Mysore/Mysuru: For getting the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) water plus certification this year, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has sought public objections and comments. Public can send in their objections and opinions by 15 days, says a press release from the Civic Body. A city or a Ward can be declared as water plus provided…
Corporators decry move to hike water tariff; heated debate on
December 4, 2020Gram Panchayats owe MCC Rs. 33 crore as water bill dues! Mysore/Mysuru: The proposal tabled before the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council to hike water tariff by at least 50 percent was slammed by Corporators. The proposal was tabled this morning by officers and a heated debate ensued. The MCC Council had called for the…
MCC tops among 11 Corporations in loan disbursement for Street Vendors
December 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has been in the forefront in the implementation of PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), a special micro-credit facility for street vendors. Of the total 11 Corporations in the State, the MCC has been in first place in receiving applications and disbursing loan to eligible vendors. The MCC…
Mysuru City Corporation’s ‘Operation Stray Cattle’
December 3, 2020Following several complaints from the public about stray cattle causing problems on various roads in city, the Special Team, constituted by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) this morning caught two stray cows which were found roaming freely on the road opposite to Maharaja’s College Grounds near Ekalavya Circle and have shifted them to the cattle pound…
MCC Style…: Walk, Talk & Collect Tax
December 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Officers of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Zone-6 are literally doing the Walk, Talk and Collect Tax on the busy Devaraja Urs Road in city this morning in a bid to collect pending tax from traders on-the-spot. With trade and business activities hit due to COVID-19 pandemic since March this year, collection of tax…
AAP flays MCC’s move to hike water tariff
December 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has flayed Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) for seeking a 50 percent hike in drinking water tariff in view of huge Operation and Maintenance (O&M) cost. In a press release here, Malavika, President of AAP Mysore District Unit, has said after hiking Park and Crematorium tax, the MCC is pushing for…
Postcard stir held to seek Valmiki’s statue in city
December 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Members of Nayaka Pade held a ‘post card’ stir seeking installation of Maharshi Valmiki statue in front of Mini Vidhana Soudha, Nazarbad in city. The protest was held opposite Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), where the protesters posted cards at the postal box. Nayaka Pade President Paduvarahalli M. Ramakrishna said this has been pending for…
No solution in sight… Commuters bear the brunt of stray cattle menace
December 2, 2020Despite an alarming rise in the number of road accidents due to the stray cattle menace in Mysuru city, the authorities have failed to curb the menace. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the District Administration seem to be mute spectators to the issue. Tall claims of MCC Officers that they will impound stray cows…
MCC debates sustainable construction debris disposal
December 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to scientifically dispose of mounds of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste being dumped across city daily. Thousands of tonnes of debris is illegally dumped at open sites, along the Ring Road, street corners and also on lake-beds and this has become a headache for MCC. At the…
HC warns to initiate contempt proceedings against MCC Chief
November 28, 2020Mysuru: Karnataka High Court has warned of initiating contempt proceedings against the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner for his failure to file a status report on under-construction illegal building that was causing obstruction to people’s movement, in city. Uday Kumar and four others from Mysuru, had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in HC contending…
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