Koota Samajas’ new federation

Bangalore, dhns: The Koota Samaja associations in Bangalore have formed a federation under the banner Koota Samaja Samsthegala Okkuta.

The following are the newly appointed office-bearers: Dr Vishnumurthy Aithal (president), Padmanabha Navada (vice-president), Yajnanarayana Herle (chief secretary), Lt Col Balram Aithal (joint chief secretary), Umesh Karanth (treasurer), Sridhara Navada and Rajagopala Holla (organising secretaries). Raghavendra Herle and PY Aithal (coordinators).

Cops’ painting leaves people panting

Bangalore, dhns: One can sympathise with the traffic cops whenever there is a traffic jam in the City. But on Tuesday evening, they were a cussed lot, as vehicles piled up on Mysore Road, near tollgate, Guddahalli bus stop and Bapujinagar stretch.

The Reason:  Traffic cops choosing the festival day to paint the 'stop/zebra crossing' signs.

Temporary barricades ruled the road and vehicles were forced to stop and manoeveur within the available space.

As a result, for nearly two hours, between 4 pm to 6 pm, there was chaos on the entire stretch of Mysore Road.

Unable to withstand the pressure of honking, the traffic police were forced to throw open the temporary barricades that had been set up.

Within minutes, hours of hard work went down the drain after thousands of vehicles went over the new coat of paint.