JD(S) to get coveted Mayor’s seat; Congress will have Deputy’s post Mysuru: The Mayoral election for the second term of the current tenure of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has been scheduled to take place on Jan.18 and this time too, the alliance between the Congress and JD(S) will continue with the coveted Mayor’s seat…
Wall painting contest draws 25 artists
January 9, 2020Mysuru: As part of Swachh Survekshan, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) in association with D.K. Construction and Namma Mysuru Foundation had organised a wall painting contest this morning in Nazarbad here. The painting contest was held on the Zoo wall on MG Road from Race Course Circle to Rana Pratap Singh Circle. The wall was divided…
Mysuru gets Rs. 83.36 crore under Karnataka’s Mahatma Gandhi Nagar Vikas Yojana
December 30, 2019By S.T. Ravikumar Rs. 50.76 crore taken away to adjust funds for pending NURM drinking water project One-time grant to fund comprehensive development of basic facilities Mysuru: In a move that will significantly boost the development of Mysuru City, the State Government has sanctioned grants for various development initiatives under Mahatma Gandhi Nagar Vikas Yojana…
Steps taken to plug flow of sewage water to Banumaiah premises
December 30, 2019Mysuru: The students and staff of D. Banumaiah College and Girls’ High School on Sayyaji Rao Road were in constant agony as sewage water from the adjoining commercial complex was overflowing from a manhole flooding its premises. Surprisingly, the MCC Main Office is located close to the premises with no action taken for a long…
MCC distributes certificates to Swachhatha contest winners
December 28, 2019Mysuru: As part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan-2020, which will be held in January, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs had issued certain guidelines to be followed. These guidelines were aimed at enhancing cleanliness in city areas and also encourage public participation in Swachata Abhiyan. In an effort to encourage public participation and create…
Who will be MCC Brand Ambassador for Swachh Survekshan-2020?
December 26, 2019City Corporation proposes names of Pramoda Devi Wadiyar and Prof. M. Krishnegowda Mysuru: What’s in store for Mysuru, the two-time winner of Cleanest City Tag this year? The question will be answered during the announcement of Swachh Survekshan-2020. In a few days, the field work for the Survekshan will begin and the process will be…
Drunken man spends night in a garbage dumpster, rescued
December 26, 2019Mysuru: A man was found trapped in a heap of stinking garbage on Tuesday morning by the Pourakarmikas of Mysuru City Corporation. The Pourakarmikas, meandering around the city collecting the garbage dumpsters and emptying them into tippers, spotted the man amidst the rubbish. If he was not spotted on time, the garbage truck’s hydraulic compactor,…
MCC official trapped while taking Rs.3,000 bribe
December 21, 2019Mysuru: An assistant attached to Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) was caught red-handed by the personnel of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) while accepting bribe for an official work at his office. Manjunath, a Second Division Assistant (SDA) working at Krishnaraja Constituency Ashraya Scheme Division, who was overseeing the files of Ashraya Scheme houses, had demanded money…
Box drain work ends up costing MCC a house wall !
December 17, 2019Mysuru: The ongoing box drain works at Tilaknagar has cost the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) dearly. A trench dug up by the earth- moving machine for box drain works taken up by MCC at 7th Main, Tilaknagar last week, has resulted in the front wall of a tiled-roof mud house collapsing. The disturbance caused by…
Royal balustrades continue to crumble
December 17, 2019Mysuru: Raja Marga, the so-called prestigious stretch of road in city, has always been in the news for its fragile balustrades and continues to be so. Last evening one Mahadev from Gundlupet was reportedly injured near Thathaiah Park on Raja Marga when a balustrade crumbled and fell on his feet as another person walking on…
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