Mysuru/Mysore: Team of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials, lead by Assistant Commissioner Geetha Hudeda and Environment Engineer S. Mythri, along with Abhaya team members, raided Raj Tradings shop in Shivarampet here yesterday and have seized about 90-kg of banned plastic covers and carry bags from the shop and imposed a penalty of Rs.10,000 on the…
Roadside garbage bins stolen
January 8, 2020Mysuru: Some roadside garbage bins that have been installed by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have been stolen by miscreants. The MCC had installed two bins (one for dry waste and another for wet waste) by hanging them onto iron stands installed on various roads including D. Devaraj Urs Road and Sayyaji Rao Road in…
Mysuru Mayoral election on Jan.18: Lobbying begins
January 7, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: After a two-month delay, the Mayoral election for the second term of the current tenure of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has been scheduled to take place on Jan.18. The Government had announced the reservation matrix for Mayoral polls in December last, according to which the Mayor post is reserved for Backward Class-A (BCA)-…
Converting Waste into Bio-fertilisers
January 7, 2020MCC to instal Rs. 100 cr. machines at Sewage Farm Mysuru/Mysore: Even as the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is grappling to deal with pile-up of over two lakh tonnes of waste at the Solid Waste Management Unit at Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram, the State Government has planned to install machines that convert waste into useful…
District Minister Somanna tells officials to hold ‘adalats’ in all taluks for addressing public issues
January 4, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: District Minister V. Somanna on Friday directed Additional Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners to hold adalats in all taluks every fortnight in order to address people issues. Presiding over the Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) meeting at the ZP Hall here yesterday, Somanna pulled up absentee officials. Asking the officials to update him on their…
MCC directed to prepare Rs. 200-crore budget plan
January 4, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Instructing MCC officials to prepare a Rs.200-crore budget plan and estimate for improving the city’s civic infrastructure, District Minister V. Somanna assured to get the plan sanctioned from the Government. Chairing a meeting to discuss Mahatma Gandhi Nagara Vikasa Yojana (MGNVY) with Corporation officials at ZP premises here on Friday, Somanna said the city…
Corporators, MCC top brass squabble over Rs. 50 lakh Mayoral grant
January 3, 2020Where is the money? Give us the money first Miffed Councillors stage a walk out leaving Mayor, officials red-faced Mysuru/Mysore: An appraisal meeting to elicit opinions on Swachh Survekshan 2020 held at the Nalwadi Krishnaraja Auditorium of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) last evening ended in a chaos and brought to fore the difference of opinion…
Mysuru placed Ninth in Clean City Quarterly Ranking
January 2, 2020Results will not impact National-level ranking, clarifies MCC National-level survey of cleanliness to begin from Jan. 4 Mysuru/Mysore: Mysuru has been ranked ninth in the Swachh Survekshan-2020 League (quarterly) that was conducted between April and June 2019. The city was considered under the population category of one lakh to 10 lakh. The overall ranking of…
MCC to disconnect power, water supply of tax defaulters
December 27, 2019Civic Body constitutes special recovery teams in all Nine Zones Mysuru: If you have not paid your property tax, then the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will pull the fuse of your house to disconnect power supply and also stop domestic water supply. Desperate to mop-up revenues, the cash-strapped City Corporation is resorting to desperate measures…
DC led team to visit Nagpur to study waste disposal
December 25, 2019Mysuru: In a major step to scientifically clear two lakh tonnes of waste piled up at the Solid Waste Management Unit at Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram here, the District Administration has now decided to adopt Nagpur model. A team of officers and elected representatives, led by the Deputy Commissioner, will visit Nagpur to learn about…
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