Pay-and-park system for Ashoka Road traders Mysuru: Traders on Ashoka Road may soon have to pay to park their vehicles on that road, with the City Police reviving plans to introduce a pay-and-park system in Mysuru’s Central Business District (CBD). The proposal will be placed before the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) for approval. The proposed…

Mysuru: Continuing its camp in the city for the second day, the Karnataka Legislature’s Sub-ordinate Legislation Committee visited K.R. Hospital on Thursday and reviewed its infrastructure, patient care facilities and service delivery. During the inspection, the Committee members visited the Emergency Ward, Out-Patient Registration Centre, Drug Stores, Kitchen, Surgical Department and Psychiatry Unit. Issuing a…

Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Guarantee Schemes Implementation Committee Chairperson Pushpavalli has instructed banks not to force beneficiaries to adjust the financial assistance received under the Gruha Lakshmi scheme towards loan arrears or interest payments. Chairing a meeting of the MCC Guarantee Schemes Implementation Committee at the MCC main office on New Sayyaji Rao Road…

Legislative Council, Rajya Sabha nomination Mysuru: In what is being seen as a strategic social outreach ahead of future elections, the BJP has sought to expand its support base among smaller and backward communities through its nomination to the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council. The party’s decision to nominate R. Raghu Kautilya, a leader from…

Sanmitra init iat ive helps 112 abusers renounce habit, rebuild lives Mysuru: In a marked shift from conventional enforcement to rehabilitation, Mysuru District Police have brought 112 identified drug addicts under the State Police Department’s flagship Sanmitra initiative, pairing each of them with a Police officer who acts as a  counsellor, mentor and guide. The…

Swachha Mysuru – Samartha Mysuru Art works installed at public places; MCC’s innovative measure to check waste menace in city Mysuru: Under its newly founded ‘Swachha Mysuru – Samartha Mysuru’ initiative, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has come out with an innovative way to deal with the menace of waste. Using wastes littered by residents at…

Rs. 595-crore Hale Unduwadi Drinking Water Project, the long-term solution forMysuru’s water needs, hit by a… Mysuru: The Rs. 595-crore Hale Unduwadi Drinking Water Project, envisaged as a long-term solution to meet Mysuru’s drinking water needs, has hit a roadblock as the State Government is yet to acquire 14 acres of private land for key…