Sir, The unused subway on Sayyaji Rao Road presents several pressing issues. Firstly, its sporadic usage during Dasara, necessitating a new coat of paint each year, could be a more efficient allocation of resources and taxpayer funds. During the rainy season, the neglected subway transforms into a breeding ground for flies, mosquitoes, frogs and harmful…
Kings of footpaths are encroachers: pedestrians in peril
February 6, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Footpath encroachments in the heart of the city is back to trouble pedestrians. The general public and road users are demanding the authorities to permanently rein in the encroachers along with roadside vendors to address the menace. The footpaths around K.R. Circle extending towards Devaraja Market on Sayyaji Rao Road, Gandhi Square and surroundings…
Goods vehicles, ambulances clog roads around K.R. Hospital
November 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The problem of private ambulances and goods vehicles parking along the side of the bustling Dhanvantri Road, stretching from Janatha Bazar Medical Store to Sayyaji Rao Road and from the Sayyaji Rao Road-Dhanvantri Road junction to the Government Ayurveda College Circle, is once again in the spotlight. This issue not only exacerbates existing parking…
Footpath vendors back in business on streets
August 7, 2023MCC Officers say helpless due to ‘Political Interference’ Mysore/Mysuru: The bustling Sayyaji Rao Road and its surrounding areas in the heart of the city appeared noticeably empty last fortnight following an extensive operation conducted by the officials of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the local Police on July 19. Street vendors on the footpaths…
Echo of barricade removal on Makkaji Chowk Road: MCC and private firm move Court; petition quashed
June 11, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Following the eviction of barricades and fencing on the road from Gandhi Square to Sayyaji Rao Road via Olympia Theatre in Mysuru as per the directive of the Court, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Maverick Holdings and Investment Pvt. Ltd. approached the Mysuru District Court. However, the Judge quashed the petition. It may…
Fencing on Makkaji Chowk road cleared; open for movement
June 8, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The barricades and fencing laid by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) on the road from Gandhi Square to Sayyaji Rao Road via Olympia Theatre have been cleared this morning, following a High Court order. The fencing on Makkaji Chowk Road was removed in the presence of Court Ameen (Bailiff) M.H. Nagaraj. It is a…
Pourakarmikas seek regularisation of jobs, barge into MCC Old Council Hall
March 6, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking regularisation of jobs, Pourakarmikas, who were staging protest outside the Main Office of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) on Sayyaji Rao Road, barged into the Old Council Hall, where the Mayor was holding a meeting this morning and staged a flash protest. The protesters said that there were about 1,680 Pourakarmikas working in all…
‘Swasthya Mitra’ Award conferred on five Ayurveda Doctors
November 25, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Five Ayurveda doctors were conferred ‘Swasthya Mitra’ Award at a programme organised at Government Ayurveda College premises on Sayyaji Rao Road here on Wednesday. The award, instituted by city-based Ramakrishna Educational Institutions, was given to Dr. B.N. Shashidhar, Dr. K.V. Mamatha, Dr. Gowrishankar, Dr. Padyana Subramanya Bhat and Dr. B.S. Sridhar. Speaking after conferring the…
Foreign tourist’s bag containing documents, cash, valuables stolen
October 11, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Miscreants have stolen a bag containing important documents, cash and valuables belonging to a foreign tourist which was kept inside a car. The incident took place on Sayyaji Rao Road in city on Oct. 8. The foreign tourist, who lost her bag is 53-year-old Evabeta Kondra. Evabeta, who had come to Bengaluru, had hired…
Climbing old buildings for Jumboo Savari banned
September 29, 2022But do people really care for such a ban? Mysore/Mysuru: As every year, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has issued a directive now to people not to climb the heritage structures on Sayyaji Rao Road on Oct.5, the day of the Dasara procession. As some buildings have turned weak and cannot hold the weight of…
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