Mysore/Mysuru: Hemanthkumar Gowda, the new Chairman of Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA), has said that several programmes including fairs and expos will be organised in the Exhibition Grounds by observing all COVID-19 protocol. In a press release here, he said the Authority was acting like a forum to promote art and culture of the State and…
City Co-op. Bank elections held
November 15, 2020Thousands throng Dasara Exhibition Grounds COVID norms go for a toss Counting of votes after 6 pm Mysore/Mysuru: The sprawling Dasara Exhibition Grounds was abuzz this morning with thousands of members of The City Co-operative Bank and supporters of the contestants lining up to cast votes for their candidates in the election to the Board…
No vegetable sales at Dasara exhibition grounds
July 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Ending the confusion over sale of vegetables at Dasara Exhibition Grounds, MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde has clarified that retail sale of vegetables will not be allowed at the expo grounds. In a press release, the Commissioner said that in the wake of the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the MCC, following a direction…
M.G. Road Market vendors stay put
April 27, 2020Refuse to move to Dasara Expo venue; no veggie sales today Mysore/Mysuru: In a curious turn of events this morning, vegetable vendors of the M.G. Road Market who were asked to either move to Dasara Exhibition venue or the Lalitha Mahal Grounds Market refused to budge from their places and squatted on their designated places….
No vegetable shandy at M.G. Road Market
April 26, 2020Marketplace temporarily shifted to Dasara Expo premises Mysore/Mysuru: The M.G. Road Vegetable Market will be shifted to Dasara Exhibition from tomorrow, Apr. 27. An order to this effect was passed by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde yesterday. The Market will be shifted following complaints of vendors and buyers not following social distancing amidst…
Cops, Corona Warriors launch drive for strict social distancing at Vegetable Markets
April 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With people visiting the vegetable markets on M.G. Road and at Dasara Exhibition Grounds in the heart of the city, giving a go by to social distancing and other COVID-19 regulations despite several pleas and various awareness programmes, the Police, in association with Corona Warriors, launched a special drive this morning to ensure that both…
‘Set up COVID-19 Hospital at Dasara Expo Ground’ Suggests ex-KEA Chief Raghu Kautilya
April 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the health authorities, in a swift move, have converted the New District Hospital on KRS Road as District COVID-19 Hospital, BJP leader and former Chairman of Exhibition Authority Raghu Kautilya has suggested the District Administration to set up a temporary COVID-19 Hospital with quarantine facility at the sprawling Dasara Expo Ground. In…
Seven markets at various places in Mysuru from today
March 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to prevent rush at vegetable market at Dasara Exhibition Grounds and also to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to decentralise the vegetable market to seven different locations in city and appoint officials in-charge of them. The markets will function from 6 pm today. The…
KEA Chairman inspects Dasara Exhibition Grounds
June 14, 2019Dasara Expo-2019 meeting on June 19 Mysuru: With Dasara just a couple of months away, Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) Chairman Abdul Azeez inspected the Dasara Exhibition Grounds recently. Desilting of the huge drain and clearing of shrubs in the premises to make way for erecting the expo stalls and other related works were covered under…
13 ft. tall replica of Goddess Cauvery welcomes visitors to CNNL Stall
November 5, 2018Mysuru: Buoyed by its tableau winning the first place at the Jumboo Savari on Oct.19, the Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd. (CNNL) has designed a stall at the Dasara Exhibition Grounds. It was inaugurated on Nov. 1 by CNNL Managing Director H.L. Prasanna. The CNNL stall contains information on irrigation projects and 18 big Dams in…
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