By B.C. Thimmaiah While it is the job of a municipal set up to maintain layouts, create civic amenities including parks and playgrounds and at the same time ensure that open spaces are not used as a dump yard, here is a group of residents, led by a gritty woman, that has taken on the…
Mysuru turning into a village !
August 20, 2017Sir, Roads in East Mysuru at areas including Kalyanagiri Nagar, Sathagalli Layout, Raghavendra Nagar and Azeez Sait Nagar have become an eyesore and a mess for road users. Though the roads were dug up almost a year ago to lay UGD pipes and new water connection lines, they have not yet been re-laid. One must…
Students take out bicycle rally on World Biofuel Day
August 12, 2017Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner G. Jagadeesha seen flagging off the bicycle rally taken out by the students of Gopalaswamy High School as part of World Biofuel Day here recently. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Divisional Manager R. Radha Krishnan, IOC Depot Manager Sunil, Vijnana Parishat Executive Committee Member N.R. Manjunath, Programme Co-ordinator B.K. Supreeth and…
City Police evict roadside shops
August 12, 2017The Mysuru City Police and the Mysuru City Corporation evicted roadside shops on footpaths of Sayyaji Rao Road yesterday. The drive was conducted after the Police received complaints from pedestrians regarding them facing problems while commuting on busy roads. The Police have also said that eviction drive would continue in the days to come.
Mysuru City Corporation’s drive against illegal water connections continues
August 9, 2017Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) drive to identify illegal water connections in the city and also collect outstanding water bill, entered the third day today. The authorities undertaking the drive in Wards 14, 20, 55 and 56 yesterday. Speaking to SOM, Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) Executive Engineer Anand said that there were 1,66,000…
Ganesha idols: MCC must act
August 9, 2017Sir, 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…
Will MCC pay attention to these pressing problems?
August 8, 2017Sir, 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…
Badal wakes up Mysuru City Corporation!
August 5, 2017The 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…















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