Mysuru: The pending 1.7 kilometre stretch of track doubling between Bengaluru-Mysuru at Srirangapatna has been commissioned for traffic. With the commissioning of the track yesterday, the entire 138.3 kms stretch between the two cities is complete. For now, trains with diesel engines are plying both ways but once the electrification between Yeliyur near Mandya and…
Mysuru: The railway double track between Mysuru and Bengaluru will be fully operational from the last week of November or the first week of December, according to South Western Railway (SWR) Sources. Sources said that minor works between Paschimavaahini and River Cauvery Railway Bridge and a few electrification works were being carried out and once…
Mysuru: After the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) approved train operations on the much-delayed track-doubling work at Srirangapatna, the newly-laid 1.7-km stretch will be commissioned on Nov. 19. It may be recalled here that the statutory inspection of the pending 1.7 km stretch of Railway line near Srirangapatna — taken up as part of track-doubling…
Mysuru: The statutory inspection of the pending 1.5 km stretch of Railway line near Srirangapatna — taken up as part of track doubling work between Mysuru and Bengaluru — was completed by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) yesterday. Though originally scheduled to be held on Nov. 4, the authorities conducted a spot visit besides…
Srirangapatna: Sri Nimishambha Temple at Ganjam near here has recorded hundi collection of Rs. 42.11 lakh. Out of the 18 hundis of the temple, only 12 were taken up for the counting that took place on Wednesday in the presence of Mandya Muzarai Tahsildar Dinesh, Temple Executive Officer Nanjegowda, SBI Bank staff and Women Self…
Srirangapatna: Veteran Writer Dr. Marulasiddappa has said that those destroying the Constitutional aspirations are the real crooks. Speaking after inaugurating the Srirangapatna Dasara Fest by showering petals on Goddess Chamundeshwari at Kirangur near here yesterday, the veteran writer said that Srirangapatna Dasara has its own history. Stressing on the need for a united fight against…
Mandya: The Cauvery Pushkara Mela held once in 12 years in Srirangapatna, may not draw as much crowd as the Kumbh Mela in other parts of the country, but the 12-day Mela drew lakhs of people yesterday throwing traffic completely out of gear on the busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway. It was the sixth day yesterday and…
Srirangapatna: The 12-day ‘Dakshina Bhageerathi Cauvery Pushkara Maha Mela’ began this morning on the banks of River Cauvery at Srirangapatna. Thousands of devotees are expected to participate in the event. Mandya District Administration has made all arrangements for the grand Mela. The Mela is one of the traditional practices of Hindus and it began exactly…
Mysuru/Mandya: How often do you see children playing cricket in a canal that supplies water to thousands of hectares of fertile land? Some children were found playing inside the Visvesvaraya Canal (Chikkadevaraya Canal) at Achappanakoppalu near Srirangapatna yesterday, reminding us of a grim situation that we are in where Karnataka is staring at a drought…
Mandya: The popularity of Asia’s first Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) system — Trin Trin — is catching on fast and the heritage city, Mysuru, is surely leading from the front. The response to this novel method of riding round the city on pollution-free mode of transport with docking stations to boot is slowly spreading to…
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