Trees, electric poles come crashing down; Cattle electrocuted Mysore/Mysuru: Heavy rains accompanied by gusty wind, thunder and lightning, that lashed the district including the city last evening has claimed three lives. While two persons were killed when lightning struck them, another person was electrocuted after stepping on a live power line which had snapped and…
City Corporation ready to tackle monsoon-related issues
May 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The officials and staff of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) including the Abhaya teams are preparing to tackle the menace of monsoon which is likely to hit the State in the first or second week of June. To ensure smooth flow of rain water, the MCC has begun clearing silt in Raja Kaluve across the…
Term of MCC Corporators to end in October
May 20, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With the five-year term of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Corporators coming to an end this October, questions are being raised on whether the elections will be held before the current term concludes. The last MCC polls was held on Aug.31, 2018 and the counting of votes was taken up on Sept.3. All the…
Heritage buildings survey nearing end
May 18, 2023By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: The ongoing survey of 129 heritage structures within the limits of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is nearing completion stage and the survey of 115 structures have already been completed. A report will be submitted to Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra to be sent to the State Government for further action….
Make city roads pothole-free
May 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The citizens of Mysuru are lamenting that the city of Palaces has been turned into a city of bad roads and potholes as the officials concerned are lethargic to complete the works already started and to fill the potholes. The bad conditions of the roads in some parts of the city has made commuting…
Election to heads of MCC Standing Committees on May 25
May 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: After being postponed five times, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is set to elect the Chairpersons of the four Standing Committees on May 25. The polls to elect the Chairpersons of the MCC’s four Standing Committees — Taxation; Finance and Appeals; Public Health, Education and Social Justice; City Planning, Reforms and Accounts — were…
A centenarian-cum-freedom fighter wheels in to vote
May 11, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Freedom fighter, ex-serviceman and centenarian M.K. Gopal Iyengar cast his vote at the Polling Booth in Sriman Maharaja Sanskrit Patashala, near Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Office in the city, for the Assembly election yesterday. Iyengar, who came in a wheelchair only to exercise his franchise, gave a message of enthusiastically taking part in elections…
MCC collects Rs. 82.60 cr. record Property Tax in April
May 3, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With the Apr. 30 deadline for property owners in the city to pay their Property Tax (for 2023-24 financial year) and 5 percent rebate coming to an end on Sunday, the MCC has recorded a Property Tax collection of Rs. 82.60 crore in April, when the 5 percent rebate was in effect (Apr. 1…
Marathon held to create awareness on voting
May 3, 2023Tricycle jatha by physically challenged tomorrow; Vintage car rally on May 5 Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to create awareness on the importance of voting, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and District Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) Committee had organised a marathon in city yesterday. MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy flagged of the rally in…
MCC keeps cash counters open today and tomorrow
April 29, 2023Five percent rebate on Property Tax ends on Apr. 30 Mysore/Mysuru: Buoyed by the response of people to pay Property Tax during holidays at the special cash counters, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has again opened its tax cash counters at all its nine Zonal Offices today and tomorrow. Today (Apr. 29) is Saturday and…














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