Sir, This is in response to Vijay Hemmige’s letter titled “Ring Road accidents: Some thoughts” (SOM dated Jan. 20) and I wish to share some useful points: 1. There are three Railway Underpasses on the stretch between Columbia Asia Hospital – Metagalli junction and none of them have any lights, which is most important. 2….

Sir, In continuation with the letter by Ashok Nayak titled “Use of mobile phone while driving on the rise”  in Star of Mysore dated Jan.19, I would like you to use your good offices and put this up to the Traffic Police and the City Police Commissioner too. Everyday we see many violators on the…

Sir, The KRS Road is one of the main roads of Mysuru and since more than a month street-lights are not functioning on this road. It was observed that the cable connecting the street-lights were being replaced, though earlier cable was functioning perfectly well for decades without any issues. It appears that the contract for…

Sir, The recent fatal accident on Ring Road (near GRS Fantasy Park) is an eye-opener to all.  I have been travelling in this road since last 15 years and I find that many motorists are reckless and even impatient while driving.  After the ghastly accident of a PG student a couple of years back, heavy…

Sir, I have been observing these days, more number of drivers, especially two-wheelers, bending their head and holding mobile on one hand while driving. In the process, their concentration on road is diverted. They fail to understand the danger, risking their life and others’ also. I wonder how they control the vehicle with one hand…

Sir, Udayaravi Main Road in Kuvempunagar, about a kilometre stretch from Kavitha Departmental Stores on Paduvana Road, is in a very bad condition. The road was not relayed with tar for more than a decade. It is filled with potholes and craters. This is the route I usually commute to reach my office, as it…

Sir, It was indeed a pleasure to read the 3-part article titled “A visionary educationist of Mysore: N.S. Subba Rao” written by Dr. Bhagirath S. Naganath under his column ‘Mysore Memories’ recently. Persons of such intellectual calibre, generosity and modesty  are very very rare today. Prof. Subba Rao along with intellectual giants like B.M. Sri,…

Sir,     I am a 61-year-old retired person. I took my first dose of Covishield vaccine at the District Hospital in Metagalli on 30.3.2021 and I got the certificate also. On 30.4.2021, I took my second dose at the same hospital but I could not download the certificate from the CoWIN app. After some days I…

Sir, I would like to draw the attention of the civic authority towards the deplorable condition of the park in Chamundipuram 2nd Cross. The park is not cleaned properly or secured tightly against the stray animals. The people are using the park to bury the dead pet animals in spite of direct multiple pleas against…

Sir, I underwent some inconvenience during last week while travelling in the train from Davanagere to Mysuru and today from Mysuru to Bengaluru. Thanks to Indian Railways for immense facilities and comforts provided to its commuters in Railway Stations and inside the trains. But many a time, the coach halting display and the stoppage of…