Sir, As an ordinary citizen I am disappointed by the imposition of curfew during the weekends across Karnataka. As per Dr. Soumya Swaminathan of WHO, imposition of curfew is an exercise in futility and it only inconveniences the public. In what way a family traveling in a car on a Highway will increase the COVID…

Sir, In N.R. Constituency represented by our MLA Tanveer Sait, there are two satellite bus stand complexes lying vacant —  Naidunagar satellite bus stand and Sathagalli satellite bus stand. They were built a decade ago for what purpose nobody knows. Both the bus stand complexes are vacant even today and only the tarmac path on…

Sir, This refers to the news item “Girl driving to Mysuru for friend’s birthday killed as car topples” (Star of Mysore dated Dec. 28, 2021). This incident of driving fast and losing control in overtaking is not the first instance and will not be the last. Many young people sitting behind the steering wheel of…

Sir, A 2-year-old child was rushed to our Emergency Room (ER) because the child had swallowed a coin about 3 hours ago. After swallowing the coin at home, the child was in great discomfort and couldn’t swallow her saliva down. The child was taken to a few hospitals earlier and X ray images confirmed that…

Sir, This refers to the weekly column ‘Over a cup of evening tea’ on the remains of the fallen Raja Marga balustrades (SOM dated Oct. 24, 2021). The enormous tragedy is nobody can file an FIR on a system that has grown flabby over the years and gradually depravity setting in. For the politicians, corruption…

Sir, This has reference to the news item under the title ‘Kannada name-boards: Defaulting business establishments warned’ (SOM dated Oct. 23, 2021). Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Mayor, has in a press statement, said that it is mandatory for all commercial establishments  to have 60 percent Kannada and 40 percent English in their name- boards. Any…

Sir, Every year during the rains for the last 5 years, we, the residents of 12th Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, have been having huge problems with drains overflowing and water entering the cellar, mixing with the sump water and many of our people are falling sick due to drinking this water. Initially, the problem was…

Sir, For the last three decades, three to four city buses were running between CBS – Kesare and Naidunagar via Pulikeshi Road, RMC which were very helpful to the people going to K.R. Hospital, Mission Hospital, Railway Station, RMC, Vidyavardhaka High School and Colleges, but for the last five years, the said bus routes have…

Sir, KSRTC is the backbone for passenger transportation in our city. From Hootagalli, a number of buses are available to city bus stand but all are via Vontikoppal Post Office, St. Joseph’s School, Akashvani Circle, Dasappa Circle and Railway Station route. Most of these buses are overcrowded during peak hours with College and office-goers. People…

Sir, Recently, the Ring Road was asphalted erasing speed-breakers at two points at Dattagalli side. Earlier, there was a road hump erected at Netaji Circle,  as was considered by Kuvempunagar Traffic Police and barricades were placed at Mahamane junction after studying several accidental episodes.  This barricade was placed referring civic problems published in SOM. These…