Sir, Recently, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has introduced a new Self-Service Update Portal (SSUP) wherein residents can themselves update their demographic details such as Name, Address, DoB, Gender, etc., from their home computer or from any computer centre.  However, some computer centres, Common Service Centres (CSCs) and cyber cafes are taking undue…

Sir, For the last few days the Street Vendors and Avenue Trees in J.P. Nagar are facing a tsunami of sorts. On Akka Mahadevi Road, J.P. Nagar, pavement is going to be laid for which strips on both sides of the road are being dug up. That has led to the disaster of the Street…

Sir,  Dattagalli 3rd Stage is a new area booming with construction. They are both residential and commercial.  Many of these commercial buildings are coming bang amidst the residential area as these sites face the main road. Majority of these commercial buildings have no parking facilities. They include choultries too. On days of weddings the area…

Sir, Many elderly people including me are a disappointed lot as we are unable to go on our regular walk in Manasagangothri campus following its closure after COVID outbreak. Our regular walk used to keep us fit avoiding medical care. Suffice it to say  this habit was GREAT MEDICINE for most of us. Now that…

Sir, Most of the main roads in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage (in and around) are in pathetic conditions. While few interior roads were asphalted recently, the main roads (High Tension road, Kannada Sahitya Parishat road, Water Tank road, and other main roads) are unmotorable.  These roads provide main connectivity to many other areas and the traffic…

Sir,  It was a pleasure to read in newspapers that the Dasara Festival Committee has announced a savings of over Rs. 7 crore after the simple Dasara celebrations in Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar and the organisers deserve all appreciation.  At the same time, Mysureans also demand a part of saved funds to be utilised towards…

Sir, In recent times salary is not being disbursed on time to the employees of Degree Colleges (Government and aided), Engineering and Polytechnics in particular from the Government.  In fact the salary is being delayed by two to three months. Whenever the officials concerned are enquired in the Department in this regard, they give evasive…

Sir, This refers to the news item “Ring of Light: 42-Km Outer Ring Road Glows, Again” in SOM dated May 9, 2020. The lights have gone off and the road has again plunged into darkness, endangering the safety of people using the motorway and residents of layouts beyond the road.  The city including the Columbia…

Sir, Kudos to Madetira Thimmaiah, ex-GP President, Kadagadaalu in Kodagu district, for reminding the responsibilities to the youths of the country to keep our country clean by calling the youths from our city to come and pick-up the trash thrown by them on to the roadside in Kodagu (Swachh Bharat Lesson, SOM dated Oct. 31)…

Sir, Since a couple of months, Kalidasa Road is in a totally neglected state. This road is one of the main roads of Mysuru having a lot of medical facilities, good number of banks and other commercial establishments. Also it is one of the main roads leading to Vijayanagar Layout. The stretch of the road…