By S.T. Ravi Kumar Battling killer Coronavirus and preventing its spread requires a concerted effort from various Government Departments, Police agencies, volunteers and, of course, the public in large. Only if all join hands can we fight the pandemic and uproot it from the locality, district, State and country. In Mysuru, over 9,000 personnel from…
Shelter Camp turns into a self-employment training centre
April 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Those who have lost their jobs and shelters following the nationwide lockdown have now been temporarily self-employed. People housed at shelter camps started by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) in city are now learning the skills needed to self-employ. For the past four days, those housed at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry are making paper covers. There…
Unhappy with MCC’s mutton price, stall owners are on indefinite stir
April 18, 2020By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: Mutton stall owners in city, who have refused to sell the meat as per the rate fixed by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), have begun an indefinite stir. Following the ban on fairs due to lockdown and as the MCC had banned the sale of chicken meat due to bird…
MCC sprays disinfectants in Wards
April 18, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As per the directions from Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde, MCC Health Officer Dr. D.G. Nagaraj along with three Abhaya teams are undertaking spraying of disinfectants and fogging in all areas regularly. Three Abhaya teams consisting of 54 personnel are working in two shifts daily and are disinfecting various places including private…
Frontline heroes: MCC’s Abhaya teams battle against Coronavirus
April 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As Mysuru fights the spread of the COVID-19 virus, it is increasingly clear that the worst is not over yet. Once again, the prolonged period of crisis will shine the light on our capacity to resist the spread of the killer epidemic. Apart from the elite administrative and law enforcement bureaucracy of IAS and IPS, Mysuru is uniquely…
Ward Survey: MCC Commissioner sensitises volunteers on COVID duty
April 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The volunteers appointed by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to conduct survey of all 65 Wards in city were provided training at Jayamma Govindegowda Kalyana Mantap in Kuvempunagar this morning. With no weddings or other mass gatherings due to lockdown, the Kalyana Mantap has turned into Grocery Kit Collection Centre, where the donors deposit…
Hunger hero feeds poor and hungry in Mysuru amid lockdown
April 15, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Times of crisis, it is said, brings out the best in us. As we go through the world’s biggest lock down, every day people are turning into real life heroes. Heroes who are ensuring that thousands of poor, migrant labourers get food. In Mysuru, H.V. Rajeev, a BJP leader, along with Mysuru City Corporation,…
Lockdown till May 3: Mysuru Police tighten rules, ban traffic
April 15, 2020Seized vehicles to be returned only after May 3 Mysore/Mysuru: Following the extension of the lockdown till May 3, the City Police are tightening the rules, especially unnecessary movement of people and vehicles to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. As soon as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of the lockdown till May 3…
NECC to provide eggs to Mysuru civic workers to boost immunity
April 15, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: National Egg Co-ordination Committee (NECC), Mysore Zone, which had decided to provide eggs to the civic workers of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and all local bodies to boost the immunity of civic workers, today provided 11,000 eggs to the MCC to be distributed to the civic workers. Eggs are being given to the civic…
District Administration, MCC launch ASARE Helpline
April 15, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to provide essential commodities to BPL card holders, who have not received grocery and to provide any help, the District Administration and the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) today launched two helpline numbers (Mob: 94498-41196 and Ph: 0821-2440890) to help BPL Card holders. The posters regarding the launch were released by District Minister…
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