Mysuru: Bowing to pressure from traders and the business community, the Mysuru District Administration has reversed its decision to ban vehicular movement along D. Devaraj Urs Road, one of the city’s key commercial areas, which had been turned into a ‘walking street’ for viewing Dasara illumination last evening. Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy confirmed…
Mysore/Mysuru: An electric scooter parked along the D. Devaraj Urs Road in city erupted in flames, causing alarm among the passersby. The incident occurred around 1 pm yesterday, when the battery of an electric scooter, identified by its registration number (KA-11-ET-4088), suddenly caught fire. The scooter belonged to a woman who worked at a nearby…
Mysore/Mysuru: A large quantity of garments was gutted in a fire mishap at a readymade cloth shop on D. Devaraj Urs Road in the city yesterday. According to Devaraja Police Station personnel, “The fire is suspected to have been caused due to short circuit at the shop. However, no casualty was reported in the incident….
Mysore/Mysuru: The accused car driver, who had rammed into a Pourakarmika, who was busy cleaning D. Devaraj Urs Road in the early hours of Aug. 27, resulting in the Pourakarmika losing his leg and badly damaging another leg, was listening to a discourse (Harikatha) the entire previous night. He was said to be sleepy when…
Mysore/Mysuru: A Pourakarmika, who was engaged in cleaning D. Devaraj Urs Road in the heart of the city, tragically lost his right leg after being struck by a speeding car early this morning. His left leg too has been badly damaged. According to doctors, there is a danger to his life if the other leg…
Mysore/Mysuru: Just a couple of months after it was inaugurated with much hype, the first pink toilet of the city, an exclusive toilet for women, seems to have become of no use as the toilet lock is yet to be opened. The pink toilet is located close to D. Devaraj Urs Road and Dewan’s Road…
Mysore/Mysuru: A group of residents from Devaraja Mohalla staged a protest yesterday condemning the MCC’s pay and park proposal on city roads. Terming the decision ‘unscientific’, the residents staged a demonstration on D. Devaraj Urs Road. Former Corporator Nagabhushan said that the MCC has decided on the proposal in a hurried manner without taking the…
Mysore/Mysuru: An exposed electric junction box, fixed at a little height to an electric pole on D. Devaraj Urs Road is inviting danger. The electric box, with its cover missing, is fixed at a little height to the pole which is within the reach of small children. A few traders and businessmen said that on…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following a public outcry over slipshod asphalting works on the D. Devaraj Urs Road in the heart of the city and the subsequent action by the Public Works Department (PWD) asking the contractor to re-asphalt the road as per the set standards, the road works have been re-initiated now and are likely to be…
A demo of the illumination design on D. Devaraj Urs Road for this year’s Dasara was shown to CESC officials last night by technicians of M.S. Lightings of city. If the design is approved, the entire stretch of Devaraj Urs Road will be illuminated, the technicians told SOM.
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