Mysuru: Even as thousands of farmers from across the State are demanding adequate compensation for crop loss, Mysuru Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) K. Jyothi today took the District-level officials to task for tardy progress in the assessment of crop damages caused by drought and rain fury. She was responding to a series…

Mysuru:  A review meeting under the Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) was organised by Zilla Panchayat at its premises here this morning. It was chaired by ZP President Nayeema Sultana. The ZP members alleged that the hospitals, especially in taluks, were not kept clean and added that the infrastructure too was inadequate. Replying to it, District…

Mysuru: Under the allocation of 3% fund from Zilla Panchayat, retrofitted two-wheelers were distributed to 23 beneficiaries under the physically challenged category at a function organised by Zilla Panchayat at its premises here this morning. Speaking on the occasion after distributing the vehicles ZP President Nayeema Sultana said that 49 beneficiaries have been identified one…

Mysuru:  The Zilla Panchayat (ZP) meeting convened today to elect heads and members of various Standing Committees was adjourned amidst high drama. Soon as the meeting began at 11 am, ZP President Nayeema Sulthana, who chaired the meeting, was surprised to see only few members, following which she adjourned the meeting to 12 noon, citing…

Mysuru: Pandemonium broke loose at Zilla Panchayat (ZP) meeting held at the ZP auditorium here this morning over difference of opinion among Members on the relevance and importance of subject to be discussed at the meeting. The meeting commenced at 11.30 am. ZP Member Srikrishna tabled the topic of funding for roads in rural areas…

Mysuru: Little progress in the distribution of Ration Cards came up to the fore at the monthly ZP Progress Review meeting at ZP Hall here this morning. During the course of the meeting, Food and Civil Supplies Department officials said that the department had received 85,691 applications for BPL cards so far, out of which…

Accusing the District Health Officer (DHO) of being apathetic to the poor state of Government Hospitals in the dist., ZP Members took the DHO Dr. B. Basavaraju to task at a programme organised to sensitise the ZP Members on National Health Mission (NHM) and the State Government’s health initiatives, at the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Hall…