The Mysuru City Corporation has started repairing the pothole that was an eyesore on First Main, Paramahamsa Road in Yadavagiri coming under Ward No. 30 (not Ward 34 as inadvertently mentioned in Star of Mysore yesterday). The deep pothole was collecting water and was a dangerous spot. Artist Badal Nanjundaswamy, who is known for drawing…
Beware of this dengue mosquito !
August 4, 2017City artist Badal Nanjundaswamy, who is known to draw the attention of people and civic authorities through his street art, is at it again. This time, he has created a giant dengue mosquito to draw the attention of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities. His latest art has been created at Yadavagiri (Ward No. 34) on…
Iron bollards: Some thoughts
July 30, 2017Sir, Apropos to the article “MCC hits upon novel idea” (Star of Mysore dated July 23), I have a few thoughts which may be debated. Even though the idea may be novel of the MCC to introduce Iron Bollards to end parking and hawking menace, my question was, has the MCC considered the plight of…
MCC’s plastic talk on KRS Road!
July 29, 2017This advertisement by MCC on the walls of road located below Railway Underbridge on KRS Road near Mandovi Motors, is talking of reduce, reuse and recycle plastic. I thought plastic is banned in the 5th cleanest city in the country. Zoom the picture, you will see lots of plastic stuck on each letter. Will MCC…
Sewage waste dumped in front of Devanur Lake
June 28, 2017While Mysuru city is reeling under Dengu threat, people in-charge of keeping the city clean are involved in dumping the sewage waste on the roadside thus making it the best place for mosquito-breeding. This picture was send by one of our readers from Rajiv Nagar which shows the MCC workers dumping the sewage waste in…
Elephant Circle vandalised yet again: Will City Corporation act?
June 27, 2017Sir, It’s not even a year since District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa inaugurated one of the iconic elephant sculpture fountains at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Circle, popularly known as ‘Highway Circle,’ and already it has been subjected to repeated vandalism by political parties and private associations. Just two months ago in April a political…
Plea to clear forest-like vegetation at vacant plots in Ramakrishnanagar
June 19, 2017Sir, This is to bring to the notice of the authorities concerned the dangers associated with a thick forest-like vegetation that has come up on two vacant residential plots (50×80 feet) on 6th Main road of Ramakrishnanagar E&F Block. This thick vegetation has become home to snakes and mongoose. There are a few tall and…
MCC hands over fogging machines to pourakarmikas
June 17, 2017Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) this morning distributed fogging machines to all 65 wards in city. Mayor M.J. Ravikumar handed them over to pourakarmikas who have been trained to operate the machines and spray repellents. The fogging machines will be taken on a goods auto rickshaw to various locations, especially in those areas where complaints of…
Harvest rain water in vacant Government lands
June 8, 2017Monsoon has arrived in some parts of the country. Due to global warming, climatic conditions have been unpredictable and it is felt that immediate action be taken to harvest whatever quantity of rain that falls on earth. Ground water is diminishing and people are finding it difficult to find water even after digging a borewell…
Javagal Srinath is MCC’s Swachh Bharat Ambassador
June 5, 2017MCC’s Swachh Bharat Ambassador Javagal Srinath being felicitated at his Kuvempunagar residence by Mayor M.J.Ravikumar, MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha, Corporators Mahadevappa, K.V. Mallesh and J.S. Jagadish, MCC Health Officer Nagaraj and others.
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