Another black mark on Mysore Master Plan

It has been reported in the media that there is not enough room in the Attarah Kacheri building which houses the DC's Office and other offices and efforts to locate a site suitable for constructing a latger building have failed.

Till recently, extensive discussions were being held about the Mysore Master Plan which was proposed by MUDA in 2012. Since DC is the highest government official in the district, many of these discussions must have taken place in the DC's Office. Did the lack of space not occur to anyone then? Because, there is no mention of it in the Master Plan.

Is There No Escape From Road Blocking?

A group of people blocked Bengaluru-Mysuru road on Sunday night (26-10-14) because some accident had occurred on that road. The road blocking which happened late at night must have severely inconvenienced innumerable travellers, especially elderly people, children and ladies.

MGP’s Monthly Public Meeting Discusses Dasara 2014

MGP’s monthly public meeting provided an opportunity to the participants to share their personal experiences of recently concluded Dasara. There was a feeling that this Dasara was high on publicity and claims and not so high on the basics. Even though it was claimed that around 6 lakh people witnessed Dasara no toilet facilities were made available all along the route. So much so, a member who has worked as Traffic Warden during the Dasara procession shared his experience of the participants in the procession, particularly women participants searching for non existing mobile toilets . Their agony was writ large on their faces. And