RTI activists seek stringent action against mushrooming of illegal structures Mysore/Mysuru: Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in Mysuru risk facing severe revenue losses in the coming years if illegal constructions are not curbed immediately, warn RTI activists. Activists K.V. Bhanuprashanth, Bhanu Mohan and Snehamayi Krishna have jointly written to the Commissioners of the Mysuru City Corporation…
Mysuru: Due to lack of co-ordination between Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Mysuru Development Authority (MDA), the residents of Aravindanagar are going through hell since 1995 with sewage water flooding their homes even during small rains. The then Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), now MDA, had formed Aravindanagar in 1987 by laying roads, UGD pipelines…
New layout planned, sites to be auctioned MDA eyes Rs. 400 crore revenue Mysuru: In its first major eviction drive held this morning with Police support, Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) reclaimed a total of 8.28 acres of prime land in Basavanahalli village, adjacent to Outer Ring Road, valued at around Rs. 150 crore. Encroachers were…
Technology-based functioning of various branches to bring transparency in office administration; New MDA Commissioner K.R. Rakshith takes lead in adapting to tech advancements Mysuru: In a first ever initiative, Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) has adopted e-Office (centre for e-Governance) facility to implement paperless office system. With this, MDA that was till recently known as Mysuru…
Total value of properties attached till now stands at Rs. 400 crore Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached 92 immovable properties, estimated to be worth around Rs. 100 crore, in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) 50:50 sites scam. The attachments were made on June 9 under the provisions of the…
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 fortuitously raised the crucial question about the maintenance of Muslim personal law, as it has led to a clash between Personal Law and a Uniform Civil Code, enunciated in our Secular Constitution. Time, Narendra Modi’s BJP Government brought in the Uniform Civil Code before its…
Mysuru: Lokayukta Superintendent of Police (SP), Mysuru Division, has sought six months additional time from Special Court for Elected Representatives, Bengaluru, to submit a final investigation report on the 50:50 site scam at Mysuru Development Authority (MDA- previously Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA)), in which Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is the prime accused. As the Judge…
‘First priority will be to allot sites to genuine applicants who have been waiting for decades’ Mysuru: KAS Officer K.R. Rakshith took charge as the In-charge Commissioner of Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) from outgoing Commissioner A.N. Raghunandan at the MDA office on JLB Road here yesterday. The Government on Monday had issued an order appointing…
From CITB legacy to MUDA scams: Can the new MDA restore public Trust? By R. Raghu (Kautilya) [Translated from Kannada into English by Star of Mysore News Editor B.C. Thimmaiah] There’s an old saying: “Closing the fortress gates after the town has been looted.” In the case of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), this adage…
94 outsourced staff sacked; 69 regular staff feel the burden; public services take a hit Mysuru: Days after the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) was renamed as the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA), a major disruption has hit the functioning of the office due to the sudden removal of outsourced staff. A total of 94 outsourced…
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