Sir, The much-needed space for sportspersons and evening walkers in Vijayanagar Stadium is now encroached and disturbed by mindlessly allowing vehicles inside the stadium campus. Since a new private gym started operating in the public space (through tender, as informed), the gates have been kept wide open for vehicles to reach till the doorstep of…

Sir, The article “A Noble Soul on a Noble Mission!” by Dr. Javeed Nayeem in his column “Over a cup of evening tea” (SOM dated Sept. 13) was really an apt one and those who visit Raghulal’s for buying medicines would surely agree with the author. I generally purchase my regular medicines from Raghulal and…

Sir, We the residents of Sankalpmahal on Lalitha Mahal Road wish to bring to the notice of MCC Commissioner regarding irregular and poor supply of water. It is an irony that when both KRS and Mettur Dams are full and thousands of cusecs of precious fresh water is being let off into the sea, we…

Sir, This refers to the news item about Rangayana, Mysuru, published in Star of Mysore dated Sept. 14 and 17. The B.S. Yediyurappa’s BJP Government in Karnataka has given marching orders to the State’s prestigious theatre repertory Rangayana’s Directors without citing any valid, justifiable reason. According to senior theatre personality Prasanna, who was earlier the…

Prevent ‘dogs dinner’ menace Sir, Mysureans, who are increasingly responding to the call for swachchata in the city, are finding it difficult to counter situations like the ones in the photo above. Reasons: First, MCC is finding it difficult to control the ever-increasing population of street dogs in the city for reasons known to everybody…

Sir, This is in response to the letter by Geologist Mrinmoy Chakraborty (SOM dated Aug.11, 2019) defending the views of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) published in SOM dated Apr.25. I write this to bring to light a few facts that go to show that Chakraborty has hastened to defend the warnings given by…

Ensure rain water drainage system is built properly in all localities so this water flows into a Lake or an artificial pond or back into the nearest river Sir, Mission ‘Paani’ is a global campaign by the Government, multinational companies and various NGOs, to raise awareness of water conservation. Currently about 60 crore Indians face…

Sir, Kudos to the district administration for the bold step taken to clear unauthorised shops atop Chamundi Hill including the ones illegally allotted to Government servants and kins of VVIPs. This is carried out despite the pressure from powerful lobbies. We the citizens would look (dream!) for a similar action from the administration to vacate…

Sir, Since three days I have been visiting several Vehicle Emission Checking Centres in Mysuru and seen long queues of vehicles, both two and four-wheelers, going for emission testing. Finally, near the RTO Office I got my two-wheeler emission checked today. The heavy rush may be primarily because of New Traffic Rules which I wholeheartedly…

Sir, The new Motor Vehicles Act prescribing heavy penalties even for minor offences may have been enacted to reduce accidents but it has created widespread anguish and fear because the implementation of this rule leaves much to be desired. Firstly, here the Police are given huge amount of authority and discretion to implement the rule….