Mysore News https://www.inmysore.com/mysore-news/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 22:03:10 +0530 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management en-gb Nation’s first street vendors Co-operative Bank opened in city https://www.inmysore.com/nation-s-first-street-vendors-co-operative-bank-opened-in-city https://www.inmysore.com/nation-s-first-street-vendors-co-operative-bank-opened-in-city The country’s first Street Vendors’ Co-operative Bank was opened this morning behind V.V. Market near Agrahara Circle here. The office of the Street Vendors Association was also opened at the premises.

Urban Development Minister S. Suresh Kumar inaugurated the bank. Later, a programme was held at Dasara Expo grounds where membership applications for the bank were issued to about 3,000 street vendors.

Addressing the gathering, Suresh Kumar lauded the formation of the Co-operative Bank exclusively for street vendors which would be a model to the entire State. He added that such a bank established in Bangladesh was a rousing success and a boon to the street vendors.

Speaking on the occasion, District in-charge Minister S.A. Ramdas said that the bank would be of great help to the street vendors to keep them away from seeking loan from money- lenders at exorbitant interest.

He announced that the State Government would provide Rs. 2 crore as capital and another Rs. 3 crore would be raised through other sources.

“On the cards is providing an insurance cover of Rs. 5 lakh for street vendors. The Co-operative Bank will have the Deputy Commissioner as Member-Secretary and Mysore City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner as Director,” said Ramdas.

He added that licences would be issued to every street vendor and there would be no harassment from the Police.

When SOM contacted a few street vendors at the programme, they expressed immense happiness at the formation of the Bank as they now need not run around for loans.

Dy. Commissioner Dr. Ramegowda, MCC Commissioner P.G. Ramesh, MUDA Chairman L. Nagendra, Karnataka Exhibition Authority Chairman S.D. Mahendra, Corporators M.V. Ramprasad & Mahadevamma and others were present.

Courtesy : Star Of Mysore

]]> Mysore Travel Blog Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:52:59 +0530 ‘Fly Bus’ for a hassle-free journey to BIA https://www.inmysore.com/fly-bus-for-a-hassle-free-journey-to-bia https://www.inmysore.com/fly-bus-for-a-hassle-free-journey-to-bia Commuters from Mysore who are planning to take a flight from the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) can now book bus tickets to ferry them to the airport, or from the Bangalore airport to Mysore, with the launch of the Fly Bus facility by KSRTC on Aug. 14.

About 20 passengers left for BIA yesterday in the air-conditioned multi-axle bus which has individual TV screens fixed to all seats with about 60 channels apart from Wi-Fi, GPS and display of real-time arrival and departure of flights at BIA.

The bus is also equipped with mobile chargers, chemical toilet, pantry, oven, freezer and electric kettle.

Nambudri Chettiar, a businessman from Chennai who left for BIA yesterday after a business meet in city, told SOM that he was taking the Fly Bus to BIA as it would avoid traffic congestion in Bangalore and the need to change the bus or take an alternate transport to the airport.

Adrienne, a foreign national who was also in the bus, said that this was her first trip in the bus and hoped that the journey would be a pleasant one.

Most of the commuters had booked the tickets online for their journey.

The cost of the ticket is Rs. 990 and an additional Rs. 10 for online booking. The Fly Bus will ply twice a day from Sub-urban Bus Stand in city at 2 pm and 2 am to reach BIA at 6 pm and 5.45 am respectively and will depart from BIA at 9.45 am and 9.45 pm to reach Mysore at 1.45 pm and 1.30 am respectively.

B.V.Srinivas, Divisional Controller, KSRTC (Mysore Rural), said that connecting buses to Sub-urban Bus Stand to catch the Fly Bus will be provided from various points of the city, which of course will cost extra.

He added that ticket booking could be done on KSRTC website www.ksrtc.in or www.makemytrip.com, www.redbus.com etc. as well as flight booking centres.

He also said that steps would be taken to make tourists, delegates, industrialists and others aware of the Fly Bus services.

The Divisional Controller said after seeing the success of the route, the services would be extended to Infosys in city, Electronic City in Bangalore and other places.

This 40-seater bus takes the NICE road, there would be no traffic jams and it would be a pleasant journey to the commuters, he added.

The introduction of the Fly Bus service was based on a survey done by KSTRC, the Airport Authority of India and BIA. The survey also found that passengers from Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Salem and Trichy travel through the Chennai airport, while those from Tirupati, and Ananthpur through the Hyderabad airport. However, choosing BIA would save time and is economical, considering the cost of travel.

Courtesy: Star Of Mysore

]]> Mysore Travel Blog Sun, 18 Aug 2013 06:25:14 +0530 Pay 'n' Park system on Devaraj Urs road before Dasara fest https://www.inmysore.com/pay-n-park-system-on-devaraj-urs-road-before-dasara-fest https://www.inmysore.com/pay-n-park-system-on-devaraj-urs-road-before-dasara-fest Car wheel lock operation a success

Mysore, July 14 (SH&RK)- The ‘Car Wheel Lock’ operation introduced by City Traffic Police to prevent cars from being parked in a haphazard manner, including in ‘no parking’ zones, is a success.

Two-wheelers parked at unauthorised spots are being removed from the place, taken away on ‘Tiger’ vehicles and fines collected from the offenders. Complaints from two-wheeler riders that car-owners were being let off the hook even while they were parking their vehicles in unauthorised areas, became a cause for concern for the Police.

Shop-owners on D. Devaraj Urs Road, Ashoka Road and other major venues who were in the habit of parking their vehicles (cars) in front of the shops unauthorised and engaged in chatting would not respond to calls by the Traffic Police in spite of several warnings. The Police, with the idea of reforming the offending car owners, was thinking of a plan to bring them around. At that time, they learnt from the internet that the car wheel lock device was available in Dubai.

Having decided to make use of the car wheel lock device, the Mysore Police obtained 25 pieces of the device. Its use was introduced in the city on June 11. They booked 699 cases of unauthorised parking of cars and collected Rs. 1,39,800 in the course of 20 days.

There are 25 car wheel lock devices each in Devaraja, Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja and Kuvempunagar, Lashkar and V.V. Puram Traffic Police Stations. There is a plea to acquire 10 more such devices. On a single day on Friday, the Police booked 70 cases of unauthorised parking and collected Rs. 14,000 as fine from the offenders.

Conducting raids against unlawful parking of cars on Ashoka Road, Gandhi Circle, K.T. Street, Hanumantha Rao Road near Prabha Picture House, Benki Nawab Street, Shivarampet, D. Devaraja Urs Road, Dewan’s Road, Dhanwantri Road, Irwin Road, Sayyaji Rao Road, Jhansi Laxmibai Road, Kalidasa Road and others, the traffic Police are applying the car wheel lock to the wheels of cars parked unlawfully and are sticking a note written in Kannada and English saying "Your car has been applied with car wheel lock" on the mindshield near the driver’s seat.

The car owners, after seeing the note stuck by the Police, proceed to the nearest traffic Police Station, pay the fine and get custody of their cars. Many car owners are also learnt to be questioning the action of applying the car wheel lock by the Police and request to pay the fine. In such cases, Police are videographing the vehicles and are booking cases under the ‘Wrong-parking and causing obstruction to traffic and other vehicles’ rule and submitting relevant records to the Court.

Parking facility has been made for 210 cars on one side of Devaraj Urs Road, hub of commercial activities in the city. Out of them, in 104 bays marked for car parking, the vehicles are parked from morning till evening permanently. The rest 106 bays host 8 cars each by turn throughout the day. That means, while 900 cars can be parked in 106 bays, only 104 cars can be parked in the other 104 bays, resulting in difficulty for the Police to park their cars.

For the above reason, the Police are mulling the introduction of the Pay ‘n’ Park system in selected areas before this year’s Dasara festival.

All new systems related to traffic management are aimed at creating awareness in public about traffic discipline and more comfort to the citizens and not collecting fines for revenue to the Government, as per the argument of the Police Department.

Courtesy: Star Of Mysore

]]> Mysore Travel Blog Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:46:29 +0530 Any Complaints? Call MCC Helplines https://www.inmysore.com/any-complaints-call-mcc-helplines https://www.inmysore.com/any-complaints-call-mcc-helplines Mysore, June 18 (SH)- South-west monsoon having started over the Mysore region, the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) has set up helplines for the public to register their complaints relating to rainwater entering their houses, overflowing manholes of the underground drainage system, falling tree branches, disruption to traffic on city roads and other matters as well as seeking redressal for the various civic problems faced by the residents.

The telephone numbers of the helplines are 2418800, 2418816, 1913, 2431112, 2440891, 2440892, 94498-41196.

In addition to the helplines, the Assistant Commissioners of various zones have been assigned the responsibility to receive complaints and redress the problems immediately.

The public seeking solution to their various civic problems may contact them directly on phone. Their mobile phone numbers are:

Asst. Commissioner, Zonal Office 1 (94498-41078); Asst. Commissioner, Zonal Office 2 (94498-41079); Asst. Commissioner, Zonal Office 3 (94498-41080); Asst. Commissioner, Zonal Office 4 (94498-41081); Asst. Commissioner, Zonal Office 5 (94498-41082); Asst. Commissioner, Zonal Office 6 (94498-41083); Asst. Commissioner, Zonal Office 7 (94498-41084); Asst. Commissioner, Zonal Office 8 (94498-41197) and Asst. Commissioner, Zonal Office 9 (94498-41185).

Further, the Superintending Engineer, Mysore City Corporation, has been nominated as the Co-ordinating Officer for the programme of redressing the civic problems in city. He can be contacted on Mob: 94498-41077.

More information may be obtained by contacting Assistant Statistical Officer on Mob: 94498-41100 and Estate Officer on Mob: 94498-41210.

The Mayor has appealed the public to extend cooperation to the City Corporation staff in the programme of redressing the civic problems that may be caused by the fury of monsoon.

Courtesy: Star Of Mysore

]]> Mysore Travel Blog Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:22:23 +0530 Ramdas to grapple with power and water problems https://www.inmysore.com/ramdas-to-grapple-with-power-and-water-problems https://www.inmysore.com/ramdas-to-grapple-with-power-and-water-problems  

Mysore, Feb. 20 (KK&DM)-Chief Minister's Parliamentary Secretary and MLA S.A. Ramdas today said that he would lead an official delegation to the Chief Minister on Feb. 25 and hold discussions with him for resolving the power and water crises in the city.

This was disclosed at a meeting with the officials of Mysore MCC, MUDA, CHESCom, and VVWW at his office in Vidyaranyapuram in connection with power and water crises.

Corporators Nagendra and M.V. Ramprasad, who raised the issue of erratic water and power supply in the city, expressed concern about the grim situation that may prevail in the forthcoming summer months if this trend continued.

Ramdas, after hearing their concerns, took the officials to task, including VVWW AEEs Karigowda and Vishwanath, CHESCom AEE Narasimhegowda, and JUSCO's Arnab Ghosh.

The CHESCom officials on their part expressed their helplessness saying that water pumping stations were affected 150 times in December last due to power failure and this number increased to 486 in January this year. Also, the Kadakola Sub-Station was scheduled to get 88 MW while the Belavadi Sub Station 106 MW of power. But they are now receiving only half of their stipulated supplies and this was the main reason for the power supply crisis, they said.

Courtesy: Star Of Mysore

 

 

]]> Mysore Travel Blog Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:35:55 +0530 All roads lead to 'HIGHWAY 18' today https://www.inmysore.com/all-roads-lead-to-highway-18-today https://www.inmysore.com/all-roads-lead-to-highway-18-today Mysore, July 12 (JP)-There are two things that set a restaurant apart. One is the food they serve and the other is the service and ambiance. One such eatery is now within easy reach of Mysoreans and tourists. This place is called Highway 18, the inauguration of which is scheduled for 6 pm today.

Highway 18, a manna from heaven for vegans, is located on Hunsur Road, bang opposite Hotel Monarch. It is vegetarian to the core. The ala carte menu is eclectic with best of South and North Indian, Chinese and Continental cuisine.

Highway 18, a unique offering to the people of Mysore, is away from the congestion, noise, and parking woes of the city. Very spacious with pleasing interiors, the restaurant can accommodate 200 people.

The drive-in area can accommodate 40 cars. The restaurant also has a spacious lawn for those who want a whiff of fresh air. Children too have a special play area.

The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, evening snacks, and dinner. Also, there is an exclusive section dedicated to ice-creams and desserts. The kitchen is ultra-modern with all the mod-cons and the staff courteous. So bon appétit!

This evening all roads lead to Highway 18 on Hunsur road.

Courtesy: Star Of Mysore

]]> Mysore Travel Blog Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:03:54 +0530 Brisk sale of tricolour on I-Day eve https://www.inmysore.com/brisk-sale-of-tricolour-on-i-day-eve https://www.inmysore.com/brisk-sale-of-tricolour-on-i-day-eve With the spirit of patriotism running high on the occasion of the 67th Independence Day celebration, shops in the city selling Tricolour and other accessories, after doing a brisk business over the past two days, witnessed record sales today.

Many educational institutions, government offices, and others bought khadi flags at the Khadi Bhandar on Dhanvanthri road in the city where the smallest size of 2ftx3ft costs Rs. 600 apiece, the one measuring 3ftx4.5ft costs Rs. 1,200 each and the biggest measuring 4ftx6ft costs Rs. 1,500.

These Khadi flags come from Karaga village in Dharwad and Bengeri village in Hubli taluk. The Indian flag has a ratio of 2:3 (where the length is 1.5 times that of the width). Several other shops across the city, mostly in Mannas Market, sold non-khadi flags made of other fabrics. The ban on the sale and use of plastic flags has been strictly followed, following the DC’s order, warning of legal action against those selling plastic flags.

The sale of tricolored flags, wristbands, ribbons, badges, and gift items related to the national festival went on briskly throughout the day.

Courtesy: Star Of Mysore

]]> Mysore Travel Blog Wed, 14 Aug 2013 21:47:00 +0530 MCC reduces number of zonal offices to seven https://www.inmysore.com/mcc-reduces-number-of-zonal-offices-to-seven https://www.inmysore.com/mcc-reduces-number-of-zonal-offices-to-seven In adherence to amendment 14, 1977 to Section 421 of Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976, the Karnataka Government has reduced the number of Zonal offices coming under the jurisdiction of Mysore City Corporation (MCC) from nine to seven and the areas of jurisdiction of these offices would be finalised after necessary re-organisation.

A draft proposal to this effect was presented at a meeting held at the MCC office yesterday which was chaired by MCC Deputy Commissioner (administration) C. Raju, MCC Superintending Engineer S. Krishna, Executive Engineer Krishna Boyi and Zone- 6 Assistant Commissioner E. Thimmappa.

Yesterday’s meeting was the fourth on the issue, a final decision would be taken at the fifth meeting to be held in the presence of Deputy Commissioner, MCC Commissioner and senior officials.

Here is a Zone-wise list (with population) of various MCC Wards coming under the jurisdiction of the proposed seven Zonal offices.

Zone 1: MCC Zone-1 Office located at Akkana Balaga premises on Thyagaraja Road will offer civic services to citizens in the following MCC Wards. Ward 1- Agrahara (9266), Ward 2- Sunnadakeri (12765), Ward 3- Lakshmipuram (12814), Ward 4- Ramachandra Agrahara (8753),Ward 5- Gunduraonagar (14661), Ward 6- Chamundipuram (12586), Ward 10- Vidyaranyapuram (15104) and Ward 36- Subbarayanakere (9546).

Zone 2: The Office located near Jayanagar Railway Gate will provide services to residents of following MCC Wards: Ward- 7- Krishnamurthipuram (11299), Ward 8- Jayanagar (7889), Ward 9- Asokapuram (14035), Ward 11- Vishweshwara Nagar (9884), Ward 12- J.P. Nagar (22982), Ward 13- Srirampura Second stage (18355), Ward 14- Aravinda Nagar (10417), Ward 15- Vivekanandanagar (9557), Ward 16- Ramakrishnanagar (18451) and Ward 17-Kuvempunagar KHB (12654).

Zone 3: The Office located at Kuvempunagar and presently functioning near Akhashavani Circle will offer services to residents of following Wards: Ward 18- Kuvempunagar South (13498), Ward 19- Kannegowdana Koppal (10614), Ward 20- Saraswathipuram (9196), Ward 21- Kuvempunagar North (8113), Ward 22- Sharadadevinagar (17974), Ward 23- Jayalakshmipuram (10652), Ward 24- Vijayanagar (27702), Ward 33- Paduvarahalli (9302) and Ward 35- Devaraja Mohalla (8064).

Zone 4: The Office located near Akashavani Circle will offer service to residents of the following Wards: Ward 25- Manche- gowdanaKoppal (21756), Ward 26- Hebbal, Lakshmikanth Nagar (15437), Ward 27- Hebbal, Lokanayakanagar (24617), Ward 28- Kumbarakoppal (18048), Ward 29- Metagalli (17558), Ward 30- Brindhavan Extension (8393), Ward 31- Gokulam (10780), Ward 32- Ontikoppal (13585) and Ward 34- Medhar Block (10101).

Zone 5: The Office located near APMC Circle will offer civic services to the following Wards: Ward 37- Lashkar Mohalla (11608), Ward-38- Mandi Mohalla (10038), Ward 39- Kailasapuram (10006), Ward 40- Meena Bazar (9489), Ward 41- Veeranagere (9726), Ward 42- B.B. Keri (13767), Ward 43- Tilak Nagar (10190), Ward 44- Bannimantap (9164), Ward 45- Bannimantap HUDCO (13550) and Ward 64- Nazarbad (8903).

Zone 6: The Office located near FTS Circle will provide civic services to following Wards: Ward 46- Kesare (16712), Ward 47- Subhashnagar (10670), Ward 48- Rajendranagar (14540), Ward 49- N.R. Mohalla (15137), Ward 50- Gandhi Nagar (9149), Ward 51- Sathyanagar (14290), Ward 52- Udayagiri (15346), Ward 53- Rajivnagar (16774) and Ward 54- Shanthinagar (31423).

Zone 7: The Office located in Gayathripuram will offer services to the following Wards: Ward 55- Kalyanagiri (15846), Ward 56- Yaraganahalli (24411), Ward 57- Vidyanagar (13618), Ward 58- Ragavendranagar (6407), Ward 59- Gowrishankar- nagar (27029), Ward 60- K.N. Pura (12337), Ward 61- Kyatha-maranahalli (7865), Ward 62- Gayathripuram (15625), Ward 63- Siddarthanagar (12515) and Ward 65- Ittige-gudu (16733).

Courtesy: Star Of Mysore

]]> Mysore Travel Blog Sat, 18 May 2013 19:23:26 +0530 Media workshop on epidemic diseases held https://www.inmysore.com/media-workshop-on-epidemic-diseases-held https://www.inmysore.com/media-workshop-on-epidemic-diseases-held Prevention is the best medicine for diseases that are caused by mosquitoes among the citizens and media plays a vital role in creating awareness, said District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. S.M. Malegowda.

He was speaking after inaugurating the media workshop jointly organised by District Health and Family Welfare Department, Mysore District Journalists' Association (MDJA) and Information Department in city on Saturday.

He said measures had been taken to stop the spread of epidemic diseases in the district and called upon the citizens to take measures to prevent water logging in their localities.

Dr. Malegowda also said that Guppi and Gambusia species of fishes were released into lakes and ponds to prevent the multiplication of mosquitoes. He added that around 77,000 fingerlings were released into lakes and ponds last year as part of preventive measure.

"Workshops and seminars have been conducted at Gram Panchyat level regarding solid waste management and fogging and spraying of mosquito repellent have been taken up in city areas which has reduced the diseases caused by mosquitoes," he added.

He further added that 15 dengue cases had been reported in Mysore in 2012 out of which 2 had died (one each from K.R. Nagar and H.D. Kote). This apart, 2 deaths due to H1N1 have also been reported in the district. But so far no deaths have been reported due to Chikungunya and Malaria, he added.

Speaking on the occasion, Epidemic Disease Control Officer Dr. Manjunath said that 74 Malaria, 220 Peptitis, 5 Chikungunya, 1,403 Typhoid cases were reported in Mysore last year, adding that preventive measures were being taken to prevent the spread of the disease.

Assistant Entomologist Janet Menezes gave a power point presentation on various epidemic diseases.

]]> Mysore Travel Blog Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:20:14 +0530 Complaint against erratic power: DC passes order against CESC https://www.inmysore.com/complaint-against-erratic-power-dc-passes-order-against-cesc https://www.inmysore.com/complaint-against-erratic-power-dc-passes-order-against-cesc Mysore, Apr 21 (OSR)- The Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate P. Manivannan passed an order yesterday (Apr. 20, 2010) in a complaint filed before him by S. Arun Kumar, Advocate and Convenor, Jaagruthi, a city-based NGO, against the Managing Director of Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company (CESC), Mysore.

In this conditional order for the removal of a public nuisance under Section 133, Cr.PC, the District Magistrate directed the Managing Director of CESC to publish details of the expected power outages for the benefit of the public. He has also ordered that the CESC Managing Director should ensure that there are no unplanned or unscheduled power cuts.

He has further asked the MD, CESC, to draw up a detailed plan which will tell consumers of electricity about the impending power cuts and should also mention any sudden drop in the quantity of power that the CESC gets for distribution.

While passing this order the District Magistrate had asked the MD, CESC, to Show Cause why this order should not be made absolute.

The case has now been posted for tomorrow, Apr 22, 2010.

The DC passed this order based on the reports called for from the Commissioner of Police, Superintendent of Police, Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Panchayat, Assistant Commissioners of Mysore and Hunsur, District Health Officer of Mysore District, Project Director, District Urban Development Cell and the Managing Director of CESC.

It may be recalled here that all the seven officers above mentioned were asked by the District Magistrate to give a report within a specified time limit about the effects of unplanned power cuts. The order of the District Magistrate was based on their reports.

Courtesy: Star Of Mysore

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