Mysore/Mysuru: With inputs that unhindered food distribution at public places is resulting in rampant spread of the virus, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has ordered mass distribution of food packets only at the spacious J.K. Grounds and Doddakere Maidan in city. In an order issued on Thursday, the MCC said that henceforth food distribution will…
Vaccination for street vendors begins at Town Hall
May 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Vaccination for street vendors, who are registered and have Identity Card from Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), began at Town Hall this morning. The State Government has categorised street vendors as Frontline Workers in its recent guidelines for vaccinations. Accordingly, the drive was launched by MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag. As many as 1,856 vendors have…
Corporates, Hotels pitch in to help fight the pandemic
May 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: After various organisations, associations, individuals and political leaders began helping the poor and the needy by providing groceries, food and other essentials, corporates and hotel industry too have pitched in to help the District Administration, MCC and the needy people by contributing necessary things to help keep the pandemic at bay. Grand Mercure Mysore…
‘We are here to save and serve you’: MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag shares her work experiences with the community
May 25, 2021Please shelve COVID- inappropriate behaviour Get yourself tested as soon as you get symptoms Call Telecare facility for counselling, guidance on Ph:2420112 / 2420113 Follow all Government guidelines Even as images of endless burning pyres are flashed across the country accompanied by desperate social media messages frantically seeking hospital beds, oxygen concentrators and cylinders in…
COVID Care Centres in all Assembly segments
May 23, 2021Zone-wise Care Centres on cards; MCC calls for door-to-door survey volunteers Mysore/Mysuru: In another effort towards decentralisation of COVID management, the Mysuru District Administration is setting up COVID Care Centres (CCCs) in all the Assembly constituencies and also in Zones for more localised management. Though the taluks of Mysuru have 18 CCCs, there is no…
Vaccination for MCC staff begins
May 22, 2021Burial grounds and crematoria workers take jab Next in line for Corporators, members of Covid Ward Task Force panels Mysore/Mysuru: Vaccination for the staff of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), who included workers of burial grounds and crematoria, and those exposed to COVID-19 pandemic, and fall in thè category of frontline workers as per the State…
Old and ailing destitutes left to the mercy of God
May 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With no shelter for the aged and ailing senior citizens, the premises of century-old Krishna Rajendra (K.R.) Hospital, popularly known as ‘Doddaspathre’ in this part of Karnataka, has become a place to live and die. It is a common scene to spot the aged people sleeping on the ground near various buildings inside the hospital…
MCC seeks guidelines from Govt. to treat Corona-infected kids
May 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With 8-10 children contracting Coronavirus daily in the District, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has sought guidelines from the State Government on the line of treatment for children. MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag told SOM that everyday a few children were testing positive in RT-PCR tests. The Corporation has formed a team of 10 Paediatricians…
UK doctors through phone help homeland fight COVID scourge
May 21, 2021By M.B. Pavan Murthy Call Telecare facility for consultation on 0821-2420112 / 0821-2420113 Mysore/Mysuru: As Mysuru is ravaged by a crippling COVID-19 wave, members of the Indian diaspora are struggling to find ways to help. One group among them is especially distressed: Doctors. They have reached out to their native land to help patients through…
Compassion and Concern: MCC distributes cheques to deceased employees’ families
May 21, 2021MCC distributes cheques to deceased employees’ families Mysore/Mysuru: Heart-rending scenes were witnessed during the distribution of compensation cheques to the families of COVID-deceased MCC employees when MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag, Mayor Rukmini Madegowda, Deputy Mayor Anwar Baig and other MCC Officials visited their homes yesterday to give away the cheque of Rs. 5 lakh each…















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