Mysuru: Demanding to clear wages for drivers and rent for the vehicles hired by them, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) contract vehicle drives staged protest in front of the MCC yesterday. They accused that they have not been paid rent since three months for the vehicles used by the MCC. They said that the MCC has…
Before you claim the word ‘asshole’ is in bad taste and send me hate mails, stop and channel that displeasure towards your local government that constantly digs up an old manhole after it has just laid a new road on it. And before you call me to say I have no sense of public decency,…
Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) may be thinking of levying yet another cess. But one of the cesses it is already collecting — the library cess — is not being put into much use as the money is still pending in MCC coffers. The MCC owes a whopping Rs. 17 crore to the Department…
By Bhamy V. Shenoy The most important task for any civic body like Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is to collect a maximum amount of Property Tax. Without adequate funding, MCC cannot fulfil its civic responsibilities of providing clean water, keeping city garbage-free, maintaining parks, ensuring safe roads, etc. As can be seen in the graph…
While efforts are on across the world to purify sewage water so that it can be used for potable purposes to ease the shortage of pure water, it is shocking to find in Mysuru that sewage water is being directly drained into a drinking water purifying unit. A Star of Mysore reader has sent this…
Mysuru: The five-yearly livestock census has begun in city following the Centre’s directive to States and Union Territories. The 20th Livestock Census, delayed almost by a year (it was to be held last July), assumes significance because it is the first-ever enumeration of domestic animals since the Narendra Modi government came to power in May…
Mysuru: With Solid Waste Management becoming tougher to handle day-by-day, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has come forward to impose strict rules making places which are generating over 50 kg of wet waste per day to compulsorily install compost-making unit in the coming six months. The MCC has issued instructions in this regard following direction from…
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is making all efforts for Mysuru to regain the cleanest city tag and in this direction the civic body has tied up with Kolkata-based multinational company, ITC Limited, to sell plastic waste accumulated in city. Called ‘WoW’ (Well-being out of Waste), the project aims to segregate garbage…
Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is all set to distribute street vending licences with Quick Response (QR) Code and GPS-enabled vending licences and identity cards to all street vendors in city. The MCC has already conducted a survey of street vendors based on the directives from the State government to facilitate the extension of facilities provided…
An awareness campaign through painting of walls was held in city this morning by Inner Wheel Club of Mysore Central and the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). As part of the campaign, Club members painted the walls of Maharani’s College with themes that highlighted the evil effects of female foeticide, the benefits of girl child education…
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