Sir, As Ganesha festival is fast approaching, the city footpaths are dotted with huge idols of Lord Ganesha (of different colours made out of clay and Plaster of Paris). These idols are invariably coated with oil paints and metal paints which are very rich in heavy metals by chemical composition. Idols made out of PoP…
Sir, It is very difficult to understand government policies and priorities, much more so in the case of Municipalities, particularly the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). For instance, the MCC, which has long since completed the laying of a pukka footpath on the Southern side of Sahukar Channaiah road (having, among other buildings, the Saraswathipuram Police…
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…
City 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…
Sir, 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…
This 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…
While 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…
Sir, 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…
Sir, 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…
Mysuru: 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…
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