The water main which takes water from the Yadavagiri High Level Reservoir to Bannimantap was leaking badly at the intersection of Vivekananda Road and 3rd Cross, Yadavagiri. Repeated complaints to MCC produced no results. When our letter on this problem appeared in the media, action was immediate. We thank MCC for its action, but this matter raises some worrying questions.
1. Why is it that MCC does not take action on such problems on its own? These problems are not occurring in some remote corner. They are in plain sight of thousands of people, some of whom are bound to be MCC employees. Can they not get the problem fixed by their colleagues? Do they not feel that it is their city and their problem? Why do they not take any action unless some citizen brings it to their attention?
2. Elder citizens of Mysore who lived during the reign of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar recount stories about how officials (and even the king himself) regularly toured the city identifying civic problems and rectifying them immediately. Does anyone in MCC do this?
3. Why is it that complaints by citizens either oral or in writing produce so little result? It was only when our complaint was published in newspapers that action was taken.
4. The leak has been repaired now, but what about the mound of road debris about two feet high that has been left in the middle of the road posing danger to traffic? See Photo2 in Attachment. This seems to be a common feature of MCC work. About 200 feet from this spot is a repaired manhole. The debris from that work has been blocking half of busy Vivekananda Road for more than two weeks now. Is debris clearance not part of the job? One can see trenches dug all over the city remaining unfilled, posing a threat to life and limb. One also sees silt that is cleared from storm water drains remaining on the road till rain again washes it back into the drain.