Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) water supply wing, Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW), is grappling with mounting financial strain as unpaid water bills have accumulated to a staggering Rs. 209.17 crore, till April 2026. Official data shows that State and Central Government departments, commercial establishments, households and industries together owe the civic body the…
Complaints of foul-smelling water, drinking water crisis raised at MGP meeting Mysore/Mysuru: Private Drinking Water Purification Plants can no longer be set up without mandatory approval from local authorities, clarified Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) Assistant Executive Engineer (East) S.L. Ravikumar. He was speaking during a public interaction organised by the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP)…
Use traditional lime mortar, not cement, demand heritage experts Mysore/Mysuru: Restoration work has commenced on the historic office buildings of the Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW), the water supply wing of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), with heritage experts stressing that the repairs must adhere to traditional conservation methods and use lime mortar instead of…
Colossal waste of drinking water daily due to pipeline leaks, broken valves Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has revised water tariff by 25 percent, broken pipelines and damaged valves across the city are causing massive wastage of treated drinking water, with lakhs of litres spilling onto the streets every day….
Mysore/Mysuru: Residents of Yadavagiri have raised serious concerns over the safety of the Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) High-Level Reservoir at Yadavagiri after two recent overflows that flooded parts of the locality. Fearing a repeat of the incident, they have urged the authorities of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to take immediate corrective steps and strengthen…
Mysore/Mysuru: The staff of Hotel Komfort Suites on Vivekananda Road in Yadavagiri woke up to flooded premises after water from the Ground-Level Reservoir at the Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW), located behind the hotel, overflowed and inundated the property in the early hours of today. Water entered the hotel’s basement, reception area, corridors and rooms,…
Stormwater drain work crawls on busy KRS Road near Vani Vilas Water Works; Dasappa Circle continues to be major traffic bottleneck Mysore/Mysuru: A simple stormwater drain project taken up by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) on the busy stretch from Dasappa Circle near the City Railway Station towards KRS Road via Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW)…
Mysore/Mysuru: It will be difficult to find one Mysurean who has not suffered because of the underground drainage (UGD)problem in the last 12 months either directly — sewage getting into the house — or indirectly — on the roads to avoid walking through it. It is not an exaggeration to state the obvious fact that…
No visible progress on water tank close to Mysuru Development Authority Office on JLB Road Mysore/Mysuru: Work on the overhead water tank near the road junction close to the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) office on JLB Road has remained stalled for over 16 months since its launch, with no visible progress at the site. The…
MCC Commissioner asks engineers to prepare an action plan Mysuru: MCC Commissioner Shaikh Tanveer Asif has instructed the Engineers of Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) to prepare an action plan to stop the flow of sewage water from residential layouts and industrial effluents into lakes. The MCC Commissioner instructed the Engineers after visiting Lingambudhi Lake,…
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