Sir, A look at the present condition of Nanjangud’s two major roads (RP Road and MGS Road) is highly horrifying. Work on replacing age-old open drainage with the box-type ones is on. One side of the road is already dug but the excavated loose earth is haphazardly dumped at the very centre, blocking traffic movement…
Non-Green Ganesha idols: Do we believe in rule of law?
September 5, 2017Sir, Your photo-news titled, “It’s PoP culture! Hopes of Green Ganesha Sink” (Star of Mysore dated Sept. 2) will sadden not only environmentalists but also those who believe in the rule of law. The Deputy Commissioner had conducted the meeting on this subject two weeks back and urged the citizens not to immerse non-green Ganesha…
Woes of passengers at City Railway Station parking lot
September 5, 2017Sir, I would like to draw the attention of Railway authorities regarding the following problems faced by the passengers in the parking lots of Mysuru Junction, specially at the CFTRI side. There is no proper lighting arrangement in the parking lot. We have to depend upon the lights of booking office building. As a result…
Gangothri Layout: Worst maintained Roads
September 4, 2017Sir, It is four years since the Roads and Cross Roads in Gangothri Layout were dug for laying deep sewerage pipes and till today we have been living with those bumpy pothole roads. Disgustingly they were filling the potholes with mud. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the area Corporator are answerable to the tax-payers…
Help our crying dustbins !
September 4, 2017Sir, I am a resident of Shakthinagar, 7th A Cross, 4th Main. Here, the small little tempo which is supposed to collect our home waste is highly irregular and untimely! Sometimes, it doesn’t come even for one week and if it comes, it is already overloaded and waste keeps dropping all the way it goes….
Unethical practice in National Highway Toll Plazas
September 3, 2017Sir, Toll Plazas are collecting excess amount than the prescribed amount by the government. Last week, we were travelling from Mysuru to Bijapur through NH 50 and NH 04 in car. To our surprise, the toll rates they were collecting is more than Re 1.1 per km for cars and in some cases it is…
Stray dog menace at Sports Pavilion
September 2, 2017Sir, It is highly regrettable to bring to the notice of MCC authorities that a pack of about twenty street dogs have made the University Sports Pavilion their inhabitant place. Almost all the dogs together disturb the children who come for sports training. As the training starts from 6 am, children running around the pavilion…
Goodness of Life…
September 2, 2017Sir, Reading Dr. Javeed Nayeem’s article “A Tale of Three Conferences!” in yesterday’s Star of Mysore, I was simply intrigued by the play of fate in each individual’s life. If one is good, providence returns that goodness multifold. The father of the girl-child with congenital defect in her heart was lucky to have Dr. Javeed…
Worsening traffic: Form Mysuru Traffic Commission or Task Force
September 1, 2017Sir, This refers to the well-researched article on worsening traffic problem by Prof. Chandra Prakash, former President of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) in SOM dated Aug. 19 and 20. Besides discussing the factors which are causing traffic problem with lots of statistics, he has suggested a set of solutions. We, the residents, cannot afford to…
Dead street-lights on Ring Road
August 31, 2017Sir, This is in continuation of my previous letter on the same issue (SOM dated July 6). The street-lights on Ring Road from Columbia Asia Hospital to Narayana Hospital are still not working; they are dead. Most importantly the bushes that have grown on the edges of the Ring Road and service road add to…
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