Mysuru: 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…
Garbage segregation: Each house closely watched; details entered
February 14, 2019Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation and the volunteers of E Sree Foundation are keeping an eye on each house for garbage segregation and they are making note of every garbage collection and disposal activity. After distributing the bags provided by the ITC, Pourakarmikas, accompanied by volunteers, make it a point to enter details of every…
Double Billing Scam: MCC Probe Panel goes into details
February 13, 2019Mysuru: The Probe Committee which was constituted by the Mysuru City Corporation in connection with MG Road Double Billing Scam where Rs.1.4 crore was allegedly siphoned off by submitting two bills for the same work has found that Rs. 52 lakh was billed after pouring jelly stones and levelling the road that was already asphalted….
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