Sir, KSRTC is the backbone for passenger transportation in our city. From Hootagalli, a number of buses are available to city bus stand but all are via Vontikoppal Post Office, St. Joseph’s School, Akashvani Circle, Dasappa Circle and Railway Station route. Most of these buses are overcrowded during peak hours with College and office-goers. People…

Sir, Recently, the Ring Road was asphalted erasing speed-breakers at two points at Dattagalli side. Earlier, there was a road hump erected at Netaji Circle,  as was considered by Kuvempunagar Traffic Police and barricades were placed at Mahamane junction after studying several accidental episodes.  This barricade was placed referring civic problems published in SOM. These…

Sir, A few months ago, I went to the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru, for some problems with my hearing. It was the peak time of Covid but I did not want to wait any longer for this visit. As I walked in through the gate, I was pleasantly surprised by…

Sir, This has reference to the recent letter in this column where a citizen from Gokulam has raised the menace of stray dogs. Vidyashankar Layout, wherein a reputed School is situated next to Ring Road, is one such area, where the menace is very acute. Many school-going kids and aged citizens have a tough time…

Sir, I am a student studying in Maharaja’s First Grade College. I travel through Valmiki Road to the College from my house and I see thousands of students walking everyday in the morning and evening daily from Maharani’s College situated in Valmiki road to Akashavani Circle,  Yadavagiri. I request the local MLA to kindly look…

Sir, Synonymous to its name, this High Tension Road in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage near the Ring Road is full of potholes. This road is a double road on both sides of the High Tension electricity wires.  This double road is so important that it connects the important software companies like Infosys, Wipro etc., and Koorgalli…

Sir, The letter titled “When ideology intrudes, art suffers” by H.R. Bapu Satyanarayana in SOM dated Dec.16, tells one side of the story and deliberately masks the overall picture of what is going on in Rangayana. The letter tries to squarely blame and put the responsibility of the ongoing fiasco at Rangayana on a few…

Sir, Those who admire Rangayana productions have to agree with the views of Director Addanda Cariappa. He has been the target of vested interests from the day he assumed office. Whatever his political leanings be, the production of ‘Parva’ was a landmark in Rangayana. That Cariappa, being a Kodava, has serious reservations regarding Tipu is…

Sir, Apropos the headline in Star of Mysore dated  Dec. 19 which inter alia informs that forty thousand doses of covid-19 vaccines are wasted and DHO claims it is negligible. Well, I am of the opinion that instead of wasting the vaccine doses which take time, energy and money to manufacture in the labs, the…