Mysore/Mysuru: A high-level District Narcotics Committee carried out surprise inspections at medical stores across the city yesterday to check the illegal sale of restricted drugs without prescription and take feedback from pharmacists to fight drug menace in city. The team, led by Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, who also heads the Committee, along with City…
Ensure supply of potable water: DC tells officers
April 29, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy has instructed the officers to keep an intensified check on drinking water supply, as the chances of epidemics is high, if the water gets contaminated. He was chairing the meeting of Health and Family Welfare Mission at the mini meeting hall of Zilla Panchayat in the city yesterday….
White-topping on 12 city roads – Fix damaged pipelines first: DC tells officials
April 28, 2026White-topping to be halted for 15 days until restoration of damaged pipelines Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru DC G. Lakshmikanth Reddy has announced that white-topping work has commenced along a 1-km stretch of Manandavadi Road, stressing the need for careful planning before execution. Chairing a meeting with officials of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and other Departments at…
22,000 vendors benefit under PM SVANidhi in Mysuru: DC
April 26, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy has directed officials to ensure that benefits under the Prime Minister’s 15-Point Programme transparently reach eligible minority beneficiaries. He was chairing a progress review meeting of the programme at the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Hall in the city. The DC asked officials to create greater awareness about schemes offered…
Permission must for sinking borewells: Mysuru DC
April 25, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy has said, it is mandatory to seek permission from Local Bodies such as Village Panchayats, Town Panchayats, Town Municipal Council, City Municipal Councils and City Corporation for sinking borewells for agricultural, horticultural, drinking water and others purposes. Presiding over 13th District Ground Water Committee meeting held at the…
No disruption in LPG supplies or distribution in Mysuru: DC
April 20, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of people queuing up before Gas Agencies and Godowns every day out of anxiety over availability of LPG cylinders following tension in West Asia, Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy has issued a press statement seeking to clear confusions over gas supplies and distribution of LPG cylinders in Mysuru. Asserting that…
Census-2027: DC Reddy inspects house mapping at T.K. Layout
April 19, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy inspected the progress of house mapping work, undertaken in Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) limits, as part of Census-2027. Deputy Commissioner Reddy, who visited the enumerators involved in house mapping at T.K. Layout in the city recently, collected feedback about the execution of the related works. The mapping of…
‘Bring child mortality rate at Cheluvamba Hospital to zero’
April 11, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy has instructed the officials to take measures to reduce child mortality rate at Cheluvamba Hosiptal in the city to zero. He was presiding over the review meeting on child mortality rate at Cheluvamba Hospital at the Council Hall of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) in the city…
Deputy Commissioner asks officials to reduce sharp curves
April 8, 2026Road Safety Committee meeting Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy has directed officials to take precautionary measures to prevent road accidents, which have been claiming several lives and leaving many others disabled. Chairing a meeting of the Road Safety Committee at his office recently, the DC instructed officials to identify accident-prone black spots and prepare…
Census 2027: DC appeals Mysureans to participate in self-enumeration
April 2, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Following the launch of first phase of Census 2027, that began on Apr. 1 and will be held up to Apr. 15, through digital self-enumeration on exclusive online portal, Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, also the Principal Census Officer, has appealed to the residents of Mysuru district to participate in the census in…














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