Sir, The glaring spelling mistakes  appearing on the road sign board installed by the Mysuru City Corporation, opposite Kodava Samaja in Vijayanagar, is an insult to a great soldier like General K.S. Thimayya. I fail to comprehend how the authorities could be so blind and illiterate in spelling the General’s name as “Janaral K.S. Timmaya…

Sir, We are writing this letter to oppose the newly-proposed train from Mysuru to Kochuveli. People of Mysuru have been asking a train to Hyderabad since two decades. Also with the diversion of 16517/16518 Bengaluru-Karwar train through newly-opened line to Hassan made Mysuru to lose the important evening train from Bengaluru. Whenever we approached the…

Sir, I was shell-shocked reading the news item titled ‘Elderly city lady sedated, robbed in train’ (SOM dated Aug. 3). If this be the fate of a learned and bold citizen, can’t imagine the plight of a common man. I knew Dr. Manik Bengeri as SOM columnist and through my brother who is her family…

Sir, Apropos the news item titled “Elderly city lady sedated, robbed in train” (Star of Mysore dated Aug. 4), it is quite necessary that the Railway authorities should take care to safeguard the passengers in the reserved compartments, especially during the night journey. While I travelled recently from Mysuru to Bhubaneswar in the a/c compartment,…

Sir, In the article titled “Poet Laureate Kuvempu and Prof. N.A. Nikam’s role in building Manasagangothri” (SOM dated Aug. 4), there is an error. It is mentioned that Maharaja Kumari Jaya Lakshammanni Avaru is the wife of Sardar Basava Raja Urs. This is factually wrong. In fact, Maharaja Kumari Jaya Lakshammanni Avaru, eldest daughter of…

Sir, As private vehicles are prohibited on Chamundi Hill Road on Ashada Fridays, half of the total devotees have now started to use the hill steps to reach the temple. The city administration should deploy monitoring authority for safe flow of thousands of step climbers. After 11 am, it was very hard to move up…

Sir, Very recently I had to travel to Hassan from Mysuru for my personal work. Since I missed the early morning train, I decided to travel by bus. I decided to park my vehicle at the two-wheeler parking lot in the basement of Sub-Urban Bus Stand. I learn, the maintenance of the parking lot has…

Sir, This has reference to the letter “Provide second passage for Ring Road Railway under-bridges” (Star of Mysore dated July 25). Needless to say that with single Railway under-bridge at all four places of crossing the Outer Ring Road (ORR) with 6-lane approach road, the accidents happening is not surprising. In fact, even when Mysuru…

Sir, The sudden and sad demise of Lalitha Rao, who wrote occasionally in SOM, has brought a pall of gloom on many of us who knew her well. Her gentle nature reflected in her pleasant conduct and in her writings. Her writings always stirred pleasant memories in the mind of the reader of beautiful days…

Sir, No doubt, water is our most precious natural resource and something which most of us take for granted. The move by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to make rainwater harvesting (RWH) mandatory needs to be fully appreciated. But the point is that before implementing  RWH as mandatory, has the Corporation authorities analysed the feasibility and…