sayyaji Rao Road in N.R. Traffic limits, Male Mahadeshwara Road in Siddarthanagar…
Vehicle checking: An appeal to Traffic Police
March 30, 2021Sir, It is foolhardy on the part of the Traffic Police Department to curtail the process of checking only during the specified periods of time. Already, many motorists have scant respect to the traffic rules, and their violations have posed serious threats to the rules-abiding citizens. The main violations being not-wearing helmets, jumping traffic signals,…
Police cannot ask vehicle documents in middle of road
March 6, 2021Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai issues statement in Legislative Council Bengaluru: If you have not violated any traffic law, the Traffic Police cannot stop you just to check your documents. Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said that the Traffic Police are not supposed to ask for vehicle documents after they stop the vehicles in the middle…
Traffic Police face questions at MGP meeting
January 13, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Even as City Police are taking a series of measures for finding solutions to traffic woes, the Traffic Police had to face a slew of questions at a general meeting of Mysore Grahakara Parishath (MGP) held at F.K. Irani Auditorium in Ideal Jawa Rotary School premises on JLB Road here on Sunday. Traffic Police…














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