Mysore/Mysuru: As a tribute to the contributions of former Lok Sabha MP N. Rachaiah, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has named the stretch of the road leading from Teresian College Circle at Siddarthanagar to Alanahalli Gate on T. Narasipur Road, as N. Rachaiah Road. NR MLA Tanveer Sait unveiled the new nameboard of the road…
Mayor launches three Abhaya Quick Response Vehicles
January 2, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to prevent damages caused by natural disasters and to reach the spot on time to conduct rescue and relief works, Mayor Sunanda Palanetra yesterday launched three Abhaya Quick Response Vehicles at the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) premises on Sayyaji Rao Road here yesterday. Speaking after launching the vehicles, Mayor Sunanda said…
Statue row ends in razing of Mathrumandali Circle
December 31, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A controversy over the erection of statues of two eminent personalities at Mathrumandali Circle that links Kalidasa Road to Paduvarahalli, Vontikoppal, Jayalakshmipuram and Yadavagiri compelled the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to demolish the entire Circle. The Mathrumandali Circle structure was demolished by the earth movers amidst stiff protests by the local residents and tension…
300 families of COVID dead in city untraced
December 28, 2021MCC undertakes survey to identify beneficiaries for Government compensation Mysore/Mysuru: Of the 1,200 people who have succumbed to COVID-19 in the city, families of over 300 victims have not been traced till now. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had conducted door-to-door surveys to trace the family members but surveyors were able to trace only 900-odd…
Roads in city to get facelift by March 2022
December 20, 2021Tenders called from today for road repairs in all 65 Wards Mysore/Mysuru: Travel on pothole-free roads in and around the city from March 2022. Now that the rains have stopped, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has called tenders to repair roads in all the 65 Wards and all the works are likely to be completed…
MCC eyes ‘B-Khata’ to bring more areas under tax net
December 20, 2021Deputy Mayor Anwar Baig and team visit BBMP to learn about the initiative to collect tax from revenue property owners Mysore/Mysuru: The cash-strapped Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is looking to mop up its revenues and has plans to bring areas beyond the Corporation limits into its Property Tax net, considering the fact that the city…
Robotic scavenger Bandicoot claws its way to clean sewers
December 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: One of the biggest problems in cities is the profession of manual scavenging. Although laws have been made to stop the practice, human scavengers are forced to enter and clean the manholes with their hands even today, a major reason being a lack of proper technological solutions to take their place. The Mysuru City…
Over 9 years after tragedy, the fate of Lansdowne building still remains in suspense
December 17, 2021By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: Even nine years after tragedy struck the city’s over a century-old landmark Lansdowne Building located in the heart of the city in 2012, where four people were killed when a portion of the roof of the building collapsed following heavy rains, the MCC (Mysuru City Corporation), which has control over the…
No end in sight on fate of Devaraja Market
December 16, 2021By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: There seems to be end in sight on the fate of over a century old Devaraja Market and Lansdowne buildings, which have turned decrepit over the passage of time and vagaries of nature. With no proper maintenance and repairs, these buildings are getting deteriorated with each passing day and questions are…
‘Shaktiman’ multipurpose hydraulic vehicle of MCC lying idle
December 15, 2021Why waste tax-payers’ money on purchasing equipment when it cannot be maintained, ask the public Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Shaktiman,’ the multipurpose hydraulic vehicle of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), which was being used to cut dry trees and branches and also to prune dry branches of trees, is now lying idle and gathering dust in the MCC due…
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