Mysore/Mysuru: In view of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Chamundi Hill on June 20, entry to public has been banned between 12 noon and 9 pm tomorrow. Entry is banned even through steps to the hilltop. Except for emergency service vehicles, no other public and private vehicles will be allowed to the hill. Chamundi Hill…
Restoring Chamundi Hill Landslides: Eight months on, PWD awaits fund clearance
June 17, 2022Fresh cracks appear on road owing to heavy rains Mysore/Mysuru: Nearly eight months after the fourth massive landslide atop Chamundi Hill, the Public Works Department (PWD), which has the responsibility of reconstructing the collapsed portion and building a retaining wall to prevent further damages, is awaiting fund clearance from the Finance Department. A budget of…
Motorable road not advisable
June 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: It is safe and best to abandon the road leading to Nandi Statue from the main View Point junction as that road seems beyond repair and stability, according to some engineers. The road is built on a very sharp and fragile slope which may not withstand the heavy torrential rains leading to landslides all…
Special focus for Prime Minister Modi’s visit: Drilling work for street-lights on Chamundi Hill irks green activists
June 16, 2022150 electricity poles to come up from Thavarekatte to Chamundi village Mysore/Mysuru: The move to drill deep holes to install street-lights by the side of the road that leads to Chamundi Hill ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit has irked environment activists. The District Administration has taken up the works to erect street-…
Lady lecturer’s scooter stolen from Chamundi Hill parking lot
June 15, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A woman lecturer, who had been to Chamundi Hill, has lost her scooter which she had parked in the parking lot atop the hill. The lecturer, who lost her scooter is D.N. Arpitha, a resident of Dabbeghatta village, Kikkeri hobli in K.R. Pet taluk. On June 6, Arpitha, who had come to Chamundi Hill…
Huge tree uprooted at Chamundi Hill
June 12, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A huge tree got uprooted and fell across the road at Chamundi Hill disrupting traffic for more than an hour yesterday evening. At about 4 pm yesterday, the huge tree, which stood tall near Tavarekatte on the way to the hill top, came crashing down. Luckily, no loss of life or damage to properties…
Unusual day-long Sunday rush at Chamundi Hill
May 23, 2022More than 15,000 people visit Temple; traffic clears only after 6 pm; all parking places full Sunday’s collection Rs. 100 ticket Rs. 5,97,600 Rs. 30 ticket Rs. 1,07,490 Parking charges Rs. 1,30,930 Total Rs. 8,36,020 Mysore/Mysuru: Thousands of devotees thronged Chamundi Hill yesterday and there was bumper-to-bumper traffic for long stretches till evening. Vehicles ascended…
Yuva Brigade, NIE-IT volunteers restore fallen Kalyani pillar
May 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The collapsed concrete pillar in the middle of the Kalyani on the way up to the Chamundi Hill near the burial grounds has been restored last Sunday by the side of the pond so that the source of water inside the Kalyani can remain intact and the Kalyani can once again fill up with…
Chamundi Foothill Kalyani’s concrete pillar collapses
May 11, 2022Plea to MCC to clean the water source so that age-old Kalyani can spring back to life Mysore/Mysuru: The concrete pillar right in the middle of the Kalyani on the way up to the Chamundi Hill near the burial grounds has collapsed. The Kalyani that was covered with wild weed growth and silt was recently…
Yuva Brigade cleans ancient Kalyani at Chamundi foothill
May 3, 2022Water gushes out as a concrete slab covering the water source is broken Mysore/Mysuru: Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to the nation’s youth to rejuvenate age-old Kalyanis, ponds and lakes to conserve water, the Mysuru wing of Yuva Brigade cleaned a closed Kalyani at the foot of Chamundi Hill on Sunday. Surprisingly, after…
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