DC asks hospitals, healthcare staff not to reuse PPE kits and discard them as per protocol Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration should hold an exclusive blood (plasma) donation camp to encourage COVID-recovered patients to donate their plasma to help other Coronavirus patients to recover, opined Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait. Meeting Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar at…
Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41 Row: MUDA writes to DC for deleting ‘B-Kharab’ from ‘Pahani’ document
August 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Urban Development Authority Commissioner (MUDA) Dr. D.B. Natesh has written to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar seeking to direct the Tahsildar to delete ‘B-Kharab’ classification marking in Pahani Certificate in respect of the MUDA-allotted sites at Siddar- thanagar, J.C. Nagar, K.C. Nagar, Income Tax and Alanahalli Layouts. This follows a recent…
City gets one more COVID Testing Lab
August 10, 2020DC opens Lab set up by CSIR-CFTRI at Govt. Ayurveda Hi-tech Panchakarma Hospital on KRS Road Mysore/Mysuru: The new CSIR-CFTRI COVID Testing Laboratory, which has been set up at the Government Ayurveda Hi-tech Panchakarma Hospital at Brindavan Extension on KRS Road was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar this morning. Speaking after inaugurating…
Monsoon Flood Threat | Take steps to protect people and livestock: District In-charge Secretary
August 8, 2020One killed, 66 houses destroyed this year due to floods in Mysuru District, says DC Abhiram G. Sankar Mysore/Mysuru: With the threat of floods looming large in the wake of incessant rainfall across the district and catchment areas of rivers, District In-charge Secretary N. Jayaram directed officials to take immediate measures for protecting people and…
Mysuru DC, SP visit Harangi Dam; take stock of water release process
August 7, 2020Kushalnagar: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar, Superintendent of Police C.B. Ryshyanth, Zilla Panchayat CEO Prashanth Kumar Mishra and Periyapatna Tahsildar Shwetha visited Harangi Dam yesterday and met the officials to take stock of the water release from the Dam that directly affects the villages of Mysuru District. The DC and officials examined the…
CFTRI to set up COVID Testing Laboratory
August 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: To support the Mysuru District Administration in its fight against Coronavirus, city-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) will set up an advanced COVID Testing Laboratory to scale up testing process. Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar told Star of Mysore that up to 300 samples per day can be tested in this lab….
Social Distance Please !
July 31, 2020Anxious DC’s appeal to people after rush in markets on Varamahalakshmi festival eve Mysore/Mysuru: Nothing gets India excited like the festivals do and it is a good thing. Although businesses have been experiencing a slump due to COVID-19, markets are witnessing a rush since the last two days due to the auspicious festival of Varamahalakshmi…
A safe and low-key Bakrid
July 31, 2020Children below 10 and people above 60 must mandatorily remain at homes: DC Mysore/Mysuru: This Bakrid (tomorrow) will be celebrated in a simple and symbolic manner in view of the Coronavirus pandemic. The State Government and District Administration has allowed Eid-ul-Azha prayers only in mosques, that too with a maximum of 50 people at a…
Out of State returnees cannot be forced to stay in hotels: DC
July 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration has dropped the policy of hotel quarantine for returnees from other States. Instead, the returnees are being asked to be in home quarantine for two weeks. “Earlier, there was a system of mandatory hotel quarantine to all those who return from other States. We have dropped the policy since two weeks…
70 beds reserved in District Hospitals for COVID Emergencies
July 28, 2020DC attributes rise in number of positive cases to rapid testing at Private Hospitals also Mysore/Mysuru: With the District witnessing an exponential rise in COVID-19 positive cases, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar said that the designated COVID-19 Hospital on KRS Road and the ESI Hospital, also on KRS Road, will have a total of 70…
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