Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had taken up pothole-filling works soon after the Dasara grants were released. But the works were so pathetic that in most of the places where the filling works were done, the asphalt was washed away and the potholes were back to square one within a week or so. In…
MCC’s Abhaya team rescues elderly women from collapsed house
October 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Abhaya Team-1 of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has rescued three elderly women from a collapsed house at Ittigegud (Indiranagar) yesterday evening. Following heavy rains on Sunday, a portion of the house on Periyatambi Road collapsed on Monday at about 4.45 pm, trapping 65-year-old Raniamma, 80-year-old Gujjamma and 75-year-old Hamsamma, who were trapped in…
Unrelenting rain hits life
October 11, 2021Trees uprooted, houses flooded; rains expected for a few more days Mysore/Mysuru: Heavy rains that lashed across the city yesterday not only disrupted normal life but also dampened the festive spirit causing disappointment to hundreds of tourists who had come to the city to view Dasara illumination. Rain began at about 3 pm and it…
CM launches installation of LED bulbs for street-lights
October 7, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai yesterday launched the installation of LED bulbs for street-lights by pressing a remote control button for the lights along Albert Victor road near Kote Anjaneyaswamy temple at the Palace North Gate. The project is aimed at replacing traditional street-light bulbs with power saving LED bulbs in city. With the installation…
Night Cleaning Drive launched
October 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With Nada Habba Dasara to be inaugurated tomorrow, Mayor Sunanda Palanetra launched night cleaning drive by flagging off garbage collection vehicles in front of Kote Anjaneyaswamy temple in city yesterday night. Speaking on the occasion, the Mayor said that lakhs of tourists from across the country will be arriving daily to city to look…
Legal awareness workshop for Pourakarmikas
October 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A day-long Legal Awareness and Outreach Workshop for MCC Pourakarmikas was held under the joint aegis of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and Mysore Bar Association, as part of ‘Azaadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ at Town Hall here this morning. Speaking after inaugurating the workshop, Principal District and Sessions Court Judge…
Facial recognition-based attendance for Pourakarmikas launched
October 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Urban Development Minister launched the Facial Recognition-Based Attendance System for Pourakarmikas, the first in the State. The new system was launched with the Minister taking the attendance of a pourakarmika in a tab at an event held in Tagadur Ramachandra Park at Chamundipuram this noon. Speaking after launching the new attendance system, Minister Byrathi…
Dasara: MCC launches 24×7 Cleaning Drive
October 4, 2021Focus will be on clearing construction debris Four places identified to dump collected waste Mysore/Mysuru: With barely three days to go for Nada Habba Dasara-2021, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has started a round-the-clock mass drive to clear solid waste and construction debris in the city. Over 50 backhoes and 50 tractors provided by the…
Mayor, Comr. briefed about Swachh Survekshan, AMRUT scheme
October 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mayor Sunanda Palanetra and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy attended a meeting organised by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) in New Delhi on Oct. 2 where they were briefed about the second phases of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). Speaking…
If Opposition BJP rules MCC, who will oppose?
September 30, 2021Council fails to resolve row over Opposition Leader; Issue now before legal experts Mysore/Mysuru: The MCC Council meeting, which took place this morning, failed to solve the row over who should be the Opposition Leader as BJP — which was in the Opposition all these days — is now governing the civic body with the…














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