Sir, With reference to State Government’s decision to shelve the straightening of the Hunsur Road and our MP’s contradiction of this decision (SOM dated Feb.24), my views are as follows: Any high school student would tell you that if we have to join two points which are vertically about 50 meters apart and laterally 250…

Sir, It was 6 am yesterday (24th February) when I left my house for my morning walk.  At the Gokulam Road – Hunsur road junction, I noticed a Road Roller parked in the centre of the road. This was meant to stop traffic as road humps were being laid at the end of Gokulam Road…

Sir, Recently elevated speed- breakers were erected at the junction of Gokulam Road and Hunsur Road and hats off to the authorities concerned for mitigating the woes faced by the motorists at this junction since a long time. Now we can cross this busy junction at ease, with the least fear of dangerously speeding vehicles….

Sir, Kudos to Railways for bringing Mysuru under the electrified Railway map. But nowadays, I learn that some trains from either Bengaluru or other places were converted to Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches (non A/C). So I feel that Namma Mysuru also deserves to upgrade at least two popular trains originating from city, to LHB…

Sir, Monday, the 5th of February, 2018 turned out to be a day of grief, of pathos and one of anguish. When Prof. B. Mahananda (71) breathed his last, it was curtains down for a long-lasting cherishing friendship of nearly six decades starting from K.R. Nagar Government Middle School up to his demise. My friend…

Sir, On the 5th of February 2018, Prof. B. Mahananda, former Deputy Director of Placement and Training in SJCE, breathed his last. He was a good friend of mine of whom I had seen very intimately the way he worked as the Deputy Director of Placements. He and I joined the College as lecturers more…

Sir, For tourists it’s more important how they feel when they are holidaying, rather than what places they are visiting. I have seen many times that the unofficial (unwanted) tourist guides or vendors (read flute vendors) try persuading to buy their goods to a menacing extent, specially to foreigners from western countries that they are…

Sir, We are happy to learn that a new feather has been added to Mysuru city with the inauguration of new Maharani’s Commerce and Management College in Paduvarahalli behind CFTRI Campus, by the Chief Minister recently. As we have been noticing the Valmiki Road, between the new Maharani’s College and the CFTRI Campus, is already…

Sir, With the introduction of 17235/17236 Vishwamanava Express between Mysuru and Hubballi via Bengaluru, passengers find it more convenient to reach Bengaluru and beyond. Further, this has also eased the trouble of changing train at Bengaluru to reach Hubballi during day time. The direct connectivity to Hubballi from Mysuru has eased travel and provided with…

Sir, I am one of the several thousand unsuccessful aspirants of a site from MUDA in the recently and successfully concluded site allotment in Lalithadrinagar Layout. As per the schedule of activities, it was announced that the deposit amount of the unsuccessful applicants will be refunded soon after the final list of allottees is published….