MCC 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…
Family living in a toilet gets house
December 22, 2019Mysuru: Following the lead story in SOM dated Dec.18 in which the plight of a 14-member family living in a public toilet at Rajendranagar-Kesare in city was highlighted, the District Administration has provided shelter to the family at a housing complex in Yellamma Colony of Bannimantap. One Krishnamma had been living with 13 other members…
Living in a Toilet !
December 18, 2019Family of 14 make public toilet their home since seven years Mysuru: If Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ won the hearts of people as the movie talks about sanitary issues in India where people still defecate in the open due to lack of toilet facilities, this story of a family of 14 living inside…
MCC constitutes ‘City Livelihood Committee’ Identifies 29 places for street vendors
December 16, 2019Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has identified 29 places for street vendors to carry on their business. A Committee, constituted by MCC, along with identifying the places for vendors, has also identified 14 places where street vending is prohibited which was decided at a meeting held recently. As a few Corporators hinted that a few…
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