Distance to other roads is a deterrent; demand grows for battery-operated ferry service Mysore/Mysuru: The multi-level parking project at Town Hall that was inaugurated by Mysuru District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa yesterday, 10 years after its works began, has failed to attract vehicle owners to use the facility in city centre. Only 10 to 15…
Finally, heritage toilet inaugurated in city
March 20, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Two-and-a-half-years after the foundation stone was laid for the hi-tech heritage-style toilet, the facility was inaugurated this morning. The toilet has been built in the Town Hall (Rangacharlu Memorial Hall) premises facing Gandhi Square, the first of its kind in the city. The Mysuru City Corporation collaborated with the Namma Mysuru Foundation (NMF) to…
Town Hall multi-level parking lot near-ready
February 19, 2023Ongoing works expected to be completed in a month, says MCC Commissioner Mysore/Mysuru: The parking issues in the heart of the city are most likely to be addressed soon with the ongoing works on multi-level parking lot on the premises of Town Hall expected to be completed in a month. Almost all the works have…
Heritage toilet at Town Hall taking shape
December 23, 2022A fusion of modern technology of precast concrete slabs and heritage architectural characteristics Mysore/Mysuru: The heritage style toilet that is getting ready at the Town Hall will be a far cry from the regular stinky toilets. It has heritage architectural characteristics, modern convenience and ease of use attached to them. It is a fusion of…
Come Dasara, Town Hall parking lot thrown open …but closes after Nada Habba ends as practised since 2018
August 17, 2022Additional ramp being built; project cost escalates from Rs. 10.86 crore to Rs. 23.28 crore Mysore/Mysuru: The Town Hall parking facility in the heart of the city is turning out to be Hamlet’s Ghost of our time as it is only during Dasara that the people in power think of the parking facility as Hamlet’s…
Freedom from stinky and dirty toilets: City’s first heritage toilet by Aug. 15
June 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Works are on a war footing to construct a heritage toilet at the Town Hall frequented by hundreds of people every day. The foundation has already been laid and now, the works are in progress to erect pre-cast concrete slabs as walls, interiors and also facilities. The toilet is being built with an estimated…
Town Hall joins list of buildings in peril
February 20, 2022Renovation works worth crores of rupees caught in legal wrangles By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: The undue delay in the renovation of the famed century-old Town Hall — Sri Rangacharlu Memorial Hall — is costing the heritage building dear and it has joined the list of neglected heritage structures in Mysuru. If the neglect continues…
Heritage style toilet at Town Hall by April end
February 11, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The city will have a heritage toilet by the end of April this year with all the heritage architectural characteristics attached to them. Works are already underway at the Town Hall premises and a firm foundation is being laid for the building. The foundation stone is being laid towards the east of the Town…
Copper grounding rod from Doddagadiyara stolen
January 29, 2021Heritage structure now stands exposed to thunder and lightning Mysore/Mysuru: The 94-year-old heritage clock tower ‘Doddagadiyara’ or the Big Clock Tower is under the threat of being damaged by a lightning and thunder strikes as thieves have stolen the copper grounding rod that protects the monument from lightning strikes. The copper rod running up to…
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…
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