Mysuru: The works on repairing the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) office main building on Sayyaji Rao Road in city, which is leaking following recent rains, will be taken up from tomorrow. As there was no provision made to allow smooth passage of rain water on the terrace of the heritage building, rain water began to…
MCC Leaks!
December 2, 2024Continuous rains expose gross neglect of heritage building Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), tasked with maintaining the city’s many heritage buildings, is now under fire for failing to upkeep its own main building — a heritage structure — on Sayyaji Rao Road. Continuous downpour since yesterday has caused extensive leaks across offices and chambers,…
BEL donates 30 e-autos to MCC
November 28, 2024Mysuru: Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bengaluru, donated 30 e-autos under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds to the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) this morning. Out of the new 30 e-autos, 25 will be utilised for door-to-door garbage collection and the other five e-autos will be utilised for fogging. The e-vehicles were handed over to MCC…
Stray dog menace: MCC Health Officer clarifies
October 28, 2024Mysuru: Following the publication of a Voice Of The Reader recently under the headline ‘Stray dog menace: MCC must set up a help desk’ by R. Prakash of Dattagalli and a news item titled ‘Stray dog menace in Kukkarahalli Lake’ in Star of Mysore, the MCC Health Officer has issued a clarification: With regard to…
MCC felicitates Pourakarmikas
September 24, 2024Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) felicitated 66 Pourakarmikas at a programme held at Kalamandira on Hunsur Road yesterday. Speaking after inaugurating the programme, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Wadiyar said that Pourakarmikas have played a very vital role in keeping our city clean and tidy. He called upon the Pourakarmikas to work better and strive for…
Call this governance ?
February 8, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The Horticulture Department of the MCC is responsible for maintaining the trees by the side of the road and it has the regular job of pruning old and dangerous branches. When Star of Mysore inquired about the unpruned branch that caused the death of Reginald Platel, MCC (Horticulture Department) Assistant Executive Engineer Madhukar shockingly…
Two tree branches were hollow but MCC cut just one into half
February 8, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: One of the measures taken by the MCC in preparation for the monsoon is the pruning of roadside trees, particularly at locations where there is a concentration of old trees. Pruning is being done specially to avoid accidents as heavy trees tend to fall in inclement weather. The Corporation also prunes trees throughout the…
Barring green crackers, other crackers banned for Deepavali: MCC
November 5, 2023Mysuru: Following Supreme Court order, Health Officer of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has issued a set of norms to be followed by the people and cracker vendors alike in view of Deepavali festival from Nov. 11 to 15 in the city. The MCC press release stated that the public are responsible towards abiding by Apex…
Minister asks MCC to submit report on vehicle repair contract
September 1, 2023Bengaluru: Stating that it has come to his notice that MCC vehicles repair contract has been awarded to a single party for the past five years without calling tenders, Urban Development Minister B.S. Suresh (Byrathi Suresh) asked the MCC officials to submit a report in this regard in 15 days as he sensed lapses on…
Long weekend: MCC opens special counters to pay taxes
April 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has made special arrangements at all its nine Zonal Offices across the city, enabling the residents to pay Property Tax and Water Tax even during holidays. Today is Good Friday, a government holiday and tomorrow is second Saturday followed by a Sunday. This would result in a revenue loss…
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