Sir, The online payment of water bills on the MCC website has often been unsuccessful, as reported earlier in these columns by consumers. Added to this, the water bill payments made at MysoreOne (Karnataka One) Centres also at times have not been posted against our accounts and often reflects as ‘previous dues’ in the subsequent…

Sir, The Ramaswamy Circle is an important alighting point of passengers who come to Mysuru by bus. Every day thousands of passengers get down at this stop to reach various destinations in the city.  However, the autorickshaw service at Ramaswamy Circle is horribly bad. Rickshaw drivers at this stand take the passengers for a ride…

Sir, The recent extension of Train No. 17326/17325 Ashokapuram- Hubballi-Ashokapuram Vishwamanava Express up to Belagavi via Mysuru, Mandya, Bengaluru, Tumakuru, Arsikere, Haveri, Hubballi and Dharwad is a welcome move. This extension has brought relief to many passengers between Mysuru – Belagavi and vice-versa through a direct train connectivity. The operational run of Vishwamanava Express between…

Sir, This is to bring to the notice of the concerned, regarding very poorly maintained footpath on both sides across the very recently laid tar road leading from Srirampura Preeti Layout junction to Outer Ring Road, touching RT Nagar. This road is across the Lingambudhi Lake, where we can see many migrant birds in the…

Sir, This is to bring to the notice of authorities concerned regarding lack of dustbins at Sangam Circle and thereby disposal of house-waste into the open causing it to be eaten by cows and dogs. Although household waste is being taken care of by civic authorities on a regular basis, some of it still find…

Sir, This is my suggestion to the Election Commission of India (ECI) regarding the present voters list, which is very haphazard and defies any logic. I wonder why the lists are not generated door number-wise instead of the present queer manner. It’s easier to search for names. Presently, part of a family’s names appear in…

Sir, This is to complain about the nil or pathetically poor Airtel network at Sankalpmahal Apartment Complex on Lalitha Mahal Road, Siddarthanagar. Repeated complaints to the local staff in this regard has had no impact. To make a call we need to go to the public road to get reasonable network. Most of the residents…

Sir, At present there are no direct bus services from J.P. Nagar to Ramakrishnanagar (R.K. Nagar). One has to first travel from JP Nagar to City Bus Stand (CBS) in one bus and then travel in another bus again from (CBS) to R.K. Nagar. This is proving to be very time-consuming for the many commuters…

Sir, At present there are more than half-a-dozen flights from our city every day to cities like Bengaluru, Chennai and Goa, etc., and as per the Director of Mysuru Airport, the occupancy rate is 80% to 90%. This is really a good news and will certainly reduce the burden on the already overburdened surface transport…

Sir, The recent move by the KSRTC to discontinue with the practise of supplying drinking water bottles to passengers of AC buses is welcome. The move comes at a time when the entire nation has pledged for a plastic-free country and such a positive step by KSRTC towards environment is highly appreciated. It is given…