Sir, Our Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner, K.H. Jagadeesha, must be complimented for his honest and practical approach towards the overall development of Mysuru. On Sept. 26, through the people-friendly WhatsApp Us column of Star of Mysore, I had brought to the notice of the Commissioner regarding the uneven footpath in front of Marimallappa High…

Sir,  Apropos the letter from C.N. Srinath, Director, Dhvanyaloka, Bogadi Road, Mysuru, under the caption “Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar’s Birth Centenary: Make A Beginning”  in SOM dated Sept. 12. It is heartening to read the concern shown by Srinath in this regard. But his comment that “the Palace family at least should have evinced some interest in…

Sir, This year KRS Dam has filled to the brim, and quite early too. Mysureans are seen using water luxuriously inside and all round their houses. We are accustomed to be callous in this area any way ! However, it is right time to take suitable steps to conserve water. Heavy rains have resulted in…

Sir, On behalf of the citizens, I request the MCC to provide an e-toilet  opposite Aishwarya Driving School on Valmiki Road. There is no public toilet in the area and men come and urinate in the open space on CFTRI side opposite residence and apartments on Valmiki Road. Even customers who come to the food…

Sir, A construction work is being undertaken on the Guest House Road in Nazarbad, between the Canara Bank, Nazarbad Branch and Hotel Siddartha. For quite sometime now the contractor of the building under construction has placed construction material on the busy main road and the same has become a public nuisance. The vehicles coming from…

Sir, Last month, a pre-cast concrete compound wall was erected surrounding a residential vacant corner site No. 212, situated at High-Tension I Main Road and 4th Cross junction of CFTRI Employees Layout. This compound is very high and has no grill openings (see picture) and is creating a blind corner for the motorists. As a…

Sir, Apropos ‘Hotch-potch patch work to fill potholes’ (SOM dated Sept. 18), there is a saying in Urdu ‘Jaldi ka kaam, Shaitan ka kaam’  — roughly translated, it means ‘Work done in a haste, is Devil’s work’. Dasara works are done in the last hour year after year and crores are spent, as you rightly…

Sir, It has been observed that the maximum traffic violation such as signal jumping, over-speeding, using mobile phones while driving or riding is more in the morning between 8 am and 9.30 am. Parents or guardians who take their children to drop to school jump signal while office-goers too jump signals and over-speed as it…

Sir, The Kalidasa Road is getting congested these days due to increasing traffic and mushrooming of commercial establishments. Also the Road is not wide enough to park on both sides. My suggestion: Make Kalidasa Road as one-way from Cheluvamba Park to Yoganarasimhaswamy temple junction. Alternative Road is from Hunsur (Rudset point via Oyster Bay, Gokulam…

Sir, Krishnaraja Boulevard or KR Boulevard is a heritage avenue in Mysuru City.  Many heritage structures like the Law Courts, Sri Chamarajendra Urs Boarding School, District Board Office, Oriental Research Institute, Old University Office Building etc., are located on this stretch. The Road was named after the great King Nalwadi Krishna Raja Wadiyar, who had…