Temporary set up till Varamahalakshmi festival Mysore/Mysuru: With the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) ordering temporary shifting of Devaraja Market flower vendors, anticipating heavy rush at the market with the start of the festival season, the J.K. Grounds today was a beehive of activity as the shifted flower vendors readily starting their business from early morning…
Public oppose construction of Arch on Hebbal-KRS Road Junction during COVID crisis
July 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading rapidly across the State, residents of Hebbal and surrounding areas have strongly opposed the works being taken up for the construction of an Arch at the Junction of Hebbal Main Road and KRS Road at Metagalli. As the MCC has taken up the works, the authorities have restricted…
Rush at Devaraja Flower Market!
July 28, 2020Varamahalakshmi festival crowd prompts MCC to shift market to J.K. Grounds for 3 days Mysore/Mysuru: Anticipating heavy rush of festival shoppers amid the surging COVID cases of late in Mysuru city and district, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), which is hell bent on flattening the rising positive cases, today decided to temporarily shift the Flower…
Private factory employee, MCC staffer die of COVID in Mysuru
July 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: An employee of a private factory and a staff of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have died of COVID in city. While the private factory employee passed away at the District COVID Hospital on Saturday, the MCC staffer has breathed his last yesterday morning at the COVID Care in a private hospital here. The 53-year-old…
MCC records Rs. 46.59 crore property tax collection
July 25, 20205 percent rebate deadline ends on July 31 Mysore/Mysuru: The cash-strapped Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has recorded property tax collection of Rs.46.59 crore from a total of 59,058 property owners so far this fiscal year. The MCC has announced a 5 percent rebate to property owners for payment of property tax and the deadline for…
Irony? Civic problems galore at Pourakarmika Locality
July 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Though the heritage city of Mysuru had earned the ‘Cleanest City’ tag for two successive years, the Kuduremaala area (Manasinagar) coming under MCC Ward 21, where more than 350 Pourakarmika families live, is ironically facing a lot of civic issues. The grouse of the Pourakarmikas living in the area is that while Pourakarmikas play…
Rejuvenation of Kalyani adjacent to Siddalingapura Temple on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway
July 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Namma Mysuru Foundation, which has been directed by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) for construction of two heritage toilets at Town Hall and People’s Park in keeping with the rich heritage tradition and architectural characteristics of the cultural city, has now taken up rejuvenation of the defunct Kalyani (Temple Pond) adjacent to the famous…
MCC continues sanitisation drive
July 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of rising number of COVID-19 cases and as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of infection, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has taken up sanitisation drive across city. Civic workers will be fumigating and spraying sodium hypochlorite solution in Vijayanagar 3rd and 4th Stages, Shanthaveri Gopalagowdanagar, Lal Bahaddur Shastrinagar, Lalithadrinagar,…
Two Heritage Toilets to come up in city
July 21, 2020First-of-its-kind in the country to be built at Town Hall and in People’s Park By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the city is witnessing a rapid spurt in the number of COVID-19 positive cases, here comes a somewhat refreshing news that the city will soon have two heritage toilets, with all the heritage architectural characteristics…
Mysuru gets ready for concerted efforts to fight COVID-19
July 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the district witnessing a rapid spurt in the number of COVID-19 positive cases, the authorities in Mysuru are working out a blue-print for waging a concerted battle against the deadly virus. The Blue Print involves the District Administration, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), local Legislators, various Government Departments, Industrialists and Businessmen, Associations and other…
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