Big B galvanises Gujarat tourism, why not our Maharaja galvanise Mysuru Tourism? Sir, When Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh appointed our Maharaja as the Brand Ambassador of Mysuru City, I was the first one to congratulate him for his bold initiative. But alas, his group of officials have let him down badly after this excellent move….

Sir, Now that the Dasara season has set in, I found this brief news item titled “Mysore Dasara Festivities” quite interesting [Courtesy: From ‘The Hindu’ Archives – A hundred years ago, Oct. 10, 1918, published in its issue dated Oct. 10, 2018): Mysore Dasara Festivities “His Highness the Yuvaraja opens the All-India Dasarah Exhibition (in…

Sir, The M.G. Road behind Dasara Exhibition Grounds is narrowed with stray cattle, hurly-burly parking and stoppage of vehicles for loading and unloading of vegetable crates. To add further chaos, vendors have started selling flowers and coconuts right on the middle of the Vegetable Market Road! This Road is a stone’s throw away from the…

Sir, This refers to the recent news item published in SOM under the title “Despite the ban, plastic adds to city’s pile of waste.” Environmentally harmful plastics, especially single-use items like glasses, spoons, dining sheets and straws are banned at many places including Mysuru since long. However, no one may believe that it is really…

Sir, The above picture is taken in Jayanagar 10th Cross. Some miscreants have covered the drainage with mud in order to take lorries in the conservancy to transport their construction materials. Because of this, even the conservancy lane is damaged. This act is causing a lot of public nuisance and the public property is being…

Sir, The street light on Paduvana Road A & B Block in Kuvempunagar, opposite House No. 457, has not been working for the last two months. I have lodged a complaint more than six times but no action has been taken by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). Fed up with the callous attitude of the authorities,…

Sir, It is an everyday affair for me when I start driving to my workplace, passing through Ring Road, Teresian College, Nazarbad Police Chowk to Sayyaji Rao Road. Enroute I find so many traffic violations whether at traffic signal lights at Teresian College or one-way from Nazarbad Police Station Circle to Sandesh Hotel or the…

Sir, With Dasara nearing, traffic management in and around Mysore Palace becomes a nightmare for the Traffic Police. One of the prime traffic contributors are the City Buses. City bus is very much essential as it replaces lots of vehicles, but the routing of all the buses via City Bus Stand (CBS) and roaming around…

Sir, In recent months many citizens have written in these columns about the stray dog problem in many parts of the city, which has now assumed menacing proportions. It has now become unsafe to take a walk on the streets because of this. It is not uncommon to see stray dogs attacking children who often…

Sir, The recent development to allow advance reservation by AC coach to travel by Malgudi Express is a welcome step, especially owing to anticipated rush during the upcoming Dasara. As Dasara festival is just a few days away, necessary arrangement should be made by the Railways to arrange for special trains between Bengaluru and Mysuru….