Sir, This refers to U.B. Acharya’s letter titled “Is MCC fleecing honest citizens?” in SOM dated Aug. 3, 2021. The title conveys the unhappiness of a citizen of the city who argues that the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has imposed a levy which he feels he has been short-changed and unfair. He further justifies why…

Sir, The news item “Rule enforcer turns rule breaker!” appearing in Star of Mysore dated Aug.5 shows the dismissive approach and attitude of Government officials misusing their power. The blatant violation of an officer, who is supposed to strictly enforce COVID norms, need to be probed and punished. Issuing a show cause notice to the…

Sir, The news item “Rule enforcer turns rule breaker!” appearing in Star of Mysore dated Aug.5 shows the dismissive approach and attitude of Government officials misusing their power. The blatant violation of an officer, who is supposed to strictly enforce COVID norms, need to be probed and punished. Issuing a show cause notice to the…

Sir, The University of Mysore (UoM) had sent intimations to successful graduates, post-graduates and Ph.D research scholars to attend the Convocation scheduled on 13th August 2021 and get their certificates and medals. In the wake of covid, it was postponed and this has left a lot of students in the lurch. Throughout the world, all…

Sir, Every Year-of-the-Olympics, the same questions are posed across the world by people of Indian origin. Why is India, a country of 1.2 billion, so bad at the Olympics? …And, when Fiji, a country of less than a million, with a majority of Indo-Fijians can win a gold at the Olympics ! With the above…

Sir, It is almost over one-and-a-half months since the street-lights near Surya Needs in BEML Layout of Rajarajeshwarinagar, Bogadi II Stage, have become defunct. As a result, women and senior citizens are facing a lot of problems to move on this road. Several requests made to replace the burnt bulbs have not yielded any results…

Sir, While proceeding from Bogadi towards Gaddige, near the temple, right in the middle of Bogadi-Gaddige Road, there is a barrier placed on the manhole (the source of problem) which is not in level with the road. To avoid vehicles from moving on the manhole, a barrier is placed. But that is much more a…

Sir, In continuation of U.B. Acharya’s letter titled “Is MCC fleecing honest citizens?” (SOM dated Aug. 3), I wish to narrate my experience with the MUDA as well as the MCC. For a 60×40 MUDA site at Rajivnagar (next to RTO), I had paid an exorbitant Rs. 6,100 as tax for 2020-21 as against Rs….

Sir, I would like to bring to the notice of the authorities concerned about the following requirements for the benefit of citizens residing at Ramakrishnanagar (all the blocks), Vivekanandanagar, Nimishambanagar and Srirampura. Urban Primary Health Centre (UPHC) needed urgently. At present, people have to approach Community Health Centre (CHC) in Jayanagar or UPHC in Kuvempunagar…

Sir, It has been noticed with great concern that there is a lot of uncontrolled vehicular movement at the junction of Millennium Circle-LIC Divisional Office on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway. It is proving to be very difficult for pedestrians, especially senior citizens, ladies and children residing in the area, to cross the road at this junction, what…