Sir, Apropos the letter by Shivaram Nayak (SOM dated Apr. 2), who has boldly and bluntly called the bluff of helmet checking drive by the Traffic Police, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Nayak for comprehensively analysing many issues thereof with clarity of failures by the enforcing authority in each of those…

Sir, Recently I have noticed a car coming from MCC Office side and going towards Albert Victor Road without taking the roundabout at K.R. Circle. When I stopped and asked the driver why he did not take the roundabout when all other vehicles are following the rules, to my utter shock, I got a reply…

Sir, Mysuru is an upcoming cosmopolitan city, apart from being a place frequented by domestic and international tourists, since a long time. Mysuru being a tourist centre should exhibit tourist-friendly gestures like readable name-boards, destination boards, direction boards in local language and in English. Unfortunately, we have some myopic leaders, instigating their blind followers, to…

Sir, I wish to highlight the plight of senior citizens, ladies and students while travelling in city buses. Many a times it has been observed that some drivers of these buses do not care for the safety of the passengers. Also they do not stop at the designated stop but at some distance away from…

Sir, A few days ago two persons came to my house with a list to verify whether my name is in the electoral list but could not find it. When I enquired as to what I should do they said the list is with various persons and that they will come later. Till now nobody…

Sir, It is being observed very frequently at many Circles that several pedestrians as well as vehicle users are ignoring the red signal. It made me to think whether such pedestrians and vehicle users are becoming colour-blind momentarily as soon as they reach the Circles. Thus they are violating road safety rules and risking the…

Sir, As a frequent traveller, I have a few passenger-friendly suggestions to the Railways. Mysuru City Railway Station is a heritage structure till K.R. Hospital but the entry and exit points at the Circle is very narrow. As a result, passengers are inconvenienced. Autos, two-wheelers, cars and other big motor vehicles have to enter and…

Sir, This is with respect to the helmet quality checking drive by the City Police. While the avowed intention of this drive is to protect the riders in case of an accident, several questions arise as to the real reasons and intentions behind such a move. Firstly, these helmets which are also called half-helmets, made…

Sir, Although leaf-burning is banned in most Municipalities including our royal city of Mysuru, I have come across in almost all the localities where the MCC pourakarmikas who sweep and clean roads are in constant habit of burning the heaped up dry leaves and some garbage collected along with it. This leads to leads to…

Sir, In the recent past a few petrol bunks in and around the outskirts of Mysuru city are not filling fuel for the money we pay. One of my close friends faced this bitter experience when he went to a petrol bunk in the vicinity of his house. He got petrol filled for Rs.  200…