Sir, Time and again readers are expressing the inconvenience being faced by the car and two- wheeler users who come to pick up / drop their friends or relatives to the KSRTC Sub-Urban bus stand in city. Now that the Dasara festivities works are in full swing and the newly-appointed District-in-Charge Minister, who is camping…
Garbage menace in Lakshmipuram
September 3, 2019Sir, As we aspire to be the cleanest city in India, it is disheartening to see garbage being dumped on roadside in Lakshmipuram 1st Main near RMP guest quarters building. JSS school children have to pass by the garbage which almost occupies half the road. The foul smell is very disturbing and is a health…
More on One Nation, One Culture
September 1, 2019Sir, I was enlightened reading the article “Sage Agasthya Stood For One Nation, One Culture” by Dr. Manik Bengeri (Star of Mysore dated Aug.18). So exhaustive was the article that I learnt many facts about our culture and history I never knew before. It is unfortunate that our present generation is slowly leaning towards western…
Heritage Structures Vs Human Lives
August 31, 2019Sir, 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…
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