Sir, The entire 0.7 km stretch between SBM Colony located next to Roopanagar and the overhead water tank of Bank Colony, Bogadi, which is passing in front of Hari Vidyalaya, is in a very bad condition. It is not known how the local residents are managing with this stone-studded road (see photo). It is highly…

Sir, The road which leads to Amrita Kripa Hospital in Roopanagar is in a very bad condition. This apart, motorists come in the wrong direction to avoid the bad road which may lead to accidents and also cause severe damage to the vehicles plying on the bad roads. Poor road construction is responsible for the…

Sir, Nowadays, Bank Employees Colony, Bogadi, off Ring Road, is full of street dogs, thanks to so many Bars & Restaurants around. During nights, pack of dogs roam all over the street making night-time restless to residents. The packs converge at a Community Hall and at 11th Cross corner. Of late, one rabid dog has…

Sir, The Shatabdi train plying between Mysuru and Chennai is the best mode of travel between these two major cities. In fact, this train can be preferred over any other train, but for slightly higher train fare. However, one thing which causes inconvenience for the regular passengers in this train is the unscientific and improper…

Sir, This is concerning the road right in front of Nirmala Convent on Gokulam main Road where half the road has been broken (dug up) for some work. The same has not been repaired forcing all vehicles to use only one side of the road. Can the authorities concerned please look into this and do…

Sir, Kudos to Mysuru City Traffic Police, Traffic Wardens and Home Guards for effectively controlling the traffic during last couple of days. The vehicular traffic density was very high during Dasara season but owing to proper planning and apt use of manpower, this year the traffic chaos was minimum. At some points motorists were causing…

Sir, Apropos the news item ‘Sudha Murty’s Aqua Touch’ (SOM dated Oct. 15). The rejuvenation of Hebbal Lake by Infosys Foundation and the District Minister promising to turn it into a tourist spot soon is a pleasant news. This should motivate other Corporates, MUDA and MCC to revive the other water bodies which are dead…

Sir, Recently, our Chief Minister spoke about re-naming the century-old  “University of Mysore” as “Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar University.” I think politicians have to think twice before uttering on any subject. One should know the value of the existing name before re-naming it. It need not be said how much we respect the late Nalwadi, the…

Sir, Since yesterday afternoon, I have been reading in some newspapers and also watching on TV that the Congress Party is not for building a Ram Mandir at Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya which Hindus believe is the place where Lord Ram was born. According to Shashi Tharoor, the Congress MP, no good Hindu wants…

Sir, I have been using the M.G. Road daily to commute towards Chamundi Hill Road. The vegetable market located besides M.G. Road is creating lot of problems to the motorists passing through this stretch, especially during 7 am – 10 am. Lot of people who travel on this road during this time are officials whose…