By Rajkumar Bhavasar Making Mysuru open-defecation-free has been a promise of sanitation drives for at least 15 years. But latest statistics suggest that taxpayers’ money spent through the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to tackle this problem has by and large been flushed down the sewer. A majority of pay-and-use e-toilets in city are dysfunctional. Several…
Sandesh Swamy blames officers for the mess; writes to CM seeking stern action against them Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is on the verge of bankruptcy, thanks to the lackadaisical attitude of officers, bemoaned former Mayor and BJP leader Sandesh Swamy. Addressing a press meet at his office in city recently, Sandesh Swamy recalled that…
More than 1,700 consumers pay water bills online since its launch on June 28 Bills can still be paid at 16 Vani Vilas Water Works Service Centres Mysuru: After years of procrastination, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) that has finally embraced technology, enabling water consumers to pay bills online, has got a shot in the…
Mysuru: Here is a machine that can sweep a road and neatly wash it, performing the work of over 70 Pourakarmikas. The machine has been imported from Italy and Mysuru will be the second city after Bhopal to possess such an advanced machine. In South India, Mysuru is the only city to have this machine. …
Mysuru: Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath has said that the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will extend all help for promotion of handicraft products. She was speaking at the programme organised by Karnataka State Handicraft Products Makers Association to felicitate craftsmen at the Institution of Engineers Hall on JLB Road here on Sunday last. Regretting that handicrafts had…
Mysuru: Even as the 20-day-long political crisis ended in the State with B.S. Yediyurappa taking over as the new Chief Minister on July 26, MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag, an IAS Officer, has gone on a year long leave to take care of her child. Although Shilpa Nag had applied for a two-year leave, the Department…
By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief Last evening I was delighted to read Star of Mysore because of its lead story titled “City Corporations must pay for pothole victims: HC.” In jurisprudence, there is a legal principle which talks about crime and punishment. If a crime or a wrong is not punished, one will continue to commit…
Good roads, footpaths a fundamental right; Lives of tax-payers not cheap to suffer from bad roads, says High Court Bengaluru: Nothing can calm the rage and grief felt by parents whose child’s life is snuffed out in a pothole-related accident. But next time someone loses life or a limb due to bad roads or killer…
We need the Choultry back, demand miffed residents Mysuru: The residents of Hebbal are a miffed lot as the CITB Choultry, the only place where they conduct their family events and ceremonies, has been sealed by Election Officers. Reason: The building is being used as a Strong Room to store Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) that…
Mysuru: The landmark LIC Circle or the Millennium Circle will no longer be a place to sell sheep. Every Bakrid season, the area turns to a sheep pen with traders coming from far off villages to sell sheep and buyers haggling with them to buy the healthiest animal for a the best price. The Mysuru…
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