Mysore/Mysuru: Director of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) Mysuru Dr. M. Pushpavathi, through the Information and Publicity Department’s Facebook page, went live and addressed the parents of specially-abled children and suggested ways to tend to these children at home. “With the lockdown in place, it is the need of the hour for…
Coronanxiety: Five more positive cases reported in Mysuru
March 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Five more people have tested positive for Coronavirus in Mysuru, taking the total positive cases to eight. Among the new cases, four are the residents of Nanjangud Town – Chamundipura Extension, Ramaswamy Layout, Govindaraj Layout and one resident of Yaraganahalli New Extension. All are the workers of a pharmaceutical factory in Nanjangud industrial Area, where a…
Mysuru on a Mission: MCC sprays disinfectants in all 65 wards
March 28, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Preventing the spread of COVID-19 and disinfecting public places across Mysuru as a precautionary measure, the Mysuru City Corporation has taken up massive sanitisation drive. Civic workers are fumigating and spraying anti-viral chemicals in all the 65 Wards under its nine zones. The spraying process began with the MCC workers and Fire Department personnel,…
No need of passes for vehicles carrying essential commodities: Mysuru DC
March 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to prevent shortage of essential commodities in the locked down district Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has issued directives on not stopping the vehicles carrying these items. There is no need of passes for people supplying essential services, he clarified. “Some restrictions have been imposed because of the lockdown on movement of vehicles and trucks carrying…
Coronavirus: Repatriation of Germans begins in Mysuru
March 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: An increasing number of countries is issuing travel warnings as the coronavirus continues to spread, and the World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency. In view of Consulate General of Germany, Bengaluru, making arrangements to repatriate all German citizens who are stuck in the South India States following the national lockdown announced…
Gruel Centres to provide food for unorganised labourers in Mysuru
March 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As hotels are shut following nation lockdown as a precaution against COVID-19, unorganised labourers are facing severe hardship in getting food. Hence, Deputy Commissioner, Mayor, MLAs and People Representatives have asked Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to set up Gruel Centres (ganji kendras in Kannada) at all its Zonal Office limits to provide food to…
Mysuru’s M.G. Road Vegetable Market shut till April 14
March 27, 2020Vendors say ‘No’ to temporary market at Dasara Exhibition Grounds. Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of spike in the number of people kept under observation for suspected virus attack and to prevent overcrowding, the District Administration authorities have evacuated the vegetable vendors from the ever busy M.G. Road Market which will be closed till April 14,…
As cities continue to flout lockdown rules, Mysuru villages close borders to fight Coronavirus
March 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when the authorities have been making appeals to the people time and again to practice social distancing, yet violations continue, small villages in and around Mysuru have gone into self-isolation after the lockdown called by PM Narendra Modi. This in order to save its small population from being infected from the…
Landlords to face action for evicting doctors and nurses who treat COVID-19 patients
March 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has issued an order warning strict action against land lords who vacate doctors, nurses and other healthcare personnel working on the frontline against COVID-19. The order acknowledged that a lot of complaints have been received from doctors, paramedical staff, and healthcare personnel in the State that their landlords or house…
SWR Mysuru Division gears up for movement of essential commodities during lockdown period
March 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As per the directives of the Ministry of Railways (MoR) to maintain back-end supply chain for all essential commodities like food grains, vegetables, petroleum products, etc. being transported by freight trains across Indian Railways during the lockdown period, South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, is fully geared up for achieving this objective at important…
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