Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Environment Officials, who raided R.B. Trading Co., a polypropylene bags manufacturing unit on C.V. Road in Bannimantap yesterday, have seized 106 polypropylene rolls from the factory. Acting on a tip off that the factory was manufacturing polypropylene bags, MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde, Zone-7 Assistant Commissioner Geetha Huded, Health…
Ring of Darkness: Outer Ring Road lights turned off again
November 16, 2019Mysuru: Just a month after Dasara, streetlights along the six-lane Outer Ring Road (ORR) has been switched off. The 42-km-long carriageway has plunged into darkness again, endangering the safety of people using the motorway and residents of layouts beyond the road. Lights were switched on for Dasara following the intervention of Mysuru District Minister V….
Free breakfast for pourakarmikas
November 15, 2019Mysuru: Marking Kanakadasa Jayanti, the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) ambitious plan to provide free breakfast to all it’s over 2400 pourakarmikas daily took off today with Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath launching it near Madegowda Circle in Rajivnagar coming under Ward11, represented by her, at a function this morning, by having breakfast with the pourakarmikas. The launch…
Tale of missing grills and passing the buck
November 15, 2019Iron grills in front of Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Circle stolen MCC Zone 9, 6 and 1 Development Officers shift responsibility Mysuru: Even as the Heritage City of Mysuru is celebrating the year-long Birth Centenary celebrations of the last ruler of Mysore, Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar with a host of memorable events commemorating the pro-people rule of…
Children create awareness against plastic through ‘Shramdaan’
November 14, 2019Mysuru: Children’s Day, commemorating the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, was celebrated in a meaningful way this morning with children from 500 schools in city creating awareness against plastic usage through ‘Shramdaan.’ The students picked up plastic waste littered around their schools which were later collected by garbage clearing vehicles…
Worms found in served food: Hotel fined Rs.30,000
November 14, 20192.5 tonnes banned plastic seized from Santhepet shop Mysuru: A hotel was fined Rs.30,000 by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) after worms were found in the food they had served. Yesterday afternoon, MCC Zone 6 Commissioner Geetha went to Adyar Anand Bhavan (A2B) near City Railway Station and ordered food. After the food was supplied…
Do we have a City Corporation ?
November 8, 2019By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem I ask this question simply out of frustration that overcomes me when I see how neglected our city is across its entire length and breadth these days. Our roads are in their most miserable state ever. Over the years that have gone by, before every Dasara, we used to see…
Corporator to stage protest tomorrow against footpath encroachments
November 4, 2019Mysuru: Corporator K.V. Sridhar has urged the MCC to clear footpath encroachments on all roads in city failing which he along with other organisations would stage a protest in front of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) tomorrow. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here on Saturday, Sridhar said that he along with Pedestrians Welfare Committee…
An apology of a Fence
November 4, 2019Mysuru’s heritage properties are victimised by modern expansion, official apathy, lack of concern and a total lack of knowledge about the structures built by the erstwhile Wadiyars. These properties are, however, crucial in helping Mysureans to connect with their past. While the heritage structures that dot the city get some attention, the least attention is…
Mayor disappointed over Rajyotsava being limited to publicity
November 2, 2019SOM photographer Lakshminarayana Yadav among Dist. Awardees Mysuru: Expressing disappointment that Kannada Rajyotsava celebration is limited to publicity, Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath batted for a more purposeful and sustained celebrations for the cause of Kannada land and language. She was speaking after presenting District Kannada Rajyotsava Awards to achievers from various fields at a ceremony jointly…
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