Mysore/Mysuru: Following the eviction of barricades and fencing on the road from Gandhi Square to Sayyaji Rao Road via Olympia Theatre in Mysuru as per the directive of the Court, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Maverick Holdings and Investment Pvt. Ltd. approached the Mysuru District Court. However, the Judge quashed the petition. It may…
Hike in water tariff deferred
June 11, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has kept the proposal on hiking the drinking water tariff pending, while it has been decided to regularise illegal water connections in the city. The subject on revising drinking water tariff that was listed for discussion in the General Council meeting on Friday was postponed, but was resolved to regularise…
Parking: To Pay or not to Pay!
June 11, 2023By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD It was heartening to read in yesterday’s Star of Mysore the good news that after more than a decade of dilly-dallying, our City Corporation is going to introduce the ‘Pay and Park’ system on some of our city roads, very soon. But, how soon this is going to happen,…
Parking on six roads will henceforth cost money
June 10, 2023D. Devaraj Urs Road, Ashoka Road, Sayyaji Rao Road, Vinoba Road, Dhanvantri Road, Sri Harsha Road, Town Hall • Two-wheelers: Initial parking fee for two hours: Rs. 10 • Subsequent hours: Rs. 10 per hour • Light motor vehicles: Initial two-hour fee: Rs. 30 • Additional each subsequent hour: Rs. 10 Mysore/Mysuru: After repeated failed…
Tenants still pay Rs. 30 to Rs. 40 a month as rent for MCC properties
June 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Despite manifold increase in the rents of private buildings, land value and a steep rise in the land prices, especially in the city areas, hundreds of tenants who have taken several properties owned by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) are still paying a paltry rent of Rs. 30 to Rs. 40 a month. The…
Election for MCC Panel members postponed
June 9, 2023Reason: Late arrival of Corporators to Special Council meeting Mysore/Mysuru: War of words between the Corporators irrespective of party over a few Corporators coming late to the Special Council meeting of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) this morning, cost the process of elections to Town Hall Committee, Sewage Farm Committee and Amble Annaiah Pandit Management Committee….
SSLC, II PUC exams: Under Jnanasiri, 50 topper girls to get Rs. 50,000 from MCC
June 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has launched an unique scheme of empowering top scoring girl students in SSLC and II PUC exams of Government Schools and Colleges in its limits by providing a financial assistance of Rs. 50,000 under Jnanasiri scheme. The MCC in its recent budget had announced the launch of Jnanasiri scheme, where…
Fencing on Makkaji Chowk road cleared; open for movement
June 8, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The barricades and fencing laid by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) on the road from Gandhi Square to Sayyaji Rao Road via Olympia Theatre have been cleared this morning, following a High Court order. The fencing on Makkaji Chowk Road was removed in the presence of Court Ameen (Bailiff) M.H. Nagaraj. It is a…
Rabid dog keeps postal staff on tenterhooks
June 8, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A rabid dog kept the staff of Post Office in Jayalakshmipuram in the city waiting for two hours to resume their duty, with anxiety writ large on their faces yesterday. It was only after the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) personnel caught hold of the canine, that the postal staff heaved a sigh of relief…
Stray woes spark heated debate at MCC post-Budget meeting
June 6, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Mayor Shivakumar has instructed Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Officers to ensure that stray cattle do not create trouble on the roads in the city. Following the tabling of Budget of MCC for the year 2023-24 at Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Council Hall, there was a serious discussion on the menace of stray dogs and stray…
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