Mysuru: A special awareness drive has been organised by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) on Swachh Bharat Cleanliness Campaign on Jan.22 and 23 at Shanthinagar in city. As part of the drive, on Jan. 22, painting competition for school and college students, quiz, group discussion for women and other activities will be held. On Jan.23,…
Rs.150 crore Govt. land reclaimed
January 10, 2019Welfare Association claims ownership of Doddakere land; Officials say it’s illegal Mysuru: The District Administration seems to be on an encroachment-clearance drive as of late officials have been actively recovering Government properties in city worth crores of rupees. In a third such drive in a month or so, this morning, officials recovered Government property worth…
Clean City Drive: MCC contractors lend over 250 vehicles for 3 days
January 10, 2019Mysuru: Contributing to the efforts of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) for the city to reclaim the Cleanest City Tag in India during the ongoing Swachh Survekshan, MCC contractors have lent more than 200 vehicles to MCC to utilise them for three days to clean the areas and lift debris. MCC Commissioner K.H. Jagadeesha had requested…
Diesel theft from MCC vehicles
January 10, 2019MCC Opposition leader urges to register case Mysuru: Leader of the Opposition in the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), B.V. Manjunath, has urged to register criminal case against the suspended employee Mahadevu and his assistant for stealing diesel from the MCC vehicle and also seize the vehicle used for the crime besides registering a case on…
Swachh Survekshan: Mysuru gears up for a tough one this time
January 5, 2019Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is making all efforts and arrangements while it is gearing up for the Fourth Swachh Survekshan Survey to make a bid for the Cleanest City Tag in the country at least this time. Having to be satisfied with the best ‘Cleanest Medium City’ award last year, after winning the ‘Cleanest…
MCC clears over 300 encroachments in Bannimantap
January 5, 2019Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), which has taken up a drive to clear footpath encroachments in various parts of city, has pulled down over 320 encroachments on Hanumanthanagar Main Road in Bannimantap here this morning. Armed with five JCB machines, tractor and trailer, 40 gang men, led by MCC Assistant Commissioner Mahesh and Development…
Mayor urged to restore bus shelter near Kamakshi Hospital
January 5, 2019Mysuru: Senior Citizens Forum, Rajarajeshwarinagar, has urged Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath to restore the bus shelter near Kamakshi Hospital, in the larger interest of the public as they visit the hospital regularly. In a letter to the Mysuru City Corporation Commissioner and Mayor, the Forum has said that the bus shelter near Kamakshi Hospital in Saraswathipuram…
Get online birth and death certificates through eJanMa
December 28, 2018Mysuru: People in Mysuru can now get their birth and death certificates online. All one has to do is go to this ejanma.kar.nic.in and apply for it. The facility will be made available in 15 days and certificates can be obtained in any of the nine MCC zones. Raising the issue at the Council meeting,…
‘70 percent of funds set aside for disabled unutilised’
December 25, 2018Mysuru: Regretting that nearly 70 percent of corpus fund earmarked by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) for the welfare of the physically challenged has remained unutilised, MCC Commissioner K.H. Jagadeesha said that this was mainly due to lack of awareness among the physically challenged. He was speaking after inaugurating the International Day of Persons with…
Dogs, Pigs, Cows & now Horses
December 22, 2018On December 18, Parvathamma, a vegetable vendor, was attacked by stray horses. The attack was so swift and severe that the horses killed her within a minute! Now, while the horses are branded killers, the real killers are the irresponsible horse owners who let these horses loose on city streets, and with that, as if…
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