Sir, In our country road accidents are increasing year after year and more than 1.5 lakh people are killed and 4 to 5 lakh people are injured every year. To reduce the accidental deaths, road safety guidelines under the banner of ‘Golden Rules’  also have been issued by Transport Research Wing of the Ministry of…

Sir, There is a mismatch between the position of seat as mentioned in the train ticket and the seat position in the AC Chair Coach Compartment of Chamundi and Rajya Rani Express Trains which are daily trains to and fro Mysuru to Bengaluru. For example, Seat number 41 is Window Seat as per the train…

Sir, Thanks to Karnataka State and District Consumer Redressal Forum at Bengaluru and Mysuru. But for the Consumers’ Forum we would not have got our rightful Title Deeds to our houses in Mysuru for which we waited for 23 years. We approached MUDA several times. We met MPs, MLAs and officials concerned for years but…

Sir, The current move by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to vacate the unauthorised business establishments in the cellar and in the basement parking needs to be appreciated.  If there is a violation in the basement  usage from the approved drawing, the owner of the building needs to be penalised and  punished. The tenant should be…

Sir, The two-wheeler parking lot at the Railway Station (near the first platform) does not have lights and it is an ordeal to locate/park vehicles in the dark. Although high-mast lamp posts are installed in the parking premises, there are no bulbs. On inquiry with the personnel manning the parked vehicles, they feign ignorance and…

Sir, During the Centenary Celebrations of Mysore University, the footpath in front of Crawford Hall was redone. The width was just enough for people to walk on it. Recently in the name of road widening the width has been reduced so much that at places you can keep only a foot on the footpath to…

Sir, This has reference to KBG’s Point Blank titled ‘An eyesore at Mysore Railway Station’ (Star of Mysore dated Nov.29). One fails to understand whose brainchild it was to prompt the Railways all of a sudden and make them paint the serene and majestic looking white pillars with gaudy imprint, deforming and defacing them instantaneously….

Sir, Karnataka has the dubious distinction of having the second highest number of accidents in the country due to unwisely or illegally used speed-breakers. This is not just hearsay but the findings in the ‘Road Accidents in India – 2014’ Report (which has a separate category for accidents due to speed-breakers on National Highways). The…

Sir, In addition to the suggestions made by R. Chandra Prakash in his article titled “How Railways can help ease traffic problem in CBD” (SOM dated Dec.4), I have one more suggestion. The vacant space towards the Southern side of the City Railway Station belonging to Congress Party can be handed over to Railways. It…

Sir, Of late we find many vehicles fitted with decorative LED strobe lights or flash lights connected to the brake. This type of LED lights emit a disturbing flash and causes uneasiness to  the drivers behind such flashing  brake lights. Though it is illegal to have such disturbing lights, neither the Traffic Police nor the…