Mysore/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…
MCC to hold Small Loan Mela for street vendors
November 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), under Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi Scheme), is organising ‘Small Loan Mela’ at MCC Zone-6 Office located on Sheshadri Iyer Road (opp. Vidyavardhaka College) tomorrow (Nov. 28) at 10.30 am and at Noble Function Hall located on Azeez Sait Road (Mahadevpura Road), Udayagiri here on Nov. 29. …
Deadline missed again!
November 25, 2020650 mts stretch of Irwin Road works unlikely to be completed by December; Project began 23 months ago Mysore/Mysuru: With the widening works on the remaining portion of Irwin Road from Nehru Circle to Government Ayurveda Hospital Circle going on at a snail’s pace, it is doubtful if the works would be completed by December…
Residents protest against unscientific works on Vinoba Road
November 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that unscientific works are being undertaken on Vinoba Road, residents and shopkeepers, led by former Corporator Prashanth Gowda, staged a protest near Lakshmi Vilas Bank at Shivarampet here yesterday. The protesters alleged that the widening and development works of Vinoba Road taken up at a cost of Rs. 50 lakh under SFC (State…
MCC plans Solid Waste Management in a year
November 25, 2020Disposal of waste has been the biggest challenge for all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) including the fast growing Mysuru city. With generation of around 500 tonnes of waste daily, disposing it off has become a big problem due to resistance from local public against having solid waste processing units in their areas. As new Layouts…
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