Mysore/Mysuru: The good intention of the heads of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to create awareness on the precautions to be taken to arrest Novel Coronavirus spread went awry this morning. During the launch of online building plan approval, Mayor Tasneem, Deputy Mayor C. Sridhar and Leader of Opposition in the MCC Council M.U. Subbaiah and…
MCC’s Apathy: Corporator turns Pourakarmika
March 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Upset over the shortage of Pourakarmikas in her Ward, a lady Corporator along with her husband and children donned the role of Pourakarmikas, collecting waste from households in her area on Sunday. Shobha, Corporator of MCC Ward 61, along with her husband Sunil, a former Corporator and four children — Priyanka, Ashwini, Lakshmi and…
No Aadhaar, No Cremation
March 2, 2020Move to ensure deceased’s identity; also to prevent legal complications Mysore/Mysuru: It appears that you really cannot escape Aadhaar — even after you are dead. Crematoriums or graveyards run by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) in Mysuru city are asking for Aadhaar card details in order to conduct a person’s last rites. Also, the Aadhaar…
‘Resume works on construction of blocked houses’
March 2, 2020MCC orders beneficiaries of houses sanctioned by Rajiv Gandhi Rural Housing Corporation Mysore/Mysuru: Due to non commencement of works, the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Housing Corporation had blocked houses that were sanctioned by it to the beneficiaries in 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18. Now the Housing Corporation has allowed the beneficiaries for construction of 2,067 blocked houses,…
Payment of Rs. 5.40 cr. breakfast allowance for Pourakarmikas approved
February 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) decided to cancel the tender of the breakfast scheme for over 2,000 Pourakarmikas attached to the Corporation in the last Council meeting held on Jan. 30, the MCC in its second Council meeting of the year held at its Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Hall on Feb. 27, approved…
Tension prevails at Fountain Circle as MCC authorities remove idol
February 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Tension prevailed near Fountain Circle on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road this morning as MCC authorities removed an idol of Veerabhadreshwara Swamy installed under a tree opposite the Petrol Bunk on Shivaji Road leading from Fountain Circle. Acting on a Supreme Court order directing the State Governments to remove unauthorised religious structures on Public streets, public parks…
Ayub Khan is MCC Congress leader Rath Former
February 29, 2020Mayor Ayub Khan, who was elected as the leader of ruling party (Congress) in the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), being greeted by Congress leaders at MCC Hall recently, as former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, MLC R. Dharmasena, City Congress President R. Murthy, District President Dr. B.J. Vijaykumar, Corporators K.V. Sridhar, P. Srinivas, Shantakumari and Gopi,…
Remarks against H.S. Doreswamy echoes in MCC Council
February 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The alleged remarks made by Vijayapura BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal terming centenarian freedom fighter H.S. Doreswamy as a ‘fake freedom fighter’ and ‘an agent of Pakistan’, echoed in the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council meeting which began at the MCC Hall here this morning. Although the meeting was scheduled to start at 11…
MCC to hike water tariff, property tax
February 23, 2020Last year’s property tax target: Rs. 160 crore Property tax collected: Rs. 96.21 crore Amount outstanding: Rs. 63.79 crore Water bills worth Rs. 120 crore pending from houses, commercial complexes; Government Departments owe Rs. 30 crore Mysore/Mysuru: Get ready to pay more water tariff and property tax as the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is all…
US to help MCC raise funds through Municipal Bonds
February 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: What may come as a huge financial relief to the cash-strapped Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), the United States Department of the Treasury has come forward to provide technical know-how to float Municipal Bonds for major infrastructure projects. Mysuru figures in the list of six cities that have been selected to receive guidance from the…















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