Mysuru: Environment conservation is everyone’s responsibility and achieving Green Mysuru should be our goal, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. He was speaking after inaugurating a massive sapling planting programme organised by Forest Department in association with various organisations to mark World Environment Day celebrations at Daivi Vana located on the foot of Chamundi Hill, here…
Two injured as car veers off road atop Chamundi Hill
May 22, 2017Mysuru: Two persons who were travelling in a car were injured, when the car veered off the road and fell into a ditch atop Chamundi Hill here early yesterday morning. Meanwhile, K.R. MLA M.K. Somashekar, who had come for a walk to the Hill, along with some of his followers, saw the fallen car and…
Ch. Hill entry ban unfair …but we brought it upon ourselves
May 20, 2017Ah! How can anyone not love that drive up Chamundi Hill late at night. And the view from atop, which is a sight to behold as our city shines beneath us reminding us how lucky we are… Well, from now on we will not have this reminder as the district administration has banned all entry…
Public entry to Chamundi Hill beyond 10 pm restricted
May 17, 2017Mysuru: The District Administration has enforced a ban on entry to Chamundi Hill from 10 pm. With the implementation of the rule, jolly night rides on two-wheelers and four-wheelers up to the hill have now become a thing of the past. Following a directive from the District Administration, the K.R. Police have set up a…
Chamundi Hill Development: Half Truth by authorities – MGP to file case in Supreme Court
May 15, 2017By Bhamy V. Shenoy Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) The news item titled “Stalled Development atop Chamundi Hill begins: Green Tribunal gives green signal,” published in Star of Mysore dated May 11, was shocking for the reasons given in this article. The SOM story clearly shows how the authorities concerned are clearly in the dark about…
Operation Chamundi launched
May 14, 2017Following the chain-snatching incident atop Chamundi Hill, K.R. ACP Mallik launched ‘Operation Chamundi’ along with more than 50 Police personnel and checked the vehicles proceeding towards the Hill and vehicles going from the Hill. The incident has happened at a time when the district authorities, along with the City Police are proposing to strengthen security…
Stalled development works atop Chamundi Hill begins: Green Tribunal gives green signal
May 11, 2017Mysuru: Cocking a snook at the environmentalists and NGOs who had stalled the development works for almost a year atop the Chamundi Hill, the District Administration after getting a green signal from the Green Tribunal has taken up the works with full vigour. The works, which is likely to change the contours of the Hill,…
Entry to Chamundi Hill after 10 pm banned
May 10, 2017Mysuru: The ‘night rides and drives,’ to the Chamundi Hill could be a thing of the past, once the District Administration enforces the ban of vehicles and people atop the hill after 10 pm. The entry would be barred by installing gates at the entrance to the Hill. Chamundi Hill that forms the beautiful backdrop…
Pay fee at counter to perform Chandika Homa atop Chamundi Hill
May 9, 2017Chamundi Hill Gram Panchayat urges DC to permit them to collect toll Mysuru: Devotees henceforth planning to conduct Nava/ Shatha Chandika Homa atop the Chamundi Hill can do the same by registering online or by paying the fee at the temple counter. Hitherto, the devotees had to contact the priests for the homas and the…
MGP to approach SC on Chamundi Hill
May 3, 2017By Bhamy V. Shenoy and Ashvini Ranjan Recent visitors to Chamundi Hill who have peeked through the barricades must have wondered what happened to all the protests and Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP). Unfortunately, construction activities on the Hill to build multi-level parking, shopping complex and shelter for pilgrims are progressing…
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