Mysore/Mysuru: With the onset of monsoon, parthenium, a weed that causes skin rashes and other allergies have grown in plenty on roadsides and in vacant sites. This has also resulted in the increase of mosquitoes, with a few taking ill due to mosquito bites, alleged residents of Sharadadevinagar 6th Stage. They alleged that there is…
Pourakarmikas eat rice bath for breakfast on all seven days
July 4, 2020MCC’s free breakfast scheme is not free from controversies and this time it is about taste and variety Mysore/Mysuru: The much-hyped ‘Upahara Bhagya’ (breakfast scheme) mooted and implemented by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to provide breakfast to over 2,400 Pourakarmikas engaged in cleaning work has hit a roadblock. This time it is over taste…
N.R. Subbarao Park at Nivedithanagar turns ugly
July 3, 2020Dasara Flower Show competition winner now an eyesore; Residents complain of tax-payers’ money going waste Mysore/Mysuru: A park in urban places are green spaces set aside for human enjoyment and recreation. They have benches for people to sit and enjoy nature during their morning and evening walks and play equipment for the children. But, N.R….
City Markets re-open after closure for four-day sanitisation drive
June 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Five major Markets in the heart of the city, namely Devaraja Market, Mannars Market, Shivarampet, Santhepet and Boti Bazar (also called Mutton Market), which were ordered to be shut down by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) for four days from June 25 to 28 for complete cleaning and sanitisation in the wake of COVID-19…
MCC Zone-4 observes Mask Day
June 28, 2020Mask Day was observed by Zone-4 of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) by taking out an awareness rally and by distributing masks for free. Corporators SBM Manju, Bhagya Madesh, Vedavathi Ravindra, Zone-4 Assistant Commissioner Priyadarshini, DO Yoganand, ARO Satish Prasad, Zone Engineers, Health Inspectors, Revenue Inspectors and all staff took part in the programme.
Rs. 4 crore water tax collected after lockdown
June 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After lockdown, the Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW), the water supply arm of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has collected water tax worth Rs. 4 crore from March 2020. The tax collection process has been speeded up to generate revenues, said VVWW Executive Engineer P. Nagaraja Murthy. Speaking to ‘Star of Mysore,’ he said…
Water Theme Park to come up on KRS Road near Vani Vilas Water Works
June 26, 2020A tribute to Rajamate Kempananjammanni Vani Vilasa Sannidhana Mysore/Mysuru: A Water Theme Park with a statue of Mysuru’s First Rajamate Kempananjammanni Vani Vilasa Sannidhana will come up on KRS Road near Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) opposite CFTRI compound. The Theme Park will be established by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and tenders have been…
UGD workers stop work, stage protest
June 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Urging the Government to consider them as Pourakarmikas, provide facilities being given to Pourakarmikas and to make them permanent employees, UGD workers, under the banner of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Permanent and Contract Employees Association and UGD Workers Association, stopped their works and staged a protest near the Office of the Deputy Commissioner (DC)…
Multi-level parking lot at Gaadi Chowk draws flak from citizens
June 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) move to construct a multi-level parking lot at Gaadi Chowk on Bidaram Krishnappa Mandir Road in the heart of the city has met with severe opposition from local residents and building owners in the vicinity. The Bidaram Krishnappa Mandir Road, which is close to Narayana Shastry Road, is comparatively…
COVID safety: MCC embarks on mega sanitisation of Marketplaces in city centre
June 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After ordering closure of five major Markets in the city centre for four days starting from today as a measure to check the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) began its task in right earnest by taking up cleaning works in the premises of Shivarampet, Santhepet, Mannars, Boti Bazar…
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