Mysore/Mysuru: Despite opposition from slum- dwellers near the Arasikere Railway track at Yadavagiri in MCC Ward. No. 18, Karnataka Slum Development Board officials, led by Executive Engineer G. Harish and with security from the Police, commenced demolition of illegal slum houses this morning. The slum-dwellers, who opposed the demolition drive, alleged that the houses allotted…
Build TaRaSu Memorial at Yadavagiri
November 30, 2020Raghu Kautilya to appeal Govt. Mysore/Mysuru: D. Devaraj Urs Backward Classes Development Corporation Chairman and senior BJP leader R. Raghu Kautilya said that the Government will be appealed to build a Memorial for renowned Kannada Novelist Ta.Ra. Subbarao (TaRaSu) at Yadavagiri in the city where he stayed. He was speaking at TaRaSu birth centenary celebrations…
Sri Ramakrishna Ashram to host Green Mysuru event tomorrow
September 25, 2020Aims to distribute 25,000 tree saplings Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Ramakrishna Ashram, Mysuru, has organised ‘Hachha Hasiru Mysuru – Viveka Prabheya Mysuru’ programme at Swami Vivekanandaji Auditorium in RK Vidyashala premises, Yadavagiri, tomorrow (Sept. 26) at 3.30 pm. District In-charge Minister S.T. Somashekar will inaugurate the programme. State BJP Vice-President B.Y. Vijayendra will be the chief guest….
Mysore Memories: The House Next Door
September 9, 2020By Girija Madhavan Houses have personalities. Repositories of the memories, life experiences, even dreams of those who lived in them, they acquire an aura of their own. The building next to my family home in Yadavagiri, Mysuru, was one such. From a wrought iron gate at road level, steep steps led up to a L-shaped…
When will this crater-like pothole in Yadavagiri be repaired?
July 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: This huge crater-like pothole on Joy Ice Cream Road and Sankalp Central Park junction in Yadavagiri has become a nightmare to motorists especially two-wheeler riders since more than a year. This pothole has resulted in many accidents with a few two-wheeler riders sustaining serious injuries. Though this is a busy road which connects many…
Clean and green waste management at Yadavagiri Sankalp Central Park
July 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Across Mysuru, apartments have been popping up like mushrooms over the years. This poses several challenges to the city, including waste management. Though the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has introduced many rules that require apartments to manage their own waste, not all apartments follow these. However, the solution could be quite simple if segregation…
MCC Ward 18 By-poll records 44.33 percent polling
February 10, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: The by-poll to MCC Ward 18, (Yadavagiri) held yesterday, saw a poor voter turnout as the Ward recorded a poll percentage of just 44.33 percent. Out of the 11,877 eligible voters, only5,265, including 2,594 men and 2,671 women voters, cast their vote. The voting took place from 7 am to 5 pm on Sunday…
The Clean Picture
January 25, 2020Who will wash your clothes and iron your formals and whites if not these Dhobis? Almost hidden and unnoticed by people, Mysuru has four Dhobi Ghats where families of washer men try to sustain themselves by washing and ironing clothes from dawn to dusk. One can always find them scrubbing and washing clothes and later…
CABLE CRACKDOWN
January 11, 2020MCC stops cable laying works after biker falls into pit in Yadavagiri Mysuru/Mysore: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had to wait for a victim to fall inside a gaping pit to crack the whip on Optical Fibre Cable laying firms who were digging up the roads in a slipshod manner, violating the conditions laid down…
Sturdy Height Gauges installed near Road Under Bridges
January 9, 2020To prevent overloaded vehicles from colliding against RUB roof and ensure track safety Mysuru: Overloaded vehicles will no longer pass through Road Under Bridges (RUB) in Mysuru, Chamarajanagar and Hassan sections. South Western Railway authorities have begun the process of constructing sturdy iron Height Gauges (Barriers) on both sides of the bridges to restrict the…
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