Mysore/Mysuru: A delegation of Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and other Trade Bodies, led by former Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FKCCI) President Sudhakar S. Shetty met Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde at the MCC office yesterday and appealed him to waive off Trade Licence fee for one…
Stray dog menace increasing in city as its population rises
September 25, 2020Is sterilisation programme still in place? question public Mysore/Mysuru: Stray dog menace is increasing day-by-day in almost all localities in city causing concern for the public, who have questioned whether the sterilisation programme was still going on as the population of stray dogs is increasing too. It is frightening to see pack of dogs on…
With no VVIP visit, Helipad area turns into garbage dump-yard
September 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With no VVIP movement to city, the helipad near Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel has become a dumping yard for people. Used plastic bags, water bottles, paper plates and cups are strewn everywhere thus marring the beauty of the place. The Mysuru City Corporation seems to have turned a blind eye to the garbage being…
Civic Body heads for financial crisis
September 21, 2020Only Rs. 67 crore Property Tax collected as against Rs. 150 crore target By Shyam Sundar Vattam Mysore/Mysuru: Perhaps for the first time in recent years, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is heading for a deep financial crisis with a sharp decline in Property Tax collection. The current COVID-19 crisis has delivered such a deadly…
MCC collaborating with BAI to set up Construction Waste Treatment Plant
September 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru’s garbage problem is well-known but another crisis is growing in scale without attracting the same level of scrutiny or outcry. Thousands of tonnes of construction and demolition waste is illegally dumped at open sites, along the ring road, street corners and also on lake-beds. Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) efforts to streamline the disposal…
Mandi Mohalla footpath encroachments cleared
September 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing their drive against encroachment of public spaces, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities on Saturday cleared street vendors who had encroached footpaths in various streets of Mandi Mohalla. Following complaints that rampant encroachments was severely affecting pedestrian movement on footpaths, the MCC authorities, led by Zonal Officer Kuberappa, cleared the encroachments using a…
Mini parks inaugurated at Vedanta Hemmige Circle
September 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Two mini parks on two triangular vacant spaces at Vedanta Hemmige Circle on JLB Road in Lakshmipuram, developed by Santasa IVF Centre in association with Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), was opened for public yesterday. The two triangular parks were inaugurated by Mayor Tasneem and MCC Commissioner Gurudutta Hegde by planting a sapling. The IVF…
MCC junks door-to-door e-waste collection project
September 19, 2020Launched last year to mark PM Modi’s birthday, plan shelved now as MCC does not find ‘value’ Mysore/Mysuru: Thousands of kilograms of e-waste collected from houses, commercial and business establishments in city have not so far been disposed of and the waste is still lying with the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) as the civic body…
MCC’s 2016 ban on plastic rule still remains on paper
September 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Ban on single use plastic remains on paper because it continues to be widely in use in markets across Mysuru. For vegetables, fruits, fish or other eatables many shops still continue to pack them in plastic carry bags. Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had set up teams for ensuring effective implementation of the ban but…
To mobilise revenue: City Corporation begins Trade Licence Drive
September 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In yet another effort to mobilise funds, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has launched a Mobile Trade Licence renewal drive. Yesterday, the MCC’s Zone-3 officials led by Zonal Commissioner T.S. Satyamurthy, carried out the drive at Dattagalli, collecting Rs. 1.28 lakh from shops in about ten commercial complexes. The officials also shut down three…
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