MCC revises water tariff; hikes Property Tax by 3%; introduces vehicle cess Mysore/Mysuru: The financial burden on residents within Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) limits has increased from today (Apr. 1) with the Civic Body revising drinking water tariffs and raising several other civic charges. Property tax, trade licence and Solid Waste Management (SWM) charges have…
MCC trains staff for Census-2027
March 31, 202615-day self-enumeration to commence from April 1 Mysore/Mysuru: The Census-2027 exercise will start in Karnataka as part of Census of India from tomorrow with a 15-day self-enumeration from Apr. 1 to 15. Ahead of the exercise, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) held a two-day training session for census enumerators at 16 centres across the city…
Banned plastic seized during MCC raid
March 29, 2026Over Rs. 2 lakh fine collected in single day Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), which is acting tough on the usage, storage and sale of banned plastic conducted raids on shops recently and collected a total fine of Rs. 2,05,700 from various shops for violating norms besides seizing a large quantity of banned plastic…
MCC presents Rs. 10 crore surplus budget: Quality Lab to test poor civil works
March 25, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Regional Commissioner Nitesh Patil, also the Administrator of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), presented a Rs. 10 crore surplus Budget of MCC for the fiscal year 2026-27, at Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Council Hall of the MCC this morning. For the first time, MCC has proposed setting up a Quality Control Sub-Division and Laboratory at a…
Yet again… Food stalls coming up under high-tension wire
March 25, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Close to two weeks after 70 illegal food stalls under high-tension wire line near Vijayanagar water tank road were razed by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) on Mar. 12, the same food vendors have zeroed in on an alternative place. Strangely, this new-found site under the same high-tension wire line is located near the Outer-Ring…
MCC scraps tonga stand project on footpath
March 22, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Bowing to strong public criticism, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has withdrawn its earlier move to set up a heritage tonga stand on the footpath near the Town Hall. Star of Mysore had highlighted the issue in a front-page report titled ‘Footpath becomes… Tonga Stand’ published on Mar. 16, pointing out that the MCC had…
Tonga stand on Town Hall footpath: Prathap Simha blames MCC Commissioner’s ‘blatant act’
March 20, 2026Tourism Joint Director urged to change location Mysore/Mysuru: Former Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha has strongly objected to the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) granting permission for the construction of a tonga stand on the footpath in front of Town Hall under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme. He was speaking to media persons after meeting the Joint Director…
Drive against illegal advt. boards on footpaths begins in city
March 17, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), which is leaving no stone unturned to maintain the Clean City image, has set its eyes on illegal flex boards, advertisement boards and other customer-centric boards put up on footpaths marring the beauty of the city and leaving the pedestrians high and dry, on the flip side. Yesterday, several such…
Footpath becomes… Tonga Stand
March 16, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Months after the Mysuru City Police had constructed concrete-based Police Information Kiosks near the Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at Balarama Gate of Mysore Palace, which was later demolished for violating heritage norms, another controversial structure is now coming up on a footpath near the Town Hall. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had initially issued a…
LPG supply: Crematoria manage with existing stock
March 16, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the hospitality sector continues to bear the brunt of the disruption in supply of commercial LPG cylinders following the US-Israel war on Iran, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) crematoria near the foot of Chamundi Hill and at ‘K’ Block in Kuvempunagar currently have adequate stock of cylinders to keep the facilities running….











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