Mysore/Mysuru: The contract Underground Drainage (UGD) workers of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) staged a demonstration in front of MCC office in city this morning seeking regularisation of all 231 contract Pourakarmikas (Safai Karmacharis). The demonstrators shouted slogans and urged the civic body to scrap the contract system and also to pay breakfast allowance to them…
MCC UGD workers to stage demonstration on Dec.14
December 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking regularisation of services and payment of morning breakfast allowance, Underground Drainage (UGD) workers of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will stage a demonstration on Dec. 14 in front of MCC office. Addressing a press meet here on Thursday, N. Mara, President of Committee of Underground Drainage Workers, Assistants and Pourakarmikas Association, said that there…
Illegal mobile phone towers mushroom in city
December 12, 2020Mysuru City Corporation sets 3-month deadline for service providers to pay fee and register Mysore/Mysuru: With lakhs of regular mobile phone users in Mysuru and surrounding areas, mobile service providers have been flooded with complaints on call drops. To bridge this gap, service providers have started erecting many towers to support their signals. Unfortunately, the…
Bus shelters in shambles: Non-maintenance of bus shelters rendering them useless to commuters
December 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Lakhs of tax-payers’ money spent on construction of bus shelters at various places by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is going for a waste as these bus shelters are not being maintained and are now in dilapidated condition forcing bus commuters to wait for buses by standing under rain and sun. Many bus shelters…
Decline in COVID cases: 2 Helpline centres shut, one at MCC functions
December 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of slide in COVID-19 cases in Mysuru, two ‘Helpline’ centres opened at Division Office of Vani Vilas Water Works and in Saraswathipuram have been shut with immediate effect. However, ‘Helpline Centre’ at Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Office will continue to function, said MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde. In a press release here,…
MCC plans to shift e-toilets to Govt. Offices
December 7, 2020No users despite setting up at crowded places in city Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is mulling shifting of e-toilets to Government Offices in the wake of theft of accessories inside toilets. Under 14th Finance Scheme, the MCC had installed e-toilets at various locations at a cost of Rs. 7 lakh each. In all, the…
No water tariff hike as MCC rejects proposal
December 5, 2020Council decides to levy fine on unscientific cable works by CESC Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has shot down the proposal submitted by officers to increase water tariff by at least 50 to 60 percent to make-up for Operation and Maintenance cost. The move was rejected amidst stiff opposition from Corporators. The MCC Council…
Sale of spoilt and worm infested dates
December 5, 2020MCC Officials raid shop on D.D. Urs Road Mysore/Mysuru: Following complaints, a team of MCC Officials raided a shop selling dates and dry fruits on D. Devaraj Urs Road on charges of selling spoiled and worm-infested dates and have seized the date packets from the shop on Thursday. The team led by MCC Health Observer…
Water plus certification: MCC invites public opinion
December 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: For getting the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) water plus certification this year, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has sought public objections and comments. Public can send in their objections and opinions by 15 days, says a press release from the Civic Body. A city or a Ward can be declared as water plus provided…
Corporators decry move to hike water tariff; heated debate on
December 4, 2020Gram Panchayats owe MCC Rs. 33 crore as water bill dues! Mysore/Mysuru: The proposal tabled before the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council to hike water tariff by at least 50 percent was slammed by Corporators. The proposal was tabled this morning by officers and a heated debate ensued. The MCC Council had called for the…















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