India, July 23 -- Sir,

It is heartening to note that our beloved city has been adjudged as 3rd cleanest city (in 3 to 10 lakh population category) and all of us deserve to be congratulated.

While Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) deserves to be congratulated for projecting the city, we need to introspect whether we deserve this tag. Because we see garbage everywhere in the streets and most of the roads are dug up for months.

The accolades given to us needs to be protected, if need to be improved. As citizens we have added responsibility. I have some suggestions to make:

1. We need to ensure that we reduce usage of plastic as plastic clogs drains.

2. We should not throw garbage on streets, I have seen during my morning walk, people come i...