Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) at its Council meeting decided to prepare a Comprehensive Plan Report to include all the layouts coming inside the Ring Roads into MCC limits. The Council meeting held at Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar auditorium yesterday was chaired by Mayor M.J. Ravikumar and there was a lengthy discussion on the subject…
House collapse at Mandi Mohalla: Man dies after saving four family members
October 24, 2017Mysuru: Seeing his house about to collapse, a fifty-year-old man managed to save all his four family members by leading them outside one-by-one but was crushed under the ceiling and crumbling walls as he was coming out of the house. He was the last to come out of the house and was buried under the…
Pothole-ridden city roads wait for victims
October 24, 2017Mysuru: This is one question that is bothering people of Mysuru: “Is Mysuru going the Bengaluru way?” The question when posed to a few residents of the Heritage City did evoke a response with a sigh. The reason is because of the concern shown by the people all over the country regarding Bengaluru and its…
MCC’s Old Council Hall renovated at a cost of Rs.70 lakh
October 24, 2017Inauguration this evening Mysuru: The renovated Old Council Hall at Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is set to be inaugurated by Mayor M.J. Ravikumar this evening. According to sources, the Old Council Hall was renovated at a cost of Rs. 70 lakh Grant from the 13th Finance Commission. The Old Council Hall is now equipped with…
Ban use of plastic at Expo: MCC officials direct KEA Chief to implement ban
October 24, 2017Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials are fully geared up to make Mysuru, a plastic-free city. However, the Dasara Exhibition is littered with plastic and hence, the officials have directed the Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) CEO to implement the ban in the expo premises too. At a meeting organised in the Exhibition premises here yesterday…
Nominated as MCC Corporators
October 22, 2017Mysuru: The State Government has nominated the following persons as MCC Corporators: Congress leaders N. Dhruvaraj of Gayatripuram, R.Shiva of Dharam Singh Colony in Vishweswaranagar and Chouhalli Puttaswamy. The Government has also annulled the MCC membership of the persons who were nominated to the City Corporation earlier, according to an order issued by the Under-Secretary…
Prioritise Rajakaluve encroachment clearance, CM directs officials
October 17, 2017Mysuru: After facing severe criticism for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) and State Government’s inaction on Rajakaluve (feeder canal) encroachment removal and the resultant flooding of Bengaluru during this post-monsoon rains, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah ordered officials in Mysuru to ‘mercilessly’ clear all encroachments of Rajakaluves in Mysuru. After visiting flood-affected areas at Paduvarahalli and…
He pays advance property tax but still gets MCC notice!
October 17, 2017Mysuru: Fed up with the poor response to the Property Tax payment despite several reminders to meet the tax payment deadlines, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had some time back decided to act tough with the defaulting property owners. The downside of this decision, however, are notices being sent to prompt taxpayers despite them paying…
Rains bring down elderly lady’s house at Gandhinagar in city
October 13, 2017Mysuru: An elderly lady, who was living with her mentally-challenged son lost her house due to heavy rains that lashed the city yesterday. The woman and son are homeless now and local residents have appealed the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials to provide her relief as they have nowhere to go. Local residents who telephoned…
Srirampura residents suffer Rain Phobia
October 11, 2017Mysuru: The situation was not as grim as it was a couple of weeks ago for the residents of Srirampura, which was the epicentre of floods, when people had to be rescued by boats for the first time in the history of the Heritage City. However, the experience of those traumatic moments has cast such…
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