Sir, Deliberate signal jumping and not following the lane discipline, that is, driving on the other side of the road divider, especially at the Circles, has become quite common in city. In a recent incident, I have noticed a narrow escape from a head-on collision between a scooter and bike near AIISH Circle on Bogadi…

Sir, At last the deadly steep curve on Hunsur Road near Jaladarshini Guest House, which was prone to frequent accidents, was made available for public use after bringing some engineering changes like road widening followed by introducing some revised road design parameters aimed at increased safety of vehicle riders. At the same time, the environmentalists’…

Sir, There is a stretch of around 100 mtrs near SBR Mohan Jewellery Hall on Ashoka Road restricted for parking by the disabled. Since we shop-keepers are already running short of parking space on Ashoka Road and as most of our customers are shying away from our shops, we request the authorities concerned to remove…

Sir, Though Traffic Police of Mysuru are putting their best efforts in nabbing and curbing all sorts of traffic rules violators and violations, one group of violators are still going scot-free. The autorickshaws with Kerala registration number cannot be penalised by city Traffic Police even if they blatantly violate all the rules, even when the…

Sir, I would like to draw the attention of Town Planners, people’s representatives and the officers of CESC towards the problem of naked electric wire and the danger caused when they are snapped and fall on the ground. I live in Vijayanagar 3rd Stage. Today at 7 am, one live wire came down leaving frequent…

Sir This electric pole on Ring Road near Sathagalli bus depot is in this slanting position since the past few days. Will the authorities concerned wake up before it is too late and set right this leaning pole of Mysuru? – Ameer, Mysuru, 3.5.2018 You can also mail us your views, opinions, and stories to…

Sir, The rise in the number of road accidents and related deaths or injuries in our country is indeed worrying one and all. To curtail this trend, strict actions are being taken in some States without waiting for the proposed amendments in the road safety bill. During the last financial year (2017-18) more than 2.53…

Sir, This has reference to N.K.A. Ballal’s article “Musings on World Idli Day” (Star of Mysore dated May 10). I believe the name ‘idli’ itself suggests its origin. My conjecture is the word ‘idli’ is derived from ‘hittalli.’ In Kannada ‘hittalli madiddu’ means prepared out of paste of a cereal. It is easy to see…

Sir, Signal jumping as a result of not keeping an eye on the signals has become rampant in the city including the busy Central Business District area (see photo). Many are not stopping on their own on yellow signal (on yellow signal that comes before red signal we are not supposed to cross the stop…

Sir, Recently I had the first-hand experience of travelling from Shivamogga by Talaguppa Mysuru Inter-City Express which I feel was the worst experience of train journey in my life. The train no doubt was punctual and fast but the seating arrangements for the coaches were not matching with the speed of the train. For a…