Sir, Imposition of ‘Janata Curfew’ or ‘Lockdown’ to avoid spread of Corona in the State, though a good idea, needs some rethinking. Mysuru City Police have directed that no vehicle will be allowed ‘even’ between 6 am and 10 am. That means people have to walk the distance to buy their requirements. The area where…

Sir, I would like to bring to readers’ attention about the yeomen service rendered by the front-line covid warriors at District Hospital on KRS Road. On Apr. 16 (Friday) I rushed to this hospital as my RT-PCR report came positive. In spite of considerable crowd, I noticed the staff who were registering the covid patients…

Sir, I was very disappointed by observing the behaviour of some of our fellow citizens during these unprecedented times. I went with my mother for her second dose of vaccine at the ESI Hospital on Friday. The vaccine was supposed to arrive and hence the token distribution was stopped. But once the vaccine arrival was…

Sir, Apropos the letter ‘Convert this Bus Stand building as Covid Seva Kendra’ (SOM dated May 2) by Raghunath Sharma, it is indeed worth converting any un-used public building for a social cause, especially in the present situation when not only covid-infected people run from one hospital to the other looking for bed and treatment…

Sir, Since the declaration of COVID Curfew, it is observed that Police are blocking many main roads and sub-roads with barricades. Is it really necessary to block the roads to restrict the vehicular movements during the lockdown period? Blocking roads will deter the free and fast movement of emergency vehicles, where every second is precious…

Sir, Apropos to the report “MUDA’s Group Housing at Gokulam opposed” (SOM dated 21st April), we totally agree with Venkatachala, former Corporator and Madhu of City Co-operative Bank in opposing the proposed construction of cluster houses in Gokulam 3rd Stage. The field around the MysoreOne Centre is a beautiful open space only one-of-its-kind in this…

Sir, I had just finished a phone conversation with a friend on the consequences of 6 am to 10 am shopping window when I received the copy of SOM on 30th April. Headlines — “MAD RUSH.” What else? In our country ‘People’s behaviour’ has become more of a pandemic whereas commonsense and implicit obedience to…

Sir, On Monday, 3rd May, I had to address an argument on an important public issue before the High Court for admission through video-conferencing. Shockingly, on Sunday night my BSNL Broadband connection got stuck. Being anxious, I messaged at 10 pm to Ramkumar, Head of Accounts Department, BSNL and this time the shock was greater…

Sir, I visited the MCC Zone-4 office recently to pay the property tax for my house situated at Vijayanagar 3rd Stage but the officer informed me that they are not receiving the tax for properties situated at Vijayanagar 3rd Stage. As the tax is not received at MUDA or MCC, where should the owners of…

Sir, We wish to appeal to Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to re-examine various cost components considered in computing the property tax for this financial year. There has been a steep increase in the property tax which has caused tremendous amount of financial hardship to the property owners and more so, during this difficult period of…