A treat for book buffs Mysore/Mysuru: What is the ultimate satisfaction you expect if you are a book buff? A nice novel of your favourite author, calm atmosphere amid greenery and a cuppa for brief relaxation. Then you have to wait for sometime as the Department of Public Libraries is coming up with the concept…
District Minister to inaugurate People’s Park Library on Sept. 18
September 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: More than a year after it was constructed, the new Central Library at People’s Park close to Sub-Urban Bus Stand in the city, will be inaugurated by District Minister S.T. Somashekar on Sept. 18 at 10 am. Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar will inaugurate the Digital Library, while Mayor Tasneem will…
People’s Park Public Library likely to open by month end
September 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The newly-built Public Library at People’s Park in city is likely to be inaugurated by the end of this month. To be ready for inauguration, available furniture is being assembled and the books are being arranged, named and catalogued in the respective shelves. The two-storey library building, constructed at a cost of Rs. 4.99…
People’s Park Library awaits inauguration
February 25, 2020By Rajkumar Bhavasar With the civil works of the two-storey building of the new Library that has come up at People’s Park in Nazarbad opposite KSRTC Sub-urban bus stand completed, the new Library is now awaiting inauguration. The 1809 sq.mt building has come up on a 340ft x 400 ft. plot in People’s Park at…
Menace of drunkards, thieves in and around People’s Park
November 19, 2019Mysuru: Parks are city’s lung space providing good and fresh air for morning and evening walkers besides being a place for resting for the public under shady trees during scorching heat. But what happens when the Parks are infested with drunkards and thieves? One such Park, which has become a haven for thieves and drunkards,…
Amidst fund crunch People’s Park Library taking shape
March 26, 2019A new building of Mysuru City Central Library is taking shape amidst fund crunch in People’s Park premises at Nazarbad opposite Government Guest House. It is a two-storeyed building and the construction work of the structure is nearing completion. Seventy-five percent of the works have been completed and works are on to fix doors, windows…
Principal Secretary inspects Library construction
April 14, 2018Principal Secretary to the Government, Primary and Secondary Education Department Dr. Shalini Rajaneesh is seen inspecting the construction of City Central Library at People’s Park in city this morning. Deputy Director of Department of Libraries B. Manjunath, Deputy Director for Public Instructions (DDPI) Mamatha, Executive Engineer Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited (KRIDL) Venu Gopal, Assistant…
People’s Park Library to be completed by October
March 24, 2018Mysuru: The new Library building coming up at People’s Park in Nazarbad is expected to be complete by October this year. City Central Library Chief Librarian Manjunath said that the Rs.5 crore project is being executed by Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Corporation. While the State Government has funded Rs.4.25 crore, the rest Rs.75 lakh is…
Bomb Scare near People’s Park
December 20, 2017Mysuru: Tension prevailed around People’s Park, Sub Urban Bus Stand and surrounding areas this morning as people spotted men in khaki, accompanied by bomb squad, dog squad and finger print experts, searching for a bomb that was reportedly planted near the Park. Curious onlookers surrounded the Park as Police conducted the search. The City Control…
Library building works begin at People’s Park
December 19, 2017Mysuru: Even as the NGO Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) is struggling to find a public spirited lawyer to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the High Court to stop the construction of Public Library in park, the works on the Rs. 4.99 crore worth library building has already begun at the People’s Park in…
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