By Mohan Kayaka Mysore/Mysuru: In a sharp contrast to Mysuru’s honour of bagging the Cleanest City tag for two successive years just a few years ago, a Sewage Farm-like waste dumping spot has come up on the outskirts of the city, which has irked the residents. Heaps and mounds of wastes, garbage and debris that…
Man arrested for dumping garbage on Ring Road side
March 16, 2021Tractor seized, case registered Mysore/Mysuru: Udayagiri Police, on Mar. 13 at about 7.15 am, have arrested a tractor driver for illegally dumping garbage at the Ring Road junction near Vidyashankar Layout and have also seized the tractor. The arrested tractor driver is 46-year-old Venkatesh, a resident of Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Naguvinahalli Layout in Srirangapatna taluk….
Rs. 2,000 fined for dumping garbage
February 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A resident of Ward 53 was fined Rs. 2,000 for dumping garbage on roadside on Tuesday morning. With this, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has sent a message that it will teach a lesson to those who spoil the city beauty by throwing garbage on streets. On Tuesday morning, a resident of Ward No. 53…
Six teams to ensure a clean Outer Ring Road
January 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Dumping of garbage and construction debris on both sides of the 42-km Outer Ring Road (ORR) by citizens has become a regular affair. Not anymore, as six teams comprising officers from various Departments have been constituted to clean up the mess and to watch out for dumpsters. Bulk of solid waste bags, plastic, fruit…
‘Swachh Bharat’ lesson!
October 31, 2020Alert ex-GP President in Kodagu makes Mysuru youths return to Madikeri to pick up their trash Thanks the tourists for responding positively Madikeri: A vigilant Kodava has made the entire Kodagu District proud by making a group of tourists from Mysuru, who had thrown garbage on roadside, to come back and pick it up. His…
Garbage dumping continues at Vijayanagar ‘E’ Block despite warnings by MUDA
August 1, 2020Will the public be more responsible? Mysore/Mysuru: Garbage dumping is continuing on the roadside at ‘E’ Block in Vijayanagar 3rd Stage despite a warning board put up by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) asking the public to refrain from doing so failing which they (public) would be penalised. An aggrieved resident of ‘E’ Block, next…
Garbage crisis in Mysuru: Are we concerned ?
January 31, 2020By Bhamy V. Shenoy If one wants to appreciate the meaning of “Nero fiddling while Rome was burning”, just look at the way how our Corporators left the Council Hall recently fuming at the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner who could not give them the “promised” Rs. 50 lakh for each Ward. Residents of Vidyaranyapuram…
Drunken man spends night in a garbage dumpster, rescued
December 26, 2019Mysuru: A man was found trapped in a heap of stinking garbage on Tuesday morning by the Pourakarmikas of Mysuru City Corporation. The Pourakarmikas, meandering around the city collecting the garbage dumpsters and emptying them into tippers, spotted the man amidst the rubbish. If he was not spotted on time, the garbage truck’s hydraulic compactor,…
Lorry with waste materials from Kerala seized
July 19, 2019MCC officials take driver into custody Mysuru: A lorry with waste materials from Kerala has been seized by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials, who have taken the lorry driver Jaffer into custody. On Thursday night, tax officials stopped the lorry from Kerala at the Toll Gate and while checking the documents, a bill using the…
Plea to clear garbage at Cheluvamba Agrahara
July 3, 2017Garbage, which is dumped at Cheluvamba Agrahara in K.R. Mohalla, is causing a lot of inconvenience as it emanates foul smell forcing the residents living in the surroundings and the public passing by the road to close their noses. Authorities concerned are urged to take steps to get the garbage cleared at the earliest.
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