Our photographer captured this candid picture at the bus shelter just outside K.R. Hospital on Irwin Road (opposite Mysore Medical College) which is providing shelter for five persons who are sleeping peacefully in the morning, oblivious to the noise pollution. One wonders are these people homeless or just waiting for their relatives to get well…
Brand-new Irwin Road before Dasara-2019
July 1, 2019MCC aims to complete widening, re-laying and beautification of ever-busy road in two months Mysore: The much delayed and controversial widening of Irwin Road in city has gained fresh traction with the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) expediting land acquisition process, paying compensation for land and carrying out simultaneous demolition of acquired properties. Already, 56 properties…
Irwin Road widening: Thirty-four buildings demolished
February 12, 2019Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), which has taken up the widening works of Irwin Road, has so far demolished 34 buildings partially. The road widening works is taken up from Nehru Cirle to Government Ayurveda College Circle and the MCC out of about 85 properties has purchased 50 buildings from the owners and had…
Irwin Road Widening: Diversion of City Bus routes
February 3, 2019Mysuru: With traffic on the busy Irwin Road blocked due to widening works, Mysuru City Buses have been asked to travel on alternative routes. All City Buses plying via Irwin Road will now travel on City Bus Stand-Lakshmi Talkies-Ramaswamy Circle-Metropole Circle-Railway Station-Ayurveda Hospital Circle -K.R. Hospital Circle and return to Railway Station Circle to proceed…
DC gives green signal for widening of Irwin Road
November 6, 2018Mysuru: It is official now, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will finally take up the much-awaited road-widening and other beautification works of Irwin Road, one of the oldest streets of the city soon. It may be recalled various organisations had waged a long battle for the development of this narrow road which had been causing…
Bike-borne miscreants rob autorickshaw passenger
November 8, 2017Victim loses bag containing gold and cash Mysuru: Bike-borne miscreants have snatched a bag containing gold jewellery from a lady passenger travelling in an autorickshaw on Irwin Road here yesterday. The woman, a resident of Hebbal in city, was proceeding to the bus stand to catch a bus to Bengaluru at about 4 am when…
Seshadri Iyer Road divider works irk public
March 16, 2017The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has taken up the works to fix dividers on Seshadri Iyer Road from Dhanvanthri Road Junction to Irwin Road Junction and make the stretch a double road. As the road is already narrow, people feel that once the median work is completed, the width of the road will further reduce,…
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