Mysore/Mysuru: With garbage of all kinds being dumped inside the Freedom Fighters’ Park, especially in the South-East corner — adjacent to the drain, the park is becoming a garbage dumping yard causing a lot of inconvenience to the public as well as to the residents living in its surroundings. Also, the park is filled with…
Is a true comprehensive Solid Waste Management plan missing?
September 3, 2020By R. Chandra Prakash In Swachh Survekshan 2020 Indore has been declared as India’s Cleanest City for the fourth consecutive time. Mysuru is now ranked cleanest among the middle category population (3 to 10 lakh) cities. It is matter of great concern for Mysuru. A city which was ranked first among all the big cities…
Tax defaulters warned of property seizure
September 2, 2020Deadline of MCC Property Tax payment without 2 percent penalty ends on Oct. 31 Mysore/Mysuru: Property Tax collection including the dues of 2019-2020 amidst COVID-19 has become a headache for Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) that has now warned residents that their properties would be seized if they do not pay up the taxes within the…
Lansdowne Building fenced with iron mesh
August 30, 2020700-metre barrier to ban public entry; MCC puts brakes on illegal activities Mysore/Mysuru: No more illegal activities inside the dilapidated Lansdowne Building in the heart of the city as the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has banned public entry by fencing the building from the front and sides that were also being used as a garbage…
DPR to repair Dodda Gadiyara to be ready in 3-4 months
August 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) to list out what needs to be done to conserve the historic Silver Jubilee Clock Tower, popularly known as Dodda Gadiyara among the citizens, in the wake of structural damages due to vagaries of weather and lack of maintenance. This imposing structure…
Horologist’s plea to save city’s jewel Silver Jubilee Clock Tower
August 30, 2020Two 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…
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