Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Taluk Panchayat (TP) Executive Officer (EO) H.D. Girish has appealed to the traders, tourists and devotees of Chamundi Hill to cooperate in making the shrine ‘Plastic-free Zone.’ The traders have been given seven days window to incorporate the suggestions and if they are found violating the norms even after that, fine will be…
New technology of fixing retaining wall to Hill’s rocky structure to prevent landslides Mysore/Mysuru: Works on constructing a retaining wall to restore the portions of the Nandi Statue Road atop Chamundi Hill that witnessed a series of landslides is still a work-in-progress project even after 10 months and till now, only 40 percent has been…
DCF Basavaraju at the inauguration of BAI’s World Environment Month Celebration Mysore/Mysuru: In India, pollution is the third-highest cause of death among all health risks, ranking just above smoking and each year, more people die from pollution-related diseases rather than from road traffic injuries or other diseases. There is an urgent need for intervention and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Tension prevailed at the foot of Chamundi Hill early this morning as a major fire broke out at a furniture godown, destroying goods worth lakhs of rupees. Thick smoke billowing from the godown was visible as far as Vidyaranyapuram, J.P. Nagar and the residents assumed it was forest fire. Due to smoke and smell…
He had brought tourists from Bengaluru Mysore/Mysuru: A cab driver, who had brought tourists to Chamundi Hill, has died of massive heart attack at Chamundi Hill parking lot yesterday afternoon. The deceased cab driver has been identified as Tejas Kumar (27) of Bengaluru. Tejas, who had brought two tourists in his cab (KA-02-AD-8299), took them…
Mysore/Mysuru: Members of the public, who have objected to people climbing the Chamundi Hill steps with their pet dogs, are urging the District Administration to put a stop to it. They argued that this practice is causing inconvenience to devotees, tourists and their families, who fear being bitten by dogs while climbing the Hill steps….
Mysore/Mysuru: With a few hours left for Assembly election tomorrow (May 10), several leaders irrespective of ruling BJP and main Opposition party Congress went on a praying spree, visiting Chamundi Hill Temple in Mysuru this morning. Opposition Leader in Legislative Assembly Siddharamaiah, KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar and former Minister and Congress leader K.J. George visited…
Mysore/Mysuru: Union Home and Co-operation Minister Amit Shah arrived at the Mysore Airport at Mandakalli this morning at around 10.50 am via a private helicopter to participate in the BJP poll campaign in Chamarajanagar’s Gundlupet, located at the southern tip of the State. MLA S.A. Ramdas, MP Pratap Simha, Mayor Shivakumar, Zoo Authority of Karnataka…
Suspected man-made incident; six fire tenders, 30 personnel battle for four hours to douse inferno Mysore/Mysuru: A fire broke out at the foot of Chamundi Hill last night and burnt over 50 to 60 acres of vegetation. The Chamundi Hill — about 3,489 ft. above sea level — is spread across a vast area of…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department has stalled illegal works of laying interlock tiles and kerb (border) stones atop Chamundi Hill and an FIR has been filed against the violators. A private religious organisation from Coimbatore had resorted to laying interlock tiles and borders on a road near the Nandi Statue. The road leads to a rock…
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