Sir, I really appreciate the initiatives taken by various clubs and organisations in extending support to the needy during these trying times. The act of distributing food packets to the underprivileged deserves a huge applause. However, it would be more appealing to see it done in a thoughtful way. In almost all the photos pertaining…

Sir, Apropos the letter in SOM dated May 17 by Dr. P.V. Ravindra, I wish to understand from those concerned regarding the humongous volume of testing for Covid-19 being carried out throughout the nation. After testing negative by this test once by any person, for how long duration is the negative test result to be…

Sir, Prevention is better than cure, so goes the adage. Presently, we are neither fully preventing COVID-19 nor totally curing all the affected people. The main issue here is fund crunch and politics, as usual. The vaccine’s efficacy being 85%, the authorities must go with full speed to get everyone vaccinated, post-haste. It should cover…

Sir, At the crossing of 12th Main and 3rd Cross Saraswathipuram, electric wire from the pole runs to connect the house (see picture). Every time there is violent shaking either due to wind or passing of a heavy vehicle, sparks come out due to rubbing of tree branch against the wire. Several complaints have been…

Sir, This is regarding the software platform provided by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) for online payment of property tax. On 6th of May 2021, I logged onto MCC website, checked the property details and proceeded to make payment. The payment was done and money got deducted but later the payment screen went unresponsive and no…

Sir, At the intersection of Ring Road-Bogadi Road, anyone can easily spot a damaged route-signboard which is serving no purpose to the road users over the past 3 years and even the supporting metal pole is getting rusted (see picture). This shows the abject lack of upkeep and maintenance strategy of the authorities concerned. The…

Sir, The targeted testing [(Influenza-like illness or ILI) and (Severe Acute Respiratory Infections or SARI)] coupled with lockdown, introducing ‘Covid Mitras’ for proper triaging, providing home isolation kit, telemedicine, streamlining the oxygen supply, centralised bed allotment through covid War Rooms, increasing ventilator beds, stepped up vaccination, are some of the best decisions that the District…

Sir, There is scarcity of water in BSNL Layout, Doorvaninagar, Shaktinagar Post, near VTU Centre, Mysuru. This is happening quite frequently in the recent past. As a result, residents must run from pillar to post and plead with BSNL Society Association members to arrange water for day to day usage. From last 5-7 days residents…

Sir, There are many elderly bed- ridden people in Mysuru for whom the logistics of transportation and risk have been a deterrent to their vaccination. The rapidly emerging mutant variants of covid means that vaccinated family members and caretakers might still get infection and pass it on to these very vulnerable people in their care,…

Sir, Now, it is certain that various agencies of the Government have become desperate and carries out thoughtless and wasteful exercises. One such is the sanitisation drive at Agrahara (SOM dated May 10, P-5). Many of the fellow readers might have forgotten the “Sanitisation Tunnel” of last year. Fortunately, it was abandoned, long back. Pity,…