Two months ago, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) began the process to conserve and repair Dodda Gadiyara (Silver Jubilee Clock Tower) opposite Rangacharlu Memorial Town Hall. Following reports of cracks surfacing at the top portion of the Tower near the bell area, members of the District Heritage Committee and some officials of MCC collected samples…
Social Security Pension Schemes: Pilot project by MCC yields results
August 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has successfully completed a pilot project of correcting mistakes in original documents by personally visiting houses of beneficiaries of social security pension schemes and inspecting documents. This was informed by Krishnaraja MLA S.A. Ramdas at a function organised to symbolically distribute the sanctioned letters to citizens here on Wednesday. He…
Roadside sheds demolished at Manjunathapura
August 29, 2020Mysuru: In an early morning joint operation, officials of Karnataka Slum Development Board and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) demolished unauthorised sheds that had come up along the main road passing through Manjunathapura, which is part of Gokulam Third stage. The officials are said to have demolished nearly a dozen sheds. Speaking to Star of Mysore,…
MCC moots ‘Heritage Cess’
August 26, 2020To collect Re. 1 or Rs. 2 extra from tourists visiting Palace, Zoo for conservation of existing historic structures Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is contemplating to levy ‘Heritage Cess’ on tourists to generate resources for restoration and conservation of the surviving heritage structures in city. If approved, the MCC perhaps, will become the…
Pourakarmikas boycott work
August 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Demanding direct credit of salary to bank accounts, hundreds of Pourakarmikas boycotted work and staged a protest in front of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) here today. They said the Government of Karnataka has permitted Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to credit the salary of Pourakarmikas directly into their bank account. The MCC has to take…
ACB raids MCC Zonal Officer’s house in Mysuru
August 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 10-member team of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) from Bengaluru, raided the residence of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Zone-6 Zonal Officer Nagaraj at Kuvempunagar in city this morning for allegedly amassing wealth beyond his known sources of income. The 10-member ACB team, comprising five officials and five staff including a lady staff, who swooped…
Former Mayor demands direct credit of Pourakarmika salaries to Bank accounts
August 25, 2020To stage demonstration tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) of bowing to the lobby of Pourakarmika outsourcing contractors, former city Mayor Narayana, who is also the President of State Pourakarmika Association, alleged that the MCC has failed to directly credit the wages to the Bank account of the Pourakarmikas, despite a clear Government …
Digging work inside Devaraja Market irks traders
August 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Pit digging work inside the century-old Devaraja Market at a time when it is still not decided whether to demolish the structure and construct a new heritage-like structure or to retain the Market in as-is where-is condition has irked the vendors and traders. They have said that the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has dug…
Irwin Road-widening picks up pace: Portion of District Industries Centre demolished
August 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Works on demolition of properties for the widening of Irwin Road picked up pace with the demolition of a portion of the District Industries Centre (DIC) building near Government Ayurveda College Circle on Thursday. A portion of the DIC building measuring 10ft. wide and 300 ft. in length was demolished using an earth excavation…
Mysuru is India’s Cleanest Medium City
August 20, 2020Indore retains Cleanest City tag for fourth year in a row; Surat bags second spot, Navi Mumbai ranked third Mysuru adjudged top city under population category of 3 to 10 lakh; Hunsur, K.R. Nagar, Periyapatna, H.D. Kote too bag awards Mysuru/New Delhi: The Union Government this noon announced the results of annual survey of cleanliness,…
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