Sir, Sri Lakshmi Venkataramanaswamy temple on KRS main road in Vontikoppal has become a garbage dumping zone. Devotees who visit the temple dispose the leftover of prasadam and flower waste near the temple. Though the temple authorities try to clean up that area and the garbage, it becomes a dumping place very next minute. Because…

Sir, Time and again the problems faced by vehicle-users, particularly four-wheelers in parking their vehicles at KSRTC Suburban bus stand is brought to the notice of authorities concerned through this column, but it seems like nobody is bothered.  With the city bus bay lane in front, four-wheelers cannot bring their cars near the entrance to…

Sir, The main connecting roads in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage are in a pathetic condition. The High Tension Road (Trinetra Circle to Ring Road, parallel to Vidyavardhaka College to Ring Road) and Kannada Sahitya Parishat Road are unmotorable. These roads provide main connectivity to many other areas and thousands of motorists commute on this route. Many…

Sir, Visvesvaraya Bhavan in K.R. Circle in Central Business District is one of the hundreds of properties owned by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). Photo alongside shows the filthy, stinking and most unhygienic mosquitoe-breeding cellar floor of the building. Such negligence is not acceptable, that too in these days of Covid and other variants. There…

Sir, It was heartening to read in Star of Mysore  about  students from NIE Institute of Technology (NIEIT)  clearing heaps of plastic garbage from Lingambudhi Lake area recently.  Lingambudhi Lake is a beautiful landmark in Mysuru whose ambience reminds me of some  lakes I have walked around in developed countries. Sadly, the last time I…

Sir, After reading about centenarian Allaranda M. Kuttappa, who lived to the grand-old age of  104 years (KBG’s Abracadabra ‘Of mice and men’ in Star of Mysore dated Feb. 5) it sent me down on my memory lane about my father. My father H. Ramanna died in his 105th year on Oct.23, 2007. It is…

Sir, Of late we find an increase in number of push-cart vendors, dangerously positioned at the corner junctions of almost all main roads and cross roads. They do have a right to do the business, but it should not be by causing hindrance to the free movement of pedestrians and motorists. When they occupy the…

Sir, I could not agree more with the views expressed by Ashvini Ranjan (SOM dated Feb.1) about our elected representatives’ total disregard for our city’s future. Allowing developmental activities atop the Chamundi Hill is incomprehensible, to say the least. It is a matter of great shame on the part of our decision-makers in not heeding…

Sir, This refers to the news item concerning the issue of ‘Direct to home’ piped gas project highlighting two perspectives — one concerning the views of the elected representatives of the City of Mysuru and the other by a professional expert on the subject recently. Mysuru has always had the unique distinction of heralding a…