Starts with bacteria culture process for wet waste; electric works pending Mysore/Mysuru: Kesare Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling Plant has begun trial run last evening and initially, bacteria culture process has started on the wet waste collected from Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Wards that come under the Narasimharaja Constituency. From now, the waste generated in…
25 accident spots on Expressway: ADGP
July 27, 2023Artificial Intelligence-based cameras deployed to capture over-speeding, says Alok Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: Additional Director-General of Police (Traffic and Road Safety) Alok Kumar reported that he has identified approximately 20 to 25 accident-prone spots along the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway. Having personally inspected the 118-km stretch, he highlighted areas that either pose a danger for accidents or create problems…
Pipeline works drag on; commuters face hard time
July 27, 2023Yadavagiri-Gokulam traffic hit; Standing Committee inspects Gokulam First Stage, Contour Road Mysore/Mysuru: Following the inconvenience caused to the public due to the prolonged delay in laying the drinking water pipeline at Yadavagiri in the city, the Members of the City Planning and Reforms (Works) Standing Committee of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) inspected the spot on July…
Dial 1033 for emergency help on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway
July 26, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: For timely medical assistance to road accident victims on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has implemented a helpline number, 1033, through the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The primary objective is to ensure that ambulances, cranes and rescue or patrolling vehicles reach accident sites within 30 minutes….
How to use emergency call boxes on Expressway?
July 26, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The NHAI has implemented a life-saving system called ‘Save Our Soul’ (SOS) boxes at various intervals along the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway. These SOS boxes are powered by solar energy and serve as crucial lifelines, providing immediate assistance to those in need by connecting them with nearest Police Station and call centre. Equipped with GPS-enabled technology…
‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’ celebrated in city
July 26, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A bike rally was organised by the Mysuru District Unit of Akhila Karnataka Ex-Servicemen’s Association, along with Rotary Club of Heritage Mysore, to commemorate ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’ in city this morning. Speaking on the occasion, MLC C.N. Manjegowda, who is also an ex-serviceman, said that many people have come for the programme out of…
Accident-prone Ad+signboard poles on M.G. Road
July 25, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the drive against footpath encroachment is on, works are underway to erect a pole to install overhead cantilever with advertisement adjacent to the footpath, near vegetable market on Mahatma Gandhi (M.G.) Road in the city, that has drawn a flak from the general public. The cement pillars are built on either side…
This Dasara, Tourist Police might say ‘May I help you’
July 25, 2023Police teams to be available to assist visitors facing troubles at various tourist spots of Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: The upcoming Dasara festival may witness the introduction of a new system: Tourist Police, dedicated to providing exclusive assistance to visiting travellers. Speaking to reporters yesterday afternoon, Tourism Minister H.K. Patil highlighted that millions of people from different…
‘Suburban Rail Project to be expanded to Mysuru’
July 25, 2023Bengaluru: Minister for Large and Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development M.B. Patil said that the South Western Railway (SWR) authorities have been sought permission for executing the feasibility report on extending the Bengaluru Sub-urban Railway project to Mysuru, Chikkaballapur, Tumakuru, Kolar, Magadi, Gauribidanur and Bangarpet. He was presiding over a progress review meeting with K-RIDE…
Oppenheimer, a film one must see and learn
July 25, 2023Last evening in the confines of a theatre in DRC Cinemas, I spent three hours watching the much-talked about English movie Oppenheimer. I had heard of the world’s first atomic bomb man J. Robert Oppenheimer while reading history of World War II in the College. I remember Prof. G.T. Narayana Rao (GTN), a Mathematician and…
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