Complaints of foul-smelling water, drinking water crisis raised at MGP meeting Mysore/Mysuru: Private Drinking Water Purification Plants can no longer be set up without mandatory approval from local authorities, clarified Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) Assistant Executive Engineer (East) S.L. Ravikumar. He was speaking during a public interaction organised by the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP)…
Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building: MGP urges State to implement SC order without delay
May 13, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has urged the State Government to implement the Supreme Court’s (SC) directive on preserving the historic Devaraja Market and Lansdowne buildings without any further delay. In a press statement, MGP Founding President Bhamy V. Shenoy said the Government should not file any appeal against the SC order and appealed…
MGP meeting on May 10
May 9, 2026To discuss drinking water issues in apartments, layouts Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) will be holding a meeting to discuss lack of drinking water facility to apartments and layouts in city. The meeting will be held at 4 pm on May 10 at MGP Office on Vivekananda Road in Yadavagiri. Presidents and Secretaries of Resident…
Greater Mysuru debate – Expanding area alone not enough: Belawadi
April 25, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The ‘Greater Mysuru City Corporation’ plan, drawn up largely from a geographic and layout perspective without wider public participation, is not appropriate, opined theatre personality and actor Prakash Belawadi. He was speaking at a session on ‘Greater Mysuru: Need for Strategic Vision to Preserve Old Charm,’ organised by Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) at its…
Tree Committee set up to protect city’s green cover
April 14, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Indiscriminate tree cutting for development works in Mysuru will no longer be permitted. In a move to safeguard the city’s urban greenery, the Forest Department has constituted a Tree Committee with public participation. Speaking at the monthly meeting of the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) in Yadavagiri on Sunday, Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Ravindra…
MGP monthly meeting on Apr. 12 to protect trees
April 10, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Felling of trees in Mysuru, with or without Forest Department approval and the protests that follow have become a recurring issue. Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has organised its monthly meeting on Apr. 12, at 4 pm to discuss ways to protect the city’s trees. Several proposed projects could lead to felling of hundreds of…
MGP meeting tomorrow to discuss ‘Property Green Tagging’
March 28, 2026Mysuru: The monthly meeting of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) will be held tomorrow (Sunday) at the residence of Ramesh Kikkeri, No. 139, Susthira, Sharadanagara Railway Layout, Bogadi, Mysuru, from 4 pm onwards. This month meeting is in view of the prevailing national concern about scarcity of cooking fuel. It is also a coincidence that the…
MGP urges Lake Development Authority for conservation of Mysuru city lakes
March 2, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Taking forward its campaign for conservation and development of lakes, a delegation of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) met Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority Executive Officer (EO) Dayanand here recently and presented a memorandum seeking conservation of city lakes and to prepare a report on pollution of Kukkarahalli Lake water in the last four…
KSIC Filature Factory land row deepens: MGP joins chorus, warns of legal action
February 24, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The proposed stadium on the land of the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) Filature Factory at Bhyrapura in T. Narasipur taluk has triggered a fresh controversy, with Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) joining those opposing the project, citing serious concerns over environmental damage. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavana this morning, MGP Working President…
DCF assures steps to constitute Tree Protection Committee
February 21, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: A delegation of the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) met Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF Territorial), Mysuru, K. Paramesh, urging the formation of a Tree Protection Committee to address growing concerns over environmental pollution, tree felling and the steady erosion of the city’s green cover. Responding positively, he said a meeting would be convened shortly…













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