Mysore/Mysuru: At the outset of the meeting, members of the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) staged an impromptu protest, displaying placards that accused the MCC of failing to effectively regulate plastic usage. This unexpected protest caught other attendees off-guard. The protesters asserted that door-to-door garbage collection process is still not efficiently carried out. Additionally, MCC’s efforts…
Mysore/Mysuru: Falkia Khan, a teenager of the city, has been appointed as Brand Ambassador of Swachh Survekshan-2023. Swachh Survekshan is the world’s largest urban sanitation and cleanliness survey. The primary goal of Swachh Survekshan-2023 is to encourage large scale citizen participation and create awareness amongst all sections of society about the importance of working together…
Several two-wheeler riders injured with unscientific speed-breakers laid in city, sans any caution boards, blinkers or reflective tapes/ stickers Mysore/Mysuru: The unscientifically laid rubber road humps at various places in the city have been proving a threat to vehicle riders. Following the request of Traffic Police, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has laid road humps overnight…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has warned of action against pig and cattle-rearers, if the animals are let loose on the road, affecting smooth flow of traffic. According to a press release from MCC Commissioner’s Office, it is stated that “Those rearing pigs and cattle in MCC limits and the outskirts are leaving the animals…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following the recent dismissal by the Karnataka High Court of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition expressing concerns about the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) plan to demolish and reconstruct the 137-year-old Devaraja Market due to its deteriorated condition and to replace it with a new building, the Mysuru Grahakara Parishat (MGP) convened a monthly…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following a report published in Star of Mysore on Aug. 10 titled ‘Missing footpath slabs invite danger,’ Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Officers have replaced the missing concrete slabs with new ones on the drains near west side of Mysore Palace on New Sayyaji Rao road in city yesterday. Mayor Shivakumar-led team of MCC Officers…
Concrete rings, littered jelly stones near recently repaired manhole add to civic woes Mysore/Mysuru: The traffic hurdle on Thandi Sadak (Karanji Lake Bund Road) near Karanji Lake in city is far from over. In a blatant manner, the concrete rings have been kept on the either side of manhole that was recently repaired by Mysuru…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition that raised concerns about Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) plan to demolish and reconstruct the 137-year-old Devaraja Market (built in 1886) due to its deteriorated condition. A Division Bench, headed by Chief Justice Prasanna B. Varale and Justice M.G.S. Kamal, issued the ruling…
Mysore/Mysuru: In what may help in checking the menace of stray dogs in city, a first of its kind Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Stray Dog Rehabilitation Centre built at the cost of Rs. 3 crore on the outskirts on Rayanakerehundi on Mysuru – H.D. Kote Road will be opened soon. Mayor Shivakumar led a team…
Use of LED bulbs cuts Rs. 3 crore bill to Rs. 70 lakh a month Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) switch over to LED streetlights has turned out to be not just a major energy saver, but expenditure too, with the cut in electricity bill by 68 percent. The monthly electricity bill has reduced to…
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