By Mohan Kayaka Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to ensure potable water to all localities of the city coming under the Corporation limits, the MCC has started installation of Vacuum Feed Chlorination Plants at all its water storage and treatment units in and around the city. The plants are being installed at Vani Vilas Water Works…
MCC intensifies drive against sale, use of banned plastics
July 19, 2022Seizes over one tonne banned plastics, imposes Rs. 2.80 lakh fine on traders Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), which has intensified its drive against sale and use of banned plastics, conducted a drive yesterday, during which the MCC officials and staff seized over one tonne of banned plastics besides imposing a fine of Rs. 2.80…
Second overhead water tank at K.C. Layout park irks residents
July 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru city is fast becoming a concrete jungle as green areas have started disappearing with astonishing rapidity and people hardly get opportunities to experience the natural environment outside their homes. Many open parks are increasingly becoming difficult to spot as buildings and roads are clamouring for space in the park. Parks and gardens that…
Lung space shrinks: Residents object to construction at Jayanagar Park
July 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: An illegal building is coming up inside a small park on 2nd Main Road in Jayanagar, in complete violation of Karnataka Parks, Play-Field and Open Spaces (Preservation and Regulation) Act, 1985. Several readers told Star of Mysore that the construction is almost complete and the walls have been built. Rakesh, a resident of the…
Restoration of Silver Jubilee Clock Tower: MCC sanctions Rs. 34 lakh
July 13, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has sanctioned Rs. 34 lakh for the restoration of the Silver Jubilee Clock Tower located opposite the Town Hall in the heart of the city. The works will be taken up by the Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage soon. In-charge Mayor Sunanda Palanetra said that the clock tower…
Night Shift Task Force formed to protect public from rain issues
July 13, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to help the public from continuous rains, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has constituted ‘Night Shift Task Force’ which will function during night times from July 13 to Aug. 17. Officials from various Departments of the MCC have been deployed, who will be present at the MCC Control Room during the given…
MCC moots new plan to collect water bill dues
July 12, 2022Interest will be ‘kept in abeyance’ for six months if pending bills are paid at one go by consumers There will be no compound interest or additional interest on due amount for domestic connections Mysore/Mysuru: The cash-strapped Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has come up with a new plan to collect pending water bill dues that…
No plans on Greater Mysuru for now: Minister
July 8, 2022Byrathi Basavaraj asks officials to speed up water tax dues collection Mysore/Mysuru: With collection of pending water bills and other tax dues mounting in the city, Urban Development Minister Byrathi Basavaraj held a meeting with MCC and MUDA officials at the MCC office on Sayyaji Rao road here this morning. He asked the officials to…
House for all in KR Constituency by year end: MLA Ramdas
July 7, 2022Title deeds distributed to Ashraya House beneficiaries Mysore/Mysuru: ‘By the end of this year all the beneficiaries residing in rented houses coming under KR Constituency will be allotted houses under the Central Housing Scheme,” said KR Constituency MLA S.A. Ramdas. He was speaking after distributing title deeds to residents of Ashraya Houses in Ramabainagar and…
Pourakarmikas end stir after four days, resume work
July 5, 2022Rains hamper clearing of garbage mounds Mysore/Mysuru: Striking contract and outsourced Pourakarmikas, direct payment workers, door-to-door garbage collectors, garbage transport vehicle drivers and UGD workers, who were on an indefinite strike since July 1 seeking regularisation of their jobs and other demands, ended their strike yesterday. They resumed their work from today and as rains…
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