Sir, Street-lights, especially the LED variety, which were changed from Tubelight, Halogen, Sodium and Mercury vapour bulbs, with much fanfare in previous years, are dying one by one and keeping the city streets dark. Dark streets are open invitations to chain-snatchers and other illegal activities. Complaints of street-lights not working are being ignored by MCC…

Sir, I wish to highlight the issue of meter readers of Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) inserting the bills after reading the meter into the switch boxes of street-lights spread all over the city. These bills do not benefit any one. They are not collected by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) for years. On the contrary…

Sir, It is given to understand that Indian Railways has made a robust shift to digital transactions through e-ticket booking facility. A passenger has the flexibility to book Rail tickets at ease through the IRCTC website and IRCTC mobile app. The e-ticket is delivered through SMS or email and acts as a valid authority with…

Sir, In the popular article on the famous Brihadeeshwara Temple of Thanjavur, published in SOM dated April 27, the author, Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, has made a passing reference to the mural paintings there. I would like to bring to your readers’ attention a remarkable fact, relating to these murals. This magnificent temple is known…

Sir, On May 25, one of my family members started experiencing fever at 5 pm. At around 6 pm, I took him to a Super-speciality Hospital in the city where the RAT test was conducted which turned positive. The doctors had put him on basic Covid medicine and had advised to stay in home isolation….

Sir, I usually read complaints against city officials for not attending to problems in this column regularly. But here is a different story of Saraswathipuram CESC engineer attending and rectifying the problem within 24 hours. The electric pole in front of our house on New Kantharaj Urs Road, Saraswathipuram, was little slanted due to recent…

Sir, This has reference to the letter on drive-in or door-to-door vaccination drive by D.V. Mohanprakash (SOM dated May 11). While his suggestion was to avoid overcrowding in vaccination centres (now that it is open for all age groups above 18 years), this arrangement will in a great way also help the elderly citizens who…

Sir, This is in response to the question raised by Prof. B.S. Shankara of Ramakrishnanagar with regard to duration of RT-PCR testing (SOM dated May 22). Just as there are cases of ‘false positive’ there is also the possibility of ‘false negative.’ During the first wave of the pandemic, I was running a fever and…

Sir, With COVID cases spiking all over the country, oxygen concentrators are in great demand of late and we read in newspapers about various individuals and organisations donating the same to COVID Care Centres and designated COVID Hospitals. Now we are seeing advertisements, both online and in newspapers from unknown dealers quoting unrealistically cheap rates….

Sir, This has reference to the news item “Be prepared to increase oxygenated beds, ICUs and ventilators: District Minister” (SOM dated May 15). People are running from pillar to post to find beds with health infrastructure to escape from the deadly second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Many have died while searching for timely medical attention…