Mysore/Mysuru: In a positive step for the city’s environmental movement, the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has succeeded in convincing the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to disconnect a sewage line from Vinayaka Nagar (Paduvarahalli) that was polluting Kukkarahalli Lake for years. Following years of dialogue with environmental experts and air pollution control officials, lab reports confirmed…
RTI activists seek stringent action against mushrooming of illegal structures Mysore/Mysuru: Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in Mysuru risk facing severe revenue losses in the coming years if illegal constructions are not curbed immediately, warn RTI activists. Activists K.V. Bhanuprashanth, Bhanu Mohan and Snehamayi Krishna have jointly written to the Commissioners of the Mysuru City Corporation…
Activists demand accountability for 40 axed trees; seek proof of compensatory sapling plantation Mysuru: High drama was witnessed on Hyder Ali Road at Nazarbad this morning as environmentalists forced the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to halt road-widening work, demanding proof of compensatory sapling plantation for the 40 fully grown trees felled in April. Activists of…
Mysuru: Due to lack of co-ordination between Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Mysuru Development Authority (MDA), the residents of Aravindanagar are going through hell since 1995 with sewage water flooding their homes even during small rains. The then Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), now MDA, had formed Aravindanagar in 1987 by laying roads, UGD pipelines…
Apart from Mysuru city, two taluks in the district including a City Municipal Council (CMC) have been provided Environment Relief Fund by National Green Tribunal (NGT). Hootagalli CMC has been sanctioned Rs. 57.69 crore, K.R. Nagar Town Municipal Council (TMC) – Rs. 26.48 crore and T. Narasipur TMC – Rs. 13.08 crore. Mysuru: To build…
Mysuru: In a significant step towards securing the welfare of sanitation workers, appointment letters regularising the services of 219 Pourakarmikas of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) were distributed on Friday by the District Administration and MCC at the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Convocation Hall. Social Welfare and Mysuru District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa handed…
Mysore/Mysuru: An official agreement was signed on Thursday evening between Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) to establish a Compressed Biogas (CBG) Plant at the Vidyaranyapuram Solid Waste Management Plant (Sewage Farm or Excel Plant). The signing ceremony took place at the office of MCC Commissioner Shaikh Tanveer Asif. Among those…
By Mohan Kayaka Mysuru, the cultural capital, now shimmers with a new attraction that blends art, illumination and the city’s timeless charm — the ‘Glow Garden’ — unveiled right within the premises of the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) Main Office on Sayyaji Rao Road. By day, the Corporation building stands amid manicured greenery; by night,…
Mysore/Mysuru: In response to a petition by the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has formally written to the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner, urging immediate action to stop sewage inflow into Kukkarahalli Lake. On April 19, 2025, following MGP’s appeal, water samples were collected from various inflow points to the…
Mysuru: Though eight years have elapsed since the indoor stadium, exclusively meant for playing shuttle badminton, was built in Nivedithanagar in city, under Chief Minister’s Special Funds for the year 2017-18, there is no word yet on opening the facility for public use. As the stadium continues to remain unused, the unabated growth of weeds…
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