Tag: Vani Vilas Water Works

Every house in city to have water meter
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Every house in city to have water meter

July 17, 2021

Urban Development Minister Byrathi Basavaraj and District Minister S.T. Somashekar hold  progress review meeting at MCC Mysore/Mysuru: Local bodies including the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) are well-known for their poor revenue mobilisation efforts. Tax loopholes, pilferages of water are aplenty often leading to a frequent rise in taxes, burdening the honest and allowing the dishonest…

MCC apathy towards Valvemen
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MCC apathy towards Valvemen

May 8, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Even as MCC is busy in containing the spread of the deadly Coronavirus, there are allegations that it has ignored its own Valvemen who are very much part of the force that work in public places. The MCC has been accused of failing to distribute safety gadgets such as masks, sanitisers and gloves to…

Mysuru’s water supply needs a professional touch
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Mysuru’s water supply needs a professional touch

March 30, 2021

Unbridled political meddling is the biggest roadblock By Bhamy V. Shenoy It is unfortunate that our city’s leaders are enacting the same drama with the same plot but with different actors when we look at water supply and sewerage system. We have been mute spectators though it is affecting everyone in varying degrees. Currently with…

‘High time for professional body to take over water supply’
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‘High time for professional body to take over water supply’

March 20, 2021

Mysuru:  Water supply to Mysuru city by Vani Vilas Water Works (VVVW) has not been effective and comprehensive all these years despite crores of rupees being pumped into the system and the supply network being handed over to private players in the past. Activists and civic experts have criticised the VVVW for not being professional…

Residents upset over improper filling of road cuttings
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Residents upset over improper filling of road cuttings

January 4, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the MCC has warned that unauthorised road cutters will be heavily penalised, Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) that functions under the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), has been accused of improper filling after it cut the road leading from KRS Road to Hebbal’s Kuvempu Circle. The MCC’s Underground Drainage (UGD) section and VVWW…

Illegal water pipes discovered
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Illegal water pipes discovered

December 15, 2020

Digging as part of Irwin Road works exposes underground pipes illegally laid to supply water to areas on either side of the road. Mysore/Mysuru: Leakage and pilferage apart, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has been struggling to regularise unauthorised water connections in city. At almost every MCC Council meeting, the issue of illegal water connection…

Improvised SCADA system to monitor every drop of water
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Improvised SCADA system to monitor every drop of water

September 11, 2020

Rs. 50-crore project to be submitted to Government for approval: MP Pratap Simha Mysore/Mysuru: To streamline the city’s water distribution network and wastewater facilities, the Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW), the water supply wing of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), has planned to improvise the existing SCADA system that was implemented in 2008. A Rs. 50…

By June 2021, city to get 85 MLD extra water
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By June 2021, city to get 85 MLD extra water

August 16, 2020

MGP monthly meeting held on water and sewage issues Mysore/Mysuru: The monthly meeting of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) was conducted online on Aug. 9 and the discussion was held in detail about ‘Water and Sewage issues of Mysuru’. Assistant Executive Engineers of Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) B.G. Vinay Kumar and B.A. Dhanush were present.  …

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