Sir, The whole of Outer Ring Road (ORR) including Hinkal, Bogadi and Dattagalli junctions are dotted by flex boards and hoardings erected by the followers of a local politician wishing their leader on his birthday. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) autho-rities who are responsible for the ORR upkeep…

Sir, On Feb. 4, 2023, the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) Limited stopped power supply from around 9.30 am to 7.30 pm for a whopping 10 hours for its periodic maintenance! This severely inconvenienced the residents of Dattagalli 3rd Stage and other localities in the city. CESC had published the notice of disruption in power…

Sir, Of late a new mode of traffic violation is being practised by two-wheelers and three-wheelers. Instead of following lane discipline at traffic signals, they move to the right hand side of the road medians, facing the incoming vehicles. As soon as the traffic signal turns green, they are  in a tearing hurry to drive…

Sir, Baby that was you, 45 years ago, now grown up to a matured adult with the careful and loving care of the mentor KBG for short. Star of Mysore has grown through many ups and downs with the blessings of the well-wishers. Kudos to you Star of Mysore for the physical as well as…

Sir, Sudeep, a 24-year-old youth who was working as a service engineer at a service centre of a firm dealing with washing machine, was seriously injured after a huge branch of a dried tree fell on him at Gokulam on Jan. 13, 2022. Even though he wore a quality helmet, he sustained serious injuries affecting…

Sir,                                                                 In Vani Vilasa Mohalla (VV Mohalla) some of the roads are named after famous poets — like Kalidasa Road, Adi Pampa Road and Valmiki Road. Hence, it is appropriate to name VV Mohalla 5th Main Road as Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Road or Udayaravi Road. It is on this stretch of road that ‘Udayaravi,’ the good…

Sir, Apropos to the recent news item “Vehicle checking drive intensified across city,” it is good that Traffic Police have intensified vehicle inspection. The Police should also check vehicles for the following: 1) Vehicles without number plates or the number plates which are not as per RTO specifications, size and font. 2) Vehicles violating one-way…

Sir, During early mornings, many citizens, especially elderly, go for a walk from 5 am on the main roads as parks are ill lit and not maintained properly. During this hour, vehicle users — four-wheelers and two- wheelers — speed past and move in an erratic way by not going around Circles, hitting wrong way …

Sir, This is to bring to light the pathetic state of High Tension road in Vijayanagar (from Trinetra Circle to K.D. Circle and from Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering to K.D. Circle). Despite repeated complaints, the repair works have been consistently delayed, causing immense hardship to the public, especially motorists. The road in question is in…

Sir, A  tree on the opposite side of the road provides much needed shade. However, some of its branches hang out in a precarious manner stretching up to our apartment complex. I have tried on umpteen occasions to bring this to the notice  of the Forest Department.  However, neither Mysuru City Corporation authorities nor the…