N. Raghavan (extreme left), Proprietor of Raghulal & Co and Raghulal Surgicals in city seen after donating 65 stretchers, 16 foldable stretchers, 11 IV drips stands, six oxygen valves and other medical equipment worth more than Rs. 7 lakh to Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) as MCC Health Officer Dr. D.G. Nagaraj, Assistant Executive Engineer Mrutyunjaya…
Surging toll forces MCC to scramble for firewood
May 15, 2021Corporation officials appeal to donors, voluntary organisations to donate firewood Mysore/Mysuru: Grim prospects of a rise in the number of COVID deaths in Mysuru has sent civic authorities scrambling for resources for conducting funerals in a dignified manner and also minimising inconvenience to the families. On an average, 10 persons are losing their battle with…
Ward-level COVID Task Force launched in Ward No. 36
May 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Setting in motion the COVID-19 Ward-level Task Force initiative, Mayor Rukmini Madegowda and MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag launched Ward No. 36 (Yeraganahalli) Task Force at the Government Higher Primary School in Yeraganahalli on Wednesday. Ward No. 36 is represented by Mayor Rukmini Madegowda of JD(S). The Task force is headed by her and has…
MCC to set up Step Down Clinics for post-Covid care
May 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Taking a step forward in post-COVID care of patients, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will soon be setting up Step Down Clinics or Post-COVID Care Centres across the city to take further care of patients who are discharged from Hospitals after 80 percent recovery from critical illness. A preliminary meeting in this regard was…
Special team formed to oversee cremations
May 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: As COVID death rate graph is heading north, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has formed a special team to oversee cremations and last rites of the patients. This is to ensure that patient relatives are not put into trouble while cremating their loved ones and also to ensure that the dead get a dignified…
MCC owes Rs. 4.20 crore for city Indira Canteens
May 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The functioning of Indira Canteens in city has come under threat as they are running out of funds in the absence of Government grants. The Indira Canteens, set up by the Siddharamaiah-led Congress Government over three years ago as a food subsidisation programme of the State, are now facing a serious financial crisis in…
Agrawal Samaj distributes Medicine Kits for COVID-19 patients
May 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Agrawal Samaj, Mysuru, started ‘Agrawal Hands’ for the needy a few years ago and has been responding to their needs. In the present COVID crisis, they first responded to the need for firewood at graveyards for timely cremation and are now supplying the wood regularly. Responding to the medicine requirement at different COVID Centres…
MCC launches Covid Telecare
May 12, 2021Call 0821-2420112 or 2420113 to speak to doctors Mysore/Mysuru: Feeling depressed for being isolated at home? Do you have any queries with doctors? Feeling uncomfortable and required urgent medical help? Don’t worry. Call 0821-2420112 or 2420113. These are the telephone numbers of COVID Telecare Facility which has been set up by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC),…
Traders urge MCC to re-implement odd-even rule at city markets
May 11, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Fruits and vegetable vendors of three city markets have urged the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to allow them to function from 6 to 10 am with re-implementation of odd-even rule in all markets of the city. The MCC had passed the odd-even rule on Apr. 23. Under the system, odd- and even-numbered shops in…
104 homeless people get shelter at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry
May 11, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has set up a shelter home for the homeless and the poor who have been affected by Janata Curfew and subsequent lockdown to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Last year, after nationwide lockdown, MCC had established the shelter at the same venue. The temporary shelter has come up at…
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