Tag: COVID-19 lockdown

Coins strewn on road sparks jitters in Corona-hit Mysuru
COVID-19, News

Coins strewn on road sparks jitters in Corona-hit Mysuru

April 23, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Coins found scattered in Boti Bazaar area of COVID-hit Mysuru gave traders a scare yesterday. Jittery traders claimed that the coins were thrown to spread the killer virus. The situation was, however, diffused by the Police and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) staff. In normal circumstances, perhaps people would not hesitate to pick up coins…

MCC supplies drinking water to quarantined areas through tankers
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MCC supplies drinking water to quarantined areas through tankers

April 23, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), which has taken a lot of precautionary measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, is now supplying RO (Reverse Osmosis) water through tankers to quarantined areas in city. The MCC, through Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW), is supplying RO water to hotspot areas namely Vijayanagar 1st and 2nd Stages,…

‘Helping Hands’ feed hungry stray dogs, birds
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‘Helping Hands’ feed hungry stray dogs, birds

April 23, 2020

250 rotis, 35 pack biscuits, 300 kg food grains fed daily Mysore/Mysuru: Helping Hands, a Jain youth organisation in Mysuru, which has been feeding thousands of pigeons and crows in front of Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the North Gate of Mysore Palace, is now on a mission to feed stray dogs and birds around the…

Speech therapy for communication disorders during lockdown
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Speech therapy for communication disorders during lockdown

April 23, 2020

By Irfana Husen, Audiologist and Speech Language Therapist, District Disability Rehabilitation Centre, Mysuru Communication disorder is any disorder that affects an individual’s ability to comprehend, detect or apply language and speech to engage in discourse effectively with others.  The delays and disorders can range from simple sound substitution to the inability to understand or use…

It is a war, let us not crib
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It is a war, let us not crib

April 23, 2020

By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC An Army Officer’s wife’s message, so straight, touched my heart, so thought of sharing it with ‘SOM’ readers:  “I contemplated a couple of times before jotting it down. I know probably a few will still not agree with me and bash me left, right and centre. But I…

CESC steps up bill collection drive
COVID-19, News

CESC steps up bill collection drive

April 22, 2020

Bike-borne staff make mike announcements Consumers asked to pay power bills at designated spots or at CESC cash counters from 9 am to 12 noon Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when many were hoping for relaxation on paying monthly electricity bills in the backdrop of nationwide lockdown, the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company (CESC) has issued a…

Ministers visit Jubilant Generics and AT&S Factory in Nanjangud
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Ministers visit Jubilant Generics and AT&S Factory in Nanjangud

April 22, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Ministers Dr. K. Sudhakar and S.T. Somashekar yesterday visited Jubilant Generics Pharmaceutical factory at Nanjangud, the epi-centre of Virus spread in the district. Dr. Sudhakar, who went around the factory, sought inputs from the factory officials regarding the number of employees, the production of medicines and their export.  The officials told the Minister that…

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