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…

Sir, It was heartening to come across the slogan ‘Respecting the dignity of women’ painted on the HP domestic gas cylinder mentioning above it Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. It is, indeed, a very thoughtful advertising creative idea of HP Gas company giving due respect to dignity of women, linking how this PM Scheme has helped…

Sir, We drive around various Police barricades on all roads. But what purpose do they serve other than increasing hazardous driving? Our Police think that an obstruction in our path prevents speeding or accidents. It is not so. A barricade put up near Harsha Bar, Bogadi Main Road, has clearly indicated otherwise. More accidents have…

Sir, This year’s Dasara festival is fast approaching but the construction of multi-level parking facility in the Town Hall premises is not completed. As a result, once again, it may lead to parking issues in the busy central business district area. On the other side, people are parking their vehicles as per their whims and…

Sir, Recently I was shopping in our neighbourhood and it being a Sunday afternoon, there were not many vehicles on the road. There were some shoppers in the area and many of them were shopping in the Mega Store on Hebbal Main Road and parked their two-wheelers in front of the Store which is a…

Sir, After several cases of lap driving (taking kids on the lap of the rider/driver while driving), very recently I saw a person holding the baby, may be less than a year or so, in one hand and driving the two-wheeler with another hand (see photo), which is a road safety hazard. Surprisingly a woman,…

Sir, The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) civic workers have not collected garbage for the last one week in residential apartments in and around Siddartha Layout. MCC has come up with the order that garbage will not be collected even if segregated from establishments with 5,000 sq. m area or greater area. The same is to…

Sir, I would like to draw the attention of authorities concerned and elected representatives towards the over-emphasis on helmetless riding or production of documents or wrong parking and ignoring other types of violations which are very rampant and perhaps more dangerous to public safety. I am very sorry to observe that many a times this…