Tag: Mysuru City Corporation

Road-cutters beware !
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Road-cutters beware !

December 17, 2020

MCC is watching; Both Public and Govt. agencies will be penalised Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner’s strict warning against road-cutters is taken with a pinch of salt with different agencies damaging the blacktop and concrete roads in the name of repair or laying new pipelines. MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde’s warning came in the…

Will Ward Committees be a reality in Mysuru?
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Will Ward Committees be a reality in Mysuru?

December 17, 2020

By Shyam Sundar Vattam The role of aam janta is very important in democracy. The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act has provision to constitute Ward Committees in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) with more than three lakh population. The Ward Committees were expected to act as an institutional space for participation of citizens in matters of urban…

Total facelift for historic Subbarayanakere Park
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Total facelift for historic Subbarayanakere Park

December 16, 2020

Minister launches development works worth Rs. 1 crore CAVA students to re-design replica of Bhagat Singh in gallows Swimming pool proposed on the same spot of ‘Bahusar Swimming Pool’ Mysore/Mysuru: The Freedom Fighters’ Park at Subbarayanakere, a piece of land in the heart of city, which was witness to many historical events, is all set…

Mysuru fashion designer bags first place in MCC’s Safaimitra uniform contest
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Mysuru fashion designer bags first place in MCC’s Safaimitra uniform contest

December 16, 2020

Wins cash prize of Rs.10,000 Mysore/Mysuru: Asha Jayakrishnan, Principal, Queen’s School of Design, Kuvempunagar, has bagged first prize in a competition to design uniform for Safaimitras, conducted by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) recently. The best design was selected by the Committee headed by MCC Commissioner.  At the National-level, only 7 cities participated in Safaimitra uniform…

MCC UGD workers’ strike enters third day: Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman Shivanna meets protestors
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MCC UGD workers’ strike enters third day: Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman Shivanna meets protestors

December 16, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: As the indefinite stir launched by contract UGD (Underground Drainage) workers attached to Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) seeking regularisation of service and payment of breakfast allowance entered the third day today, Chairman of Karnataka State Safai Karmachari Commission M. Shivanna, visited the protest spot in front of the MCC Office on Sayyaji Rao Road…

Hebbal can now boast about an aesthetic welcome arch
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Hebbal can now boast about an aesthetic welcome arch

December 16, 2020

Rs. 25 lakh spent on four-pillared structure, drainage and footpath Mysore/Mysuru: Home to many heritage buildings and structures of historical value, Mysuru is also known for its majestic welcome arches, pillars and gateways — a gift from Wadiyars.  Taking a cue from Wadiyars, many areas in city have welcome arches. But only a few catch…

Illegal water pipes discovered
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Illegal water pipes discovered

December 15, 2020

Digging as part of Irwin Road works exposes underground pipes illegally laid to supply water to areas on either side of the road. Mysore/Mysuru: Leakage and pilferage apart, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has been struggling to regularise unauthorised water connections in city. At almost every MCC Council meeting, the issue of illegal water connection…

Clamour grows for inclusion of Layouts within MCC purview
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Clamour grows for inclusion of Layouts within MCC purview

December 15, 2020

Residents of Vijayanagar Third Stage, Fourth Stage First Phase do not want to be included in Hootagalli CMC Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst the State Government’s recent move to form City Municipal Council for Hootagalli, residents of areas living near such places are demanding the Government to include their areas to the boundaries of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). …

Contract UGD workers stage protest in front of MCC
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Contract UGD workers stage protest in front of MCC

December 14, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The contract Underground Drainage (UGD) workers of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) staged  a demonstration in front of MCC office in city this morning seeking regularisation of all 231 contract Pourakarmikas (Safai Karmacharis). The demonstrators shouted slogans and urged the civic body to scrap the contract system and also to pay breakfast allowance to them…

MCC UGD workers to stage demonstration on Dec.14
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MCC UGD workers to stage demonstration on Dec.14

December 12, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking regularisation of services and payment of morning breakfast allowance, Underground Drainage (UGD) workers of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will stage a demonstration on Dec. 14 in front of MCC office. Addressing a press meet here on Thursday,  N. Mara, President of Committee of Underground Drainage Workers, Assistants  and Pourakarmikas Association, said that there…

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