Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) felicitated Pourakarmikas and hosted lunch for them on Sunday for their valuable contributions which helped the city bag the third Cleanest City award and 5 Star status for garbage-free city in the Swachh Survekshan-2019 which were announced recently. District in-Charge Minister G.T. Devegowda, Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath and MLA Nagendra feted…
MCC fined Rs.1,500 for collecting 70 paise excess water bill
March 12, 2019Mysuru: In an interesting case, collecting 70 paise in excess of water bill from a consumer has made the MCC to pay Rs.1,500 as compensation. Details: One S. Satish, a resident of Ramakrishnanagar H-Block in city, received a water bill for Rs.340.30 on June.17, 2018 from the MCC. He had paid Rs.340, just 30 paise…
Double Billing Scam: MCC to seek ACB probe
March 9, 2019Mysuru: The Special Council Meeting of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) convened yesterday has decided to refer the case related to irregularities in civic works worth Rs.1.4 crore to Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB). Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath, who is also the Chairperson of the Fact-Finding Committee constituted to probe the allegations in detail, has decided to seek…
Mysuru city lost top spot owing to huge garbage mound at Sewage Farm: Mayor
March 8, 2019Mysuru: “Mysuru city bagging the third place in cleanliness is a matter of pride. More stress would be given to cleanliness in the coming days to bag the first place,” said Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath. Addressing a press conference at the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) premises here yesterday, she said that the Cleanest City awards are…
MCC moots ‘Green Wedding’ concept to stop usage of plastic materials
March 8, 2019Mysuru: In a bid to stop usage of plastic materials and reduce plastic waste generation at Kalyana Mantaps, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has mooted ‘Green Weddings’ concept in city. Addressing a press conference at MCC premises yesterday, MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag said that each wedding generates about 150 tonnes of waste including plastic bottles,…
ITC creating awareness about waste segregation
March 2, 2019Mysuru: ITC Ltd. has entered into a tie-up with Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to tackle Solid Waste management issues in city called ‘WoW’ or ‘Well-being Out of Waste and its representatives are visiting door-to-door to create awareness about segregation of waste. MCC has already chalked out several programmes regarding segregation of dry waste from plastic…
Rs. 5.20 crore surplus budget for MCC
February 26, 2019Mysuru: The MCC Budget (2019-20) presented at the MCC Hall this morning, saw the civic body take a look at various avenues for augmenting revenues. MCC Taxation, Finance and Appeals Standing Committee Chairperson Shobha presented a Rs. 5.20 crore surplus budget (2019-20). Reading out the budget, Shobha said the opening balance was Rs. 143.69 crore…
Court orders stay on eviction of roadside vendors by MCC
February 19, 2019Mysuru: The Principal Civil Court has ordered stay on the eviction of roadside vendors taken up by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), said G.K. Joshi, Legal Advisor to the Karnataka Rajya Rasthebadhi Vyaparigala Mahamandala. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan in city on Saturday, Joshi said that the Mahamandala had approached the Court against…
Site beneficiaries appeal for registration
February 19, 2019Mysuru: The beneficiaries of Rajiv Gandhi Housing Scheme who have been allotted sites at Kergalli and Ajjayyanahundi in the taluk, who met MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag yesterday, have urged her to get the sites registered in their name at the earliest. Under the Rajiv Gandhi Housing scheme, the authorities had invited applications in 2001-02 and…
Trash to Cash
February 14, 2019MCC inks pact with ITC; distributes bags door-to-door for waste segregation Dry waste to be recycled at processing plants and re-used, generating revenue Mysuru: For Multinational Company ITC Limited, rag-picking is a potential gold mine. For, it has entered into an agreement with the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to segregate garbage at the point of…
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