Sir, With more number of old structures crumbling, it is high time for the guardians of “heritage” to re-look and re-think their views on restoring, re-constructing or maintaining these structures at the cost of human lives. Human life is more precious than the heritage value of any crumbling and dilapidated old structures. God forbid, suppose…
KSRTC luxury bus service to Bengaluru losing charm
August 30, 2019Sir, The Airavat bus services of KSRTC to Bengaluru is not only overpriced, but also not worth the money especially for Bengaluru. Upon introduction, the services were so good and most of the buses used to reach Nayandanahalli in 2 hours 15 minutes. Let us forget weekends, when the traffic is more, even on weekdays,…
Half-baked civic work puts public in danger
August 29, 2019Sir, After the heavy rains three weeks ago a tree inside the Postal Training Centre (PTC), Nazarbad, fell over the compound on to the Karanji Lake Road (Thandi Sadak Road) partially blocking the stretch. While the authorities immediately cut the branches to clear the road, their half-baked work did not manage to clear the road…
Reminiscing the 1962 Rain Havoc in Kodagu
August 28, 2019Sir, We had a property adjacent to Glenlorna Tea Estate in Hudikeri, South Kodagu. In the year 1962, there was torrential rains. Schools and Colleges declared holidays for almost six months. During this time, the rain played havoc and affected our property also very badly. Just one or two years before this incident occurred, our…
Dangerous fuse boxes
August 27, 2019Sir, It is not known whose great idea it was to fix the fuse boxes to electrical poles so close to the ground in entire Mysuru city. Due to lack of maintenance, many such fuse boxes are appearing open without any closures and the wires exposed (see photo taken very recently on D.Devaraj Urs Road…
Smart Grid Symposium: Need of the hour
August 27, 2019Sir, Thanks to SOM for highlighting ‘Smart Grid Symposium’ (SOM dated Aug.23) jointly held by CESC and Karnataka Electricity Board Engineers at Kadakola, Mysuru, which is the need of the hour in the present ever-growing domestic and industrial power consumers’ demand — both HT and LT (High Tension and Low Tension). The latest state-of-the-art technologies…
Start Dasara special trains between Bengaluru-Mysuru
August 26, 2019Sir, As Dasara festival is just few weeks away, necessary advanced arrangements by the Railways to run Dasara special trains between Bengaluru and Mysuru is now highly necessary. We are thankful for the recent introduction of new MEMU services and extension of some of the trains that terminate at Bengaluru upto Mysuru. Further, an extensive…
Kudos to Rail AC Coach Attendant
August 25, 2019Sir, I travelled in Train No.17302 Dharwad-Mysuru Express, ex-Dharwad on 22.8.2019, in AC 2-tier Coach A1, with berth numbers 37 & 39 [Ticket PNR No.4261820269]. The train reached Mysuru (Platform No.1) on-time at 0700-hrs on 23.8.2019, and I de-trained and went to my home. I received a phone call on my landline at around 0745-hrs,…
Level the manholes to make roads safe for motorists
August 24, 2019Sir, This is to bring to the notice of authorities concerned that not only potholes, unlevelled manhole pits or raised manholes without proper levelling can also make roads unsafe for two-wheeler riders and pedestrians, as most of the pedestrians walk on the roads, but not on footpaths. It may lead to road accidents, especially during…
Town Hall Multi-level Parking facility mess: Punish the guilty Officers
August 23, 2019Sir, This has reference to the write-up on the current pathetic condition of Multi-storey Parking facility under construction at the Town Hall (Star of Mysore dated Aug. 19 titled “Not Before Dasara Town Hall Parking, Irwin Road Widening”). In 2012, when Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) learnt about the MCC’s proposal to build a Parking facility…
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