Sir, The 80 feet Road in Hebbal Second Stage which connects Krishnadevaraya Circle (KD Circle) and Sankranthi Circle had become a flea market over the decades and was a menace to the residents. As this comes under MCC Zone 5 limits, the residents wrote a letter to Assistant Commissioner of the Zone regarding the inconvenience…

Sir, This is to draw the attention of CESC officials to a sagging power cable in front of Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Jayalakshmipuram. A power cable has been drawn from the electric pole in front of the school to our home. Every time it rains or tree branches are chopped, the cable sags. This can be…

Sir, The second dose of Covishield vaccination was due for my daughter who had her first dose at Chennai. Owing to some goof-up by the staff of Chennai Hospital my daughter was unable to register online for her second dose, in spite of repeated attempts. On 14th June we approached Aditya Hospital at Gokulam and…

Sir, This refers to the 4-lane Road joining Ring Road and Abhishek Circle at Hebbal, crossing CITB Choultry. This stretch was dug around 3 years back to lay huge UGD pipes to improve the drainage system. The road was left in a muddy state for two years after laying of pipes. Around six months back…

Sir, It has been noticed with concern that there is a lot of uncontrolled vehicular movement at the junction of a Hotel located on Akkamahadevi Road in JP Nagar. It is proving to be very difficult for pedestrians, especially the elderly, senior citizens, ladies and children residing in the area, to cross the road at…

Sir, This refers to the article “Reviving Forgotten Memories: A grand-daughter connects with her nonagenarian grandfather Mohammed Nizamuddin, a trend-setter of football in Mysore State” (SOM dated July 7, 2021). I was thrilled to read about Nizamuddin. My elder brother John Spurgeon also studied at Maharaja’s College in Mysore. He was a footballer himself and…

Sir, This refers to the article titled ‘Political Leadership and State’s Prosperity’ published in Star of Mysore on Saturday last under Black & White column. In his article, columnist Vikram Muthanna refers to a mobile phone company that had approached the previous Karnataka Government for land to set up a manufacturing unit. Since I had…

Sir, With the Traffic Police personnel busy on COVID duty now, the habitual traffic rules violators are having a hey-day, causing immense inconvenience to the fellow motorists. Usage of mobile phones while driving has become very rampant now. When a four-wheel driver in front of us is on mobile, it can be very irritating. They…

Sir, I would like to bring to the notice of the MCC the risk posed by a big tree growing in front of our house (No. 50) in the 2nd Main Road, H-Block, Ramakrishnanagar. As can be seen in the photo, it is a huge tree and on one side of it the electricity supply…

Sir, The article on Lansdowne building by Dr. Javeed Nayeem in Star of Mysore dated July 4 took me to my childhood memories. Though my childhood was in Bombay, every summer vacation our family used be in Mysore. I remember visiting ‘Phalamrutha’ almost daily or on alternate days with my maternal uncle to eat the…