Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) tax system is flawed and even the present attempts to bring in an online system of tax payment is full of loopholes, alleged Akhila Bharathiya Grahak Panchayat Member G.L. Nagaraj. In a press release, he said that there is neither a comprehensive guidelines nor a taxation policy with the…
Unique Swachhata Sports
January 12, 2021MCC’s unique game for Pourakarmikas to create awareness on recyclable waste collection Mysore/Mysuru: In order to create awareness on recyclable waste and to segregate such waste materials at source, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) conducted Swachhata Sports for Pourakarmikas at Town Hall premises in city this morning. Out of 150 Pourakarmikas, who had assembled at Town…
Micro finance loan provided to over 5,000 street vendors in Mysuru
January 11, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: MCC Additional Commissioner N.M. Shashikumar has stated that over 5,000 street vendors have received micro finance loans under Prime Minister’s Atmanirbhar Yojana, in Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) limits. “Livelihoods of street vendors had been hit hard due to COVID-19 and subsequent lockdown. In an effort to support them, Central Government had launched PM SVAnidhi…
Congress, BJP set eyes towards JD(S) as Mayoral polls near
January 10, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the tenure of current Mayor Tasneem of JD(S) set to end in a week (Jan. 17) and the Mayoral polls round the corner, the Congress and the BJP have set their eyes on JD(S) for bagging the post of Mayor for the next term. At present, the Congress- JD(S) coalition is ruling the…
MCC to re-tender Town Hall multi-level parking works
January 9, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is preparing to call re-tenders for the 6,000 sq.ft multi-level parking lot in the Town Hall premises to ease the problem of parking in the heart of the city. Re-tenders will be called for 30 percent of the works that are left unfinished. The Town Hall multi-level parking facility…
Survey of disabled persons to be completed in two months: MCC Addl. Commissioner
January 7, 2021Felicitation to Rural Rehabilitation Workers marks ninth anniversary of District Disability Rehabilitation Centre Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that the survey launched by the MCC over six months ago for collecting vital data from all physically challenged persons residing in the city will be completed in two months, MCC Additional Commissioner N.M. Shashikumar said that the speciality of…
80,000 street lights to be replaced with LED bulbs
January 5, 2021Project worth Rs. 108 crore, global tenders invited MCC to save 40 to 55 percent of Rs. 28 crore spent annually on street lights Mysore/Mysuru: The 2015-16 proposal of the State Government to replace conventional street lights with energy-efficient Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights in Mysuru will soon become a reality as the Mysuru City…
Urban forests keep city breathing freely
January 4, 2021High-density plantations implemented at Hebbal Lake and near Cheluvamba Park; more areas identified Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department has set its sights on increasing the green cover in city as part of its strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change. For this, they have adopted a policy ‘forest within the city’ and has officially implemented…
Residents upset over improper filling of road cuttings
January 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the MCC has warned that unauthorised road cutters will be heavily penalised, Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) that functions under the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), has been accused of improper filling after it cut the road leading from KRS Road to Hebbal’s Kuvempu Circle. The MCC’s Underground Drainage (UGD) section and VVWW…
Govt. spikes MCC’s proposal on waiver of interest on water dues
January 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government has spiked the Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) proposal seeking permission to waive off interest on pending water bills of consumers which runs into crores of rupees. This has come as a shocker to Mysureans who were expecting the Government to okay this proposal in view of prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. Since the…
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