Sir, Since yesterday afternoon, I have been reading in some newspapers and also watching on TV that the Congress Party is not for building a Ram Mandir at Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya which Hindus believe is the place where Lord Ram was born. According to Shashi Tharoor, the Congress MP, no good Hindu wants…
M.G. Road vegetable market, nuisance for motorists
October 15, 2018Sir, I have been using the M.G. Road daily to commute towards Chamundi Hill Road. The vegetable market located besides M.G. Road is creating lot of problems to the motorists passing through this stretch, especially during 7 am – 10 am. Lot of people who travel on this road during this time are officials whose…
Hawkers and garbage galore near Palace
October 14, 2018Sir, A visit to the Mysore Palace revealed lack of commitment to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan with the absence of dustbins in and around the historical Palace and no proper allotted area for hawkers to sell their snacks or wares. There seems to be no instructions to hawkers to have their own dustbins to keep their…
Dasara Brand Ambassador must be seen in public
October 13, 2018Big B galvanises Gujarat tourism, why not our Maharaja galvanise Mysuru Tourism? Sir, When Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh appointed our Maharaja as the Brand Ambassador of Mysuru City, I was the first one to congratulate him for his bold initiative. But alas, his group of officials have let him down badly after this excellent move….
When H.H. Yuvaraja inaugurated All India Dasara Exhibition this day 100 years ago !
October 12, 2018Sir, Now that the Dasara season has set in, I found this brief news item titled “Mysore Dasara Festivities” quite interesting [Courtesy: From ‘The Hindu’ Archives – A hundred years ago, Oct. 10, 1918, published in its issue dated Oct. 10, 2018): Mysore Dasara Festivities “His Highness the Yuvaraja opens the All-India Dasarah Exhibition (in…
Chaos at M.G. Road Vegetable Market !
October 11, 2018Sir, The M.G. Road behind Dasara Exhibition Grounds is narrowed with stray cattle, hurly-burly parking and stoppage of vehicles for loading and unloading of vegetable crates. To add further chaos, vendors have started selling flowers and coconuts right on the middle of the Vegetable Market Road! This Road is a stone’s throw away from the…
Is plastic ban really effective?
October 10, 2018Sir, This refers to the recent news item published in SOM under the title “Despite the ban, plastic adds to city’s pile of waste.” Environmentally harmful plastics, especially single-use items like glasses, spoons, dining sheets and straws are banned at many places including Mysuru since long. However, no one may believe that it is really…
Stop dumping debris in conservancy lane
October 9, 2018Sir, The above picture is taken in Jayanagar 10th Cross. Some miscreants have covered the drainage with mud in order to take lorries in the conservancy to transport their construction materials. Because of this, even the conservancy lane is damaged. This act is causing a lot of public nuisance and the public property is being…
Complaint against MCC
October 9, 2018Sir, The street light on Paduvana Road A & B Block in Kuvempunagar, opposite House No. 457, has not been working for the last two months. I have lodged a complaint more than six times but no action has been taken by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). Fed up with the callous attitude of the authorities,…
Do we really need traffic rules?
October 8, 2018Sir, It is an everyday affair for me when I start driving to my workplace, passing through Ring Road, Teresian College, Nazarbad Police Chowk to Sayyaji Rao Road. Enroute I find so many traffic violations whether at traffic signal lights at Teresian College or one-way from Nazarbad Police Station Circle to Sandesh Hotel or the…
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