Rs.10 lakh each earmarked for 65 Wards to fight COVID D. Devaraj Urs Road to be developed at a cost of Rs. 5 crore Rs. 4 crore for construction of multi-level parking lots near Sub-urban bus stand and Gaadi Chowk Mysore/Mysuru: After a delay of nearly two months due to the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, the…
All Shelter Camps closed except at Youth Hostel
May 18, 2020Some get jobs, some head back home A sum of Rs.45,000 earned by making paper covers Mysore/Mysuru: Among the five Shelter Camps opened at various places by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) in view of nationwide lockdown, all have been closed except the one set up at Youth Hostel in city. The Shelter Camps at Nanjaraja…
MCC distributes medicines to special children
May 16, 2020Donates Rs.1.15 lakh worth hearing aid to hearing-impaired girl Mysore/Mysuru: Over 50 special children were distributed with free medicines by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Corporator M.V. Ramprasad at Arunodaya School for Special Children in Chamundipuram here yesterday. MCC Additional Commissioner N.M. Shashikumar distributed the medicines to special children from Vidyaranyapuram, Chamundipuram, Kanakagiri, Gundurao Nagar,…
Mysuru City Corporation cleans storm water drain ahead of monsoon
May 14, 2020Disinfectant sprayed at Devaraja Market, public toilets Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to prevent rain water from clogging and flowing into houses in low lying places, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is undertaking the cleaning of the 13 km-long storm water drain (Raja Kaaluve) in MCC Zone-3 limits in city. Every time the rain pounds the…
Mysuru City free from Containment Zones
May 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The residents of Nazarbad and J.P. Nagar were in a joyous mood and the localities wore a festive look today after they were cleared from Containment Zones. Janatha Nagar and Kuvempunagar were cleared of Containment Zones yesterday and with Nazarbad and J.P. Nagar cleared today, Mysuru City is now free from Containment Zones. These…
MCC collects tax through Property Index Number
May 13, 2020Tax-payers allotted unique Property Index Number on production of last year’s tax receipts MCC Commissioner writes to State Government seeking extension of 5 percent rebate till July end Mysore/Mysuru: As a first step towards online tax payment, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has begun the process of collecting taxes through Property Index Number since May…
Solid Problem of Waste Management
May 12, 2020Delayed Decision will be Disastrous By R. Chandra Prakash My stint with Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), particularly between 2013-2016, provided me with opportunities to study civic issues of the city. That period also happened to be the period of dialogue on Mysore Master Plan-2031, with Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). …
Inmates of Shelter Camps return to native places
May 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of people sheltered in temporary shelter homes across the city following the COVID-19 lockdown have started returning to their native places after the lockdown curbs were relaxed last week. While some of them have returned to their villages, others have returned for labour. Subsequent to the announcement of nationwide lockdown in the last…
Pay Property Tax till July end but no clarity on rebate
May 8, 2020Cash counters at 9 MCC Zonal Offices kept open from May People can pay taxes by following social distancing norms Cash-strapped Karnataka Government to introduce Akrama-Sakrama Scheme in Mysuru too Mysore/Mysuru: Providing relief to the tax-payers of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), Urban Development Minister B.A. Basavaraj (Byrathi Basavaraj) yesterday said that the State Government has…
Garbage issues surface following lockdown relaxation
May 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru city, which was clean and tidy following lockdown, is now facing garbage issues following relaxation of lockdown rules. The garbage generation in the city had dropped following the lockdown to tame the spread of Coronavirus. Though Mysuru City is still in the Red Zone, the District Administration has partially relaxed the lockdown rules…
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