1,359 cases booked under COTPA, Rs. 2,35,380 fine collected in 2019-20 Mysore/Mysuru: To mark World No Tobacco Day celebration, District Survekshan Unit, District Tobacco Control Cell and District Health and Family Welfare Society jointly flagged off an awareness vehicle at District Health Officer’s (DHO) Office premises in Nazarbad this morning. Every year, on May 31st,…
Jubilant Company sponsors grocery kits to 2,500 civic workers
May 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: District Administration will be distributing 2,500 grocery kits, sponsored by Jubilant Bhartia Foundation, Jubilant Generics, Nanjangud, to temporary and contract Pourakarmikas, UGD workers and garbage vehicle drivers of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). The distribution process was symbolically launched by District Minister S.T. Somashekar at the Town Hall premises in city yesterday by distributing kits…
Swachha Nagari initiative: District Minister flags off 65 new Auto Tippers
May 31, 2020Every MCC Ward gets one vehicle Mysore/Mysuru: Adding more to the MCC’s fleet of garbage collection and disposal vehicles, District Minister S.T. Somashekar flagged off 65 new Auto Tippers at the MCC Office premises on Sayyaji Rao Road here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Somashekar said it was extremely happy to note that Mysuru is…
Property tax payers fret over official delay
May 28, 2020“After submission of old tax receipts, we are not called by MCC Zonal Officers to pay tax” 5 percent rebate period extended till July 31 Mysore/Mysuru: With an intention to provide relief to COVID-hit revenues of Mysureans and to encourage speedy tax payments, the State Government has extended the 5 percent rebate period for payment…
District Minister asks officials to prepare for monsoon
May 23, 2020Forest, MCC and CESC must work in co-ordination Mysore/Mysuru: Urging all Departments concerned, especially Forest, MCC and CESC, to work with a perfect co-ordination for bracing up to the forthcoming monsoon, District Minister S.T. Somashekar said that it was important for officials to take timely action for solving public issues. He was addressing officials from…
Permission not given for fast-food joints, tea shops to open: MCC
May 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: “Permission is not given to fast-food joints, chaat centres and tea shops to open under the lockdown rules,” said MCC Commissioner Gurudutta Hegde. Speaking to ‘Star of Mysore,’ he said that a meeting with the concerned associations’ office-bearers was held much earlier and had requested them not to open the shops till the lockdown…
MCC honours Mobile Clinic staff
May 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), at a programme organised at its Old Council Hall yesterday, presented ‘Corona Warriors Honour’ certificates and mementoes to Doctors, Nurses, Technicians and other staff of Mobile Clinic which provided health check-up facility to the public at their doorstep during the lockdown period when many private hospitals and clincs were shut,…
MCC lends helping hand to auto drivers
May 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As a result of nationwide lockdown that brought the transport system to a standstill, among the severely affected included the auto drivers. A couple of Auto Drivers Associations had submitted a request to the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to help the needy members of their Associations who were finding it very hard to eke…
‘Waive taxes this year and reduce next year’
May 20, 2020Kalyana Mantapa Owners Association submits memorandum to MCC Commissioner Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Kalyana Mantapa Owners Association has urged the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to waive property tax and trade licence fee to all Choultries as there is a severe business loss due to global pandemic of COVID-19. In a memorandum submitted to MCC Commissioner Gurudatta…
From now on, call MCC Control Room for COVID-19 related issues
May 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the city returning to near normal, the MCC has asked people to call the MCC Control Room from now on for COVID-19 related issues, instead of calling ‘Asare’ Helpline which it had set up following the enforcement of COVID-19 lockdown in March in order to deliver ration and grocery kits to the poor…
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