MCC designates CA Site 05 at Hanchya-Sathagalli ‘A Zone’ to dump construction, demolition waste Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has initiated the establishment of the much-awaited Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Treatment Plant in the city limits. The MCC has officially designated CA Site 05, located in Hanchya-Sathagalli ‘A Zone’ opposite the KSRTC Bus…
MCC seizes 1,531 kg banned plastic, imposes Rs. 1.61 lakh fine
May 17, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) on Thursday conducted simultaneous raids on shops selling banned single use plastic items and seized 1,531 kg of plastic besides imposing fine of Rs. 1.61 lakh on the violators. The Zonal Officers of each of nine MCC Zonal Offices led the raids and seized the banned items like plastic carry…
Clean storm water drains to prevent city flooding
May 16, 2024MGP seeks formation of Ward Sabhas; submits memorandum to MCC Commissioner Mysore/Mysuru: With heavy rains lashing the city over the past few days, Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has urged the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to undertake a comprehensive cleaning of storm water drains and Raja Kaluves throughout the urban area to facilitate unimpeded drainage of…
60 Trees Fall
May 15, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: An estimated 50 to 60 trees in the city have uprooted and the branches of about 140 to 150 trees are broken and fallen apart, following the copious rainfall and heavy wind recently. Public are indeed surprised over the extent of damages witnessed in the form of falling of tree branches on either side…
MCC raids shops selling, storing banned plastics
May 15, 2024Seizes 200 kg plastic items; Collects Rs. 38,100 fine Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials, who raided eight shops in Shivarampet and Devaraja Market, have seized a total of 200 kgs of banned plastic items besides collecting a total fine of Rs. 38,100 from the shopkeepers. Following information that a few shops in Shivarampet…
Four years on, piped natural gas project remains a pipe dream
May 13, 2024Government slashes land charges from Rs. 1,956 to Re. 1 per metre; MCC officers refuse to comply Mysore/Mysuru: The ambitious initiative to provide ‘direct to home’ Piped Natural Gas (PNG) to every household in Mysuru city has hit a roadblock due to the attitude of certain officials from the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). Despite the…
Work on signal lights moves at snail’s pace
May 12, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The installation of traffic signal lights at 10 Circles and Junctions in the city, which had previously halted due to a lack of funds, is progressing at a sluggish pace. According to the latest updates, installation at only 6 out of 10 Circles have been completed. Officials and engineers from the Mysuru City Corporation…
MCC takes up rain relief work on a war-footing
May 12, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: With a heavy rain forecast, accompanied by thunder, lightning and gusty winds until May 19, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has initiated rain relief efforts across the city on an urgent basis. This includes clearing blocked drains, trimming dangerously dangling tree branches, removing dried branches, and addressing trees that have fallen due to previous…
Heavy rain lashes city
May 11, 2024Houses in low-lying areas affected Mysore/Mysuru: Heavy rain lashed various parts of the city on Friday night, adding to the agony of the people, ever since the first spell of pre-monsoon rain began on May 3. Heavy rain is expected to continue for the next five days. The downpour began at around 9.50 pm and…
Rain havoc makes a come back
May 9, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Several parts of the district including Mysuru city received heavy rain accompanied by wind on Wednesday, adding to the woes of the people who are rattled by back to back downpour, but in intervals since Friday last. Though it rained in the wee hours of Wednesday, the intensity of rainfall in the night was…















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