Mysuru: Following reports that the unscientific widening of the Bengaluru-Nilgiris Road (B.N. Road) has endangered the Heritage Arch at the entrance of the Government Guest House in Nazarbad, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) began the civil works for erection of safety grills to the Arch this morning. The District Special Heritage Committee headed by the…
Mayoral Polls: BJP making behind the scene moves to wrest power in MCC
December 17, 2019Mysuru: Buoyed by the emphatic victory of the party in the recently held Assembly by-polls, the BJP, which does not have enough numbers on its own to attain power in the 65-member Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), is said to be making behind the scene moves to wrest the Mayor’s post, even before the Government would…
Swachh Survekshan Contest begins
December 13, 2019Mysuru: In its efforts to regain the ‘Cleanest City Tag’, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is conducting ‘Swachh Survekshan Contest’ ahead of Swachh Survekshan-2020 conducted by the Union Urban Development Ministry. The MCC is hoping to regain the Cleanest City Tag for Mysuru that it had lost in 2017 after being in the top position…
Amidst tall talks of ‘Shelter for All’… Mysuru’s only shelter for homeless women shuts
December 13, 2019Mysuru: Even as Mysuru District Minister V. Somanna, who is also the State Housing Minister, waxes eloquently when it comes to the issue of housing for poor and homeless, a shelter meant for urban poor women in Mysuru that was maintained by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has closed down. Somanna, who has come a…
Tax dues: MCC officials lock hotels, shops
December 11, 2019Mysuru: Officials of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), which raided hotels, shops and other establishments for non-payment of taxes and for not obtaining Trade Licenses, have locked various hotels and other establishments behind the main MCC Office in Fort Mohalla here yesterday. The officials raided True Spirits, Adduri Comforts, Nanda Hotel and Supriya Lodge yesterday morning…
Mayoral poll schedule to be announced soon
December 11, 2019Mysuru: With the by-polls to 15 Assembly segments in the State over, the Government is likely to announce the Mayoral poll schedule in a couple of days. The term of the current Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath ended on Nov.16 and the city should have got a new Mayor on Nov.17. But the delay in the announcement…
Vendors Back on Bus Stand footpath
December 8, 2019Cleared on Oct. 26, they have returned in just a month unafraid of MCC or Police Mysuru: After a gap of just one month, footpath vendors are back in business in front of Sub-Urban Bus Stand. They were cleared by the Lashkar Mohalla Police on Oct. 26 and by doing this, the Police had set…
Bogadi Road widening works under progress
December 7, 2019Mysuru: The works on Bogadi Road expansion which had remained incomplete for technical reasons has now resumed in full swing. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had taken up Bogadi Road widening on the 3.4 km stretch from MUDA Junction to Bogadi Ring Road junction in 2016-17, at a cost of Rs.8 crore, out of the…
Road digging leaves drivers accident-prone
December 4, 2019Optical Fibre Cable laying work makes clean city roads treacherous to commute Yadavagiri Corporator holds Mayor, Commissioner responsible to restore damaged roads Mysuru: The Optical Fibre Cables (OFC) laying work across the city has left the roads in a bad shape with mounds of soil, sand and stones by the side, waiting for two-wheelers to…
Every third Sunday will be e-waste collection day
November 29, 2019Mysuru: From next month (December), every third Sunday will be e-waste (electronic waste) collection day. Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), along with NGOs and volunteers till now were collecting e-waste on 17th of every month. For this purpose, over 800 Pourakarmikas who have undergone training in collection and disposal of e-waste will be deputed to collect…
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