Sir, As a further step to Swachhatha Abhiyaan, the Railways should take steps to say ‘NO’ to plastics in the trains. The vendors selling eatables like idli and dosa wrap them with thin plastic papers while the vendors selling groundnuts too pack them in plastic covers. I have in my journey, advised them several times…

Sir, This has reference to M.P. Prabhakaran’s Book Talk titled “Star of Mysore: Story of a unique evening english newspaper — Trials and Tribulations of a Newspaper Editor” (SOM dated Apr.21). It made good reading. I was wondering if KBG had left India, he too would have been like his friend Prabhakaran, in a different…

Sir, It was disheartening to see some construction activity happening in the middle of the Freedom Fighters Park near Shanthala Theatre in city. The construction is spoiling the holy look and the greenery of the Park. It is also obstructing the view of the existing Freedom Fighters Bhavan and affecting the morning and evening walkers….

Sir, The SBM Park in Srirampura which was in a state of neglect got a facelift with the construction of a compound around it, thanks to the efforts of MUDA Chairman and the MLA who laid foundation stone in July 2015 and assured to develop the Park. Added to this, the Mysore Bank Colony Residents…

Sir, I am a frequent visitor to Mysuru and I wish to share my experience with autos. The auto meters are tampered beyond imagination. Recently, even for short distance of 5 km, I was forced to pay Rs. 110. Most of these autowallahs use bad languages to get their demanded money, particularly those who cannot…

Sir, The letter by Melkote B. Jayaram titled ‘Check increasing vehicle population’ in som dated Apr. 14 is timely and also the need of the hour. Rich class of the society having spacious bungalows with ample parking space can afford to have their own vehicles (car) including two-wheelers which are commonly used by everyone today…

Sir, Parasayyanahundi, where the Outer Ring Road intersects with H.D. Kote Road, is chaotic to say the least during peak hours. Vehicles pouring in from all directions, vegetable and fruit vendors doing brisk business, food carts churning out the day’s specials and people waiting for bus on one side, alighting the bus on the other,…

Sir, It is many weeks since the road work on the Jaladarshini stretch necessitated the closure of the road to vehicular traffic. Therefore, all traffic towards Hunsur has to take a de-tour from Kalamandira to the left of the Kukkarahalli Lake, connect to the Open Air Theatre road,  to join the main road towards Hunsur…

Sir, This refers to the report on MGP meeting on Railway issues (SOM dated Apr.10). The sub-title in the report states that a demand was made to bring down parking fees at the City Railway Station. I wish to make the following suggestion to not only eliminate parking, but even to reduce use of petrol…