Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) Standing Committee on Public Health, Education and Social Justice visited Indira Canteens in various parts of city recently. The inspection visit of the Members of the Standing Committee under the leadership of its Chairperson Savitha Suresh began from Indira Canteen at K.R. Hospital premises, where a check was conducted on…
This 12-year-old work on Town Hall parking lot is a Public Disgrace
July 24, 2023Ahead of Dasara, MCC Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner inspect multi-level parking Mysore/Mysuru: Come Dasara, the Town Hall parking lot is thrown open for public but closes after the festival ends. This has been in practice by the civic body since 2018. With this year’s Dasara festival to be inaugurated on Oct. 15 and the High-Power Committee…
MCC to launch QR code for easy water bill payment
July 23, 2023By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: The Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW), the water supply arm of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), which continues to make technological advancements to enhance consumer experience, will soon launch a dynamic QR code system for water bill payments. Through this system, which will be implemented within a week, a QR (Quick…
Restarting footpath business: MCC warns vendors of levying penalties
July 23, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials have warned footpath vendors of imposing fine on them if they restart business on footpaths which have been cleared by MCC. A few footpath vendors, claiming that they had met Mayor Shivakumar and the Mayor had responded positively to them, were conducting business on the footpaths. MCC officials, who…
Never-ending work on damaged manhole on Karanji Lake Bund Road
July 21, 2023Corporation should follow the policy ‘Do it once, do it well’ Mysore/Mysuru: Following publication of the news item titled ‘It’s BACK!’ in Star of Mysore on July 19, about the broken manhole which was fixed last month and damaged once again this month and a barricade placed on it to warn motorists of possible danger,…
Unscientific underground power cable works – Onus on CESC if there are any accidents: Mayor
July 21, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In response to complaints about the unscientific underground (UG) cable laying works conducted by Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) Limited, which pose a threat to the development projects of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), the civic body, led by Mayor Shivakumar, has taken CESC officers to task. During a meeting held at the Jayachamaraja Wadiyar…
Footpath vendors meet Mayor
July 21, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Following the eviction drive against footpath vendors, over 50 vendors met Mayor Shivakumar at his Office in Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) here yesterday. In their appeal, the footpath vendors told Mayor that “We are eking out a living by doing business on footpaths as we cannot afford to take shops on rent. We will…
Eviction drive to clear footpath vendors begins
July 19, 2023Focus areas: Sayyaji Rao Road, Dhanvantri Road, Town Hall, Old Bank Road, Shivarampet, Santhepet, Irwin Road, Ashoka Road, B.N. Road Mysore/Mysuru: As announced by Mayor Shivakumar on July 17 during his inspection conducted along with Corporators and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Officers, a major footpath encroachment eviction drive began in city this morning. Teams of…
MCC raids godown, seizes 804-kg plastic carry bags
July 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In a continued drive against plastic menace, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Officers seized 804- kg plastic carry bags stocked in a godown on Basaveshwara road in the city yesterday. Acting on an information, Officers of MCC Health Wing led by Senior Health Officer Dr. D. G. Nagaraj inspected the godown at around 8.15 am…
It’s back!
July 19, 2023The barricade which was kept on a broken manhole on Karanji Lake Bund Road as a warning for commuters for well over a year was removed last month after the manhole was fixed. But now it’s back. The manhole was fixed after Star of Mysore had published a report pointing out that it had become…
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