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Somnathpur restoration work may take another year

The ongoing restoration and conservation exercise at the historic Keshava temple at Somnathpur in Mysore district is likely to be completed in a year which will breathe a new lease of life into the13th Century monument.

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Restoring glory: Work in progress on the restoration of the cloistered prakara of the Keshava temple at Somnathapur. — PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) launched the exercise almost two years ago and has embarked upon the restoration of the outer cloistered prakara or the mantapas surrounding the main temple.

Sources in the ASI, Bangalore Circle, told The Hindu that some of the columns had become weak and were not considered to be safe while a few components of the structure were displaying signs of crumbling and hence required immediate intervention.

Though the main temple built on a platform does not pose any problem, the surrounding cloistered prakara was in a bad shape. So each individual member of the cloistered mantapa was numbered, dismantled and reassembled in the original position and work on the southern portion of the prakara mantapa is now complete. The work on the northern side is in progress and the exercise may be completed within an year, said the officials. The authorities have roped in local workers for the work while a few skilled artisans familiar with the architecture of the temple are involved in the exercise.

The exercise is the first major restoration work of this magnitude taken up by the ASI at Somnathpur. The earlier restoration works were confined to parts of the mantapa but the ASI decided to embark upon a full-scale restoration so as to obviate frequent interventions in future. Even the elevation has received a facelift on the northern and eastern side where the height of the structure was partially buried under the earth, said the sources.

For the present, the visitors' experience to Somnathpura temple may be marred by the presence of scaffoldings and supporting beams. But once completed, the temple will present itself in all its glory. The restoration was necessary from the conservation point of view and will help prolong the life of the monument which is a classic example of the Hoysala style of architecture rich with carvings and sculptures.

Located about 40 km from Mysore, the temple is said to have been completed around 1269 A.D. during the regime of Narasimha III. Though the temple is not as massive as the ones at Belur and Halebid, it is the intricate sculptures for which Keshava temple at Somnathapur is renowned and draws discerning tourists and visitors from all over the world.

Where is this located on mysore. Can some post some picture of their campus.

Hinduja Global Solutions Limited

2766/3 ,Mythri Arcade Kantharaj Urs Road ,Saraswathipuram, Mysore, Karnataka ( West ) - 570009

Karnataka to develop "Malgudi Home" in Mysore

The house of renowned writer late R K Narayan, who built the myth of Malgudi in his fictional works, will be developed as "Malgudi Home." This was decided at a meeting convened by the Karnataka Government, attended by some members of the late writer's family and key figures of Mysore today. After reports appeared in the media that the house was being demolished for construction of an apartment in early September, the government swung into action and declared it as a heritage building. At the meeting, it was decided to renovate the building at a cost of Rs 50 lakh. The Kannada and Culture Department, in association with Mysore City Corporation and Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA), have been asked to prepare a proposal to develop the property. The government would take possession of the building, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister S Suresh Kumar said, indicating that the family would get a compensation.The market value of the property is Rs 2.7 crore. Once renovated, it would be managed by the Post Graduate English Department of Mysore University and utilised as a centre for young writers and conducting workshops, he said. Narayan's grand-daughter Bhuvaneswari and her hushand K Sreenivasamurthy assured the Government they would help it bring back some manuscripts of the books authored by Narayan which are now with Boston University. Narayan's family had earlier sold the property to three persons, and the Mysore City Corporation had also sanctioned building plan without realising its significance. Suresh Kumar also said the number of such (heritage-type) buildings in Mysore have come down to 198 over time from 220, and the Mysore City Corporation and MUDA have been asked to prepare a report on steps and funds needed to restore and renovate them.


http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/karnataka-to-develop-malgudi-home-in-mysore/912074.html

Some antique pics of Mysore city before Independence

Devaraja Market

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Sita Vilasa Chatram 1895
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Palace in 1890
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Oriental Library 1890
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Old Palace

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Marimallappa,s High School

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Chamundi Hill 1856

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Palace

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please label the pictures. i am not able to figure out the buildings and locations except a few.
thank you :)

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ಮೈಸೂರು ಮೃಗಾಲಯಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದಿರುವ ಅನಕೊಂಡ ಹೆಬ್ಬಾವು

ಮೈಸೂರು: ವಿಶ್ವದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಹೆಬ್ಬಾವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ದೊಡ್ಡದಾದ ಅನಕೊಂಡಗಳು ಮಂಗಳವಾರ ತಡರಾತ್ರಿ ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಶ್ರೀ ಚಾಮರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ ಮೃಗಾಲಯಕ್ಕೆ ಆಗಮಿಸಿವೆ.

ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಅನಕೊಂಡ ಹೆಬ್ಬಾವುಗಳನ್ನು ಪಾಲನೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಮೊಟ್ಟಮೊದಲ ಮೃಗಾಲಯ ಇದಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಸದ್ಯ ಐದು ಹಸಿರು ಅನಕೊಂಡಗಳು ಬಂದಿವೆ. ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾದ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಮೃಗಾಲಯದಿಂದ ಮಂಗಳವಾರ ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ 8.50ಕ್ಕೆ ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾ ಏರ್*ಲೈನ್ಸ್ ಮೂಲಕ ಚೆನ್ನೈಗೆ ಈ ಅನಕೊಂಡ ತರಲಾಯಿತು.

ಜಯಚಾಮರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ ಮೃಗಾಲಯದ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಪಾಲಕರು ಮತ್ತು ಪಶುವೈದ್ಯರ ತಂಡದ ಸುಪರ್ದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ರಸ್ತೆ ಮೂಲಕವಾಗಿ ಚೆನ್ನೈನಿಂದ ಮೈಸೂರಿಗೆ ಸುರಕ್ಷಿತವಾಗಿ ತರಲಾಯಿತು.

ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ಅನಕೊಂಡ ಮರಿ 3-5 ಅಡಿ ಉದ್ದವಿದ್ದು, 400 ರಿಂದ 1500 ಗ್ರಾಮ್ ತೂಕ ಇವೆ. ಇವು 30 ಅಡಿ ಉದ್ದ ಮತ್ತು 227 ಕೆಜಿ ತೂಕದವರೆಗೆ ಬೆಳೆಯಬಲ್ಲವು. ಹೆಬ್ಬಾವಿನ ಜಾತಿಗೆ ಇವು ಸೇರಿರುವ ಈ ಹಾವುಗಳು ವಿಷಕಾರಿಯಲ್ಲ. ಆದರೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಬೇಟೆಯ ದೇಹಕ್ಕೆ ಬಿಗಿಯಾಗಿ ಸುತ್ತಿಕೊಂಡು ಉಸಿರುಗಟ್ಟಿಸಿ ಸಾಯಿಸುತ್ತವೆ.

ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಅನಕೊಂಡಗಳು ಗಾತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಂಡು ಅನಕೊಂಡಗಿಂತಲೂ ದೊಡ್ಡದಾಗಿರುತ್ತವೆ. ಇವುಗಳು ಬಹುತೇಕ ಜಲಚರಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದು, ನಿಧಾನವಾಗಿ ಹರಿಯುವ ನದಿಗಳು, ಹೊಂಡಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಸರೋವರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತವೆ. ಬಹಳಷ್ಟು ಪ್ರಮಾಣದ ಮಳೆ ಸುರಿಯುವ ಅಮೆಜಾನ್ ಮತ್ತು ಒರಿನೊಕೊ ಕಣಿವೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇವು ಹೆಚ್ಚು.

ನೀರಿನಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ವಾಸಿಸಲು ಇಷ್ಟಪಟ್ಟರೂ, ಆಹಾರ ಬೇಟೆಯಾಡಲು ಮಾತ್ರ ದಡಕ್ಕೆ ಬರುತ್ತವೆ. ರಾತ್ರಿ ವೇಳೆಯಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಬೇಟೆಯಾಡುವ ಅನಕೊಂಡ ನೋಡಲು ದೊಡ್ಡ ಆಕಾರವಾದರೂ ಚುರುಕಾಗಿ ಚಲಿಸುತ್ತವೆ.

ಜಲಮೂಲಗಳಿಗೆ ನೀರು ಕುಡಿಯಲು ಬರುವ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳೇ ಇವುಗಳಿಗೆ ಆಹಾರ. ಚೂಪಾದ ಹಲ್ಲುಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಚುರುಕಾದ ದೇಹ ಚಲನೆಯು ಬೇಟೆಗೆ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡುತ್ತವೆ. ಕಾಡುಹಂದಿ, ಜಿಂಕೆ, ಚಿರತೆ, ಪಕ್ಷಿಗಳು, ಆಮೆ ಮತ್ತಿತರ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳು ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಆಹಾರ.

ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಅನಕೊಂಡಗಳು ತತ್ತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಟ್ಟು ಕಾವು ಕೊಡುತ್ತವೆ. ಒಂದು ಸಲಕ್ಕೆ 24-36 ಮರಿಗಳು ಜನಿಸುತ್ತವೆ. ಮರಿ ಅನಕೊಂಡಗಳು ಸುಮಾರು ಎರಡು ಅಡಿ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ ಕೂಡಲೇ ನೀರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಈಜಲು, ಬೇಟೆಯಾಡಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯ. ಇವು ಹತ್ತರಿಂದ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು ವರ್ಷಗಳವರೆಗೆ ಬದುಕುತ್ತವೆ. ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಇರುವ ಹೆಬ್ಬಾವು ವಾಸಸ್ಥಾನದ ಸಮೀಪದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಹಸಿರು ಅನಕೊಂಡಗಳನ್ನು ಸದ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನಕ್ಕೆ ಇಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಮೃಗಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅನಕೊಂಡಗಳಿಗಾಗಿಯೇ ಒಂಬತ್ತು ಲಕ್ಷ ರೂಪಾಯಿ ವೆಚ್ಚದಲ್ಲಿ 800 ಚದರಡಿ ಜಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಸ್ಥಾನ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಮಾಡಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಈ ವರ್ಷಾಂತ್ಯದ ವೇಳೆಗೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯು ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿದೆ. ಗಾಜಿನ ಗೋಡೆಗಳನ್ನು ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ಅಳವಡಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ನೀರಿನ ಹೊಂಡವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿ ಅನಕೊಂಡಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಹಜವಾದ ವಾತಾವರಣ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.

ಮೃಗಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಕಾಳಿಂಗ, ನಾಗರಹಾವು, ಸ್ಟ್ರೈಪಡ್ ಕೀಲ್ ಬ್ಯಾಕ್, ಮೂಷಿಕ ಹಾವು, ಇಂಡಿಯನ್ ಸ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಬೋವಾ, ರಫ್ ಸ್ಕೇಲ್ಡ್ ಸ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಬೋವಾ, ರ*್ಯಾಟಿಕ್ಯುಲೇಟೆಡ್ ಪೈಥಾನ್, ರಾಕ್ ಪೈಥಾನ್, ರಸೆಲ್ ವೈಪರ್*ಗಳು ಇವೆ ಎಂದು ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಮೃಗಾಲಯದ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ ಬಿ.ಪಿ. ರವಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

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:banana:Another feather to Mysore's cap.....:banana2:

BEML is also set to export five numbers of dredging units to Bangladesh under a line of credit between India and Bangladesh. The company has tied up with Vosta of Holland for technology to manufacture dredgers at its Mysore facility. The company aims to capture at least 25 per cent of the Rs 6,000 crore dredging market in India, Natarajan added.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/beml-bets-bigmining-equipment/456558/

Biogas plant planned at Mysore zoo

Mysore zoo will soon be a model for other zoos in the country, thanks to its eco-friendly initiative. It will set up a biogas plant to convert animal waste into gaseous fuel to be used for cooking.

The work on the project is underway and is expected to be complete in three months.

This will help the zoo authorities cut down on operational cost. Presently, the zoo is consuming a large quantity of LPG every month.

Zoo executive director B P Ravi said they have signed a tripartite agreement with Mysore City Corporation (MCC) and National Institute of Engineering-Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies (NIE-CREST) for the plant planned near vermin-compost unit.

The technology is developed by Babha Atomic Research Centre.Everyday, zoo generates nearly 1.5 tonnes of waste from kitchen and animals, including 700-800 kg of elephant dung.

It is now being used to produce manure which is a source of huge income. Recently, the zoo authorities planned to set up the plant to reduce their dependency on LPG. The zoo is consuming 24 LPG cylinders a month to prepare animal food using horse gram, sweet potato, potato, etc.

NIE-CREST director S Shyamasundar told TOI that they will develop the plant and maintain the same for a year. The plant will use the waste to generate biogas equivalent to approximately 20 kg of LPG (that is 600 kg of biogas per month), the director explained.

Shyamasundar said zoos in Germany, Sri Lanka and Thailand have biogas plants.

"Mysore's is the first zoo to go green in this way. Besides LPG costs, the project helps check pollution," he added.

Initially, the alternative fuel will be used in zoo kitchens and later for the generation of electricity to recharge batteries which run zoo vehicles. However, it is a bit expensive as biogas electricity generators involve huge investment. Ravi said the project is estimated at Rs 20 lakh, of which MCC will bear 90%, while the zoo contributes Rs 2 lakh.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Biogas-plant-planned-at-Mysore-zoo/articleshow/10877694.cms

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this are July 1st week updates as of now some more things have developed in this area i will get the pics of the same in my next updates

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Town House

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Luxury Villa

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Grand Villa

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Amenities & facilities

30,000 sq ft health club with 50 key spa resort managed by international reputed brand
5000 sq ft Gymnasium
Steam & Sauna room
Massage room
Cards Room
Library and Reading Room
Simulated Golf Driving Range
Table Tennis Room
Home Theatre Room with surround sound system
Dance, Yoga and Aerobics floor
Tennis Courts
Squash Courts
Olympic size swimming pool
Bar and Fine dining Areas


Second Club House – 6500sft with
Convenience Store/ Departmental Store
Cafeteria
Terrace party area
Gym
Multipurpose Hall for parties
Other Amenities:

Jogging/ Walk Trail
100% D.G. Power back up
Video phones/EPABX will be provided inside each apartment to screen the visitors.
CCTV Camera will be installed in the security room.
ATM
Special project to get direct water from Cauvery basin to overcome water supply problems
Fully treated water through water purification plant within the project
Lake
Large parks for sports and recreational facilities for kids and adults alike
Temple on a hillock within the premises
Shopping mall with Food court
Multiplex
Health care centre
Multi-cuisine restaurants

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What is the status of Gopalan IT park, Plan to buil on ppp at Korgalli

I don't think they even have started the work. It is very unfortunate that potential in Mysore is not being tapped and neglected but let Banglore brust out due to ever increasing influx of people because of the increased opportunities.
Life in Bangalore is becoming hell as roads are chocked, air is polluted, sewage is strewn openly (BBMP doesn't bother), Power cut, prohibitive real estate, expensive schooling for kids etc. List is endless. Pressure to perform is so much that it is becoming suicide capital of India.

All this happened because we have no other city as a counter balance to Bangalore in Karnataka.

It is high time govt and businesses realize this and immediatly work to tap the potential of Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli-Dharwad and Belgaum fully to see overall development of Karnataka.

I agree with you 100%, high time GoK should give boost to Tier 2 cities. For employement most of the young folks from Karnataka Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities go to Bangalore and struggle for space, infra along with other migrants from rest of India.
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Maharashtra has Pune & Nagpur, TN had Coimbatore & Madurai as Tier 2 cities to name a few.

I don't think they even have started the work. It is very unfortunate that potential in Mysore is not being tapped and neglected but let Banglore brust out due to ever increasing influx of people because of the increased opportunities.
Life in Bangalore is becoming hell as roads are chocked, air is polluted, sewage is strewn openly (BBMP doesn't bother), Power cut, prohibitive real estate, expensive schooling for kids etc. List is endless. Pressure to perform is so much that it is becoming suicide capital of India.

All this happened because we have no other city as a counter balance to Bangalore in Karnataka.

It is high time govt and businesses realize this and immediatly work to tap the potential of Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli-Dharwad and Belgaum fully to see overall development of Karnataka.

FOREIGN SUPERSTORES ONLY IN 45 CITIES
Notwithstanding the political parties up in arms and even the ruling Congress going silent over the retail superpowers taking over India, the minimum one- million population bar set in Thursdays decision to allow FDI ( foreign direct investment) in multi- brand retail trade will mean only 45 cities will see these foreign- controlled superstores come up.

Though Commerce Minister Anand Sharma on Friday claimed only 53 cities out of some 8,000 cities and towns in the country will qualify to have these mega stores, the latest 2011 Census show there are just 45 such cities with one million plus population ( See adjoining box) . Sharmas claim of the FDI decision generating 4 to 10 million jobs in three years also appears a loud talk as the trade federations say the target looks impractical as they do not expect more than 300 superstores springing up across the country and that can not generate even half a million jobs.

The trade federations are all welcoming the decision as they say it would pump money into the Indian economy, but they say the population yardstick will have to be lowered if they really make a difference.

The minimum one million- population bar set in the decision to allow FDI in India means that just 45 such cities in the country will qualify to have these mega stores ( according to the 2011 Census). The state- wise breakup of cities which can have these mega stores is as follows:

Punjab will have them only in LUDHIANA and AMRITSAR while in Jammu & Kashmir only SRINAGAR makes the cut. Goa draws a blank as no city has that big a population, unless the Centre relaxes the norm to treat the whole state with 13.47 lakh population as a unit.

The other cities eligible for the FDI- backed multi- brand retail stores are: DELHI, BANGALORE, CHENNAI, KOLKATA, FARIDABAD, DHANBAD, RANCHI, HOWRAH, COIMBATORE, MADURAI, RAIPUR.

The cities that missed the list for being just a little less than one million population are Chandigarh, Guwahati, Solapur, Bareilly, Mysore and Aligarh.

MAHARASHTRA 9 Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan, Vasai- Virar, Pimpri- Chinchwad, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik and Aurangabad

UTTAR PRADESH 7 Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Varanasi, Allahabad, Meerut and Ghaziabad

GUJARAT 4 Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat

MADHYA PRADESH 4 Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior and Jabalpur

RAJASTHAN 3 Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota

ANDHRA PRADESH 3 Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam

http://www.freepressjournal.in/news/34248-foreign-superstores-only-in-45-cities.html
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I don't think they even have started the work. It is very unfortunate that potential in Mysore is not being tapped and neglected but let Banglore brust out due to ever increasing influx of people because of the increased opportunities.


Have you guys ever read about Moscow-St Petersburg??

Some excerpts from various sources:

St. Petersburg was a capital from birth, something that Muscovites resent; they suddenly became provincials when Peter the Great moved the capital there in 1712. However St. Petersburg managed to prove its superiority in some things.

In Petersburg one doesn’t need to hurry. The city is much smaller than Moscow. There a person wants to walk, not run, although Muscovites don’t walk, they take cabs or the Metro during the long winter. Muscovites accuse St. Petersburg of being depressing, because the pace of life is too slow. This is partly because of the climate. St. Petersburg lies much further north and the city is very wet and windy. Muscovites often catch cold after visiting St. Petersburg. The sun rarely warms the citizens of Petersburg, because of high humidity.

Moscow is sunnier, and that’s why it seems smarter, than Petersburg. But there is an eclecticism that is peculiar to Moscow. An antique building and a glass skyscraper can be neighbours in Moscow, but not in St. Petersburg.

That’s why citizens of St. Petersburg say that the Muscovites don’t have a sense of style, whilst Muscovites accuse St. Petersburg as being boring.
St. Petersburg was built according to a well thought-out plan.

City regulations even today forbid he erection of buildings over 4 - 5 stories in the city centre. New buildings have to work, architecturally, with old buildings.

"As a city, Moscow lacks shape and symmetry when compared with St.Petersburg. It does have the rapid tempo that comes from being at the center of action. To a provincial, every Muscovite carries a bit of the aura of nobility. Muscovites, aware of this, tend to flaunt their intimacy with power. Since there are more job and career opportunities in Moscow than anywhere else, it attracts very talented and ambitious people."

Nowadays there is an opinion that the difference between Moscow and St. Petersburg has become a myth or a legend, as new high-speed trains services draw the cities closer and closer together. But there are major differences in the people themselves. Moscow is a very cosmopolitan city today. Who is a Muscovite? Nobody really knows. The majority of St. Petersburg citizens are drawn from Russian stock, but from northern Russian stock, and consequently they look and behave more like people from Finland or Scandinavia. St. Petersburg i.s nearer to Western Europe in more senses than one.

http://www.cnbcmagazine.com/story/a-sale-of-two-cities/42/1/

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-10-17/news/9102110649_1_boris-yeltsin-republics-moscow

http://www.passportmagazine.ru/article/1902/


^^Bangalore-Mysore :lol: ashtey...

High speed train between Moscow-St Petersburg is nothing but Double tracking Bangalore-Mysore railway line.

Let Mysore remain like St Petersburg and Bangalore continue to behave like Moscow.We have no probs....

Mysore will soon get a model road


MYSORE: A portion of Vishwamanava Double Road, a thoroughfare near Saraswathipuram locality starting from pristine Kukkarahalli Lake junction, will soon be developed as a model traffic road by the city police in association with the Mysore City Corporation (MCC).

The stretch will be improved according to Indian Road Congress standards. It will be complete with all-traffic signage, parking space, lanes and medians, cat-eye road stud and blinkers at junctions. The stretch will be a zero-tolerance zone.

A senior traffic officer told TOI that the double road is ideal to be developed as model road as "It is wide and has adequate footpath space for pedestrians".

There are also plans to erect footpath railing along the road to prevent jay walking. They are approaching the corporation to fund civil works like laying interlock tiles, railing, etc.

Two CCTVs at major junctions between Kukkarahalli junction and Vijaya Bank junction will be installed. A bicycle lane is also being planned. "This will be a model road not just for Mysore, but for other major cities of the state," the officer said.

Meanwhile, ward 21 corporator H S Nandish Preetham said he has taken up interlock tile-laying works at his jurisdiction, and works in some parts are complete. He disclosed the plans to convert the road stretching from Kukkarahalli junction to petrol pump junction into a model one. A major part of the road comes in his jurisdiction.

When contacted, DCP (traffic) P Rajendra Prasad said: "The project is planned, and discussion with civic officials about individual responsibility is underway."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Mysore-will-soon-get-a-model-road/articleshow/10877672.cms

Basket ball court,Infosys,Mysore
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IMGA0821 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/6422393571/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

Infosys GYM
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Image807 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/6422393901/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

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Image808 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/6422394289/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

Infosys,Game Zone
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Image812 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/6422394523/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

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Image822 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/6422394979/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

Snooker
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Image830 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/6422395373/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

Cricket Stadium
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Image864 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/6422395835/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

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Image866 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/6422396107/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

Multiplex from the roof of Super Market
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Image832 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/6422395579/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

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DSC01628 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/6422479075/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

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DSC01574 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/6422477249/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

Tennis courts
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DSC01557 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/6422473697/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

^^ SWanky.

Bangalore: With the suspension of Kingfisher Airlines' services between Bangalore and Mysore earlier this month, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) is banking on two other private carriers Jet Airways and SpiceJet to start commercial flight operations from the City of Palaces.

AAI officials said that meetings have been held with the private airlines officials who have expressed their wish to start operations on the Mysore sector.

"We have held meetings with the private airlines to operate flights from Mysore. Lok Sabha MP from Mysore H Vishwanath and district in-charge minister SA Ramdas have also held meetings in this regard to see to it that the airport is back on the domestic aviation map," said an AAI Official.

P Manjunath, DGM, Mysore Airport, said that the Mysore route has a huge potential as the Kingfisher Airlines' flight regularly saw occupancy of 60%. Manjunath added that SpiceJet is likely to operate an ATR 72 shortly. "They haven't given us a date but have listed on their winter schedule that they would operate on the Mysore route," he added.

Mysore, apart from being an important tourist destination, also houses campuses of companies like Infosys and Wipro. The AAI built Mysore airport at a cost of Rs 82 crore. The lone Kingfisher flight, which operated five days a week between Mysore and Bangalore, was withdrawn as part of the company's move to cut down on its existing domestic routes.

Built at a cost of Rs 82 crore, Mysore airport was inaugurated in 2010:):)

The Mysore City is located at 76 12" (East) longitude and 12 8" (North) latitude. Its altitude is about 762m above mean sea level. It is the second largest city in the State of Karnataka. It was the Capital of the former princely State of Mysore and is now the Divisional Head Quarters having a Population of 7,87,179 lakhs as per 2001 Census.
Mysore is an Educational, Commercial and Administrative Center and also on the way of becoming an important Tourist and Heritage Center. It is well connected to the adjoining States of Kerala (Waynad, Calicut) and Tamil Nadu (Ooty, Coimbatore) through roads.

Mysore can boast of having the first City Improvement Trust Board (1903) in the Country. Because of this Act the City has better planned extensions and better housing. According to the Town and Country Planning Act 1961- regulation of planned growth of Land, use development for making and executing Town Planning Schemes came into existence in 1966 at Mysore. The Planning Authority prepared the O.D.P for Mysore City in 1972. The proposed Conurbation area was 58.38 sq.km for an estimated population of5 Lakhs by 1986.

The C.D.P prepared by the Planning Authority was approved in 1981 and the proposed Conurbation area was 92.21 sq.km for an estimated population of 7 Lakhs by 2001 AD Subsequently Nanjangud Town Planning Area was amalgamated with Mysore Planning Area and called the 'Mysore Nanjangud Local Planning Area' in 1984 and in 1988 declared as local planning area for the ‘Environs of Mysore-Nanjangud Local Planning Area’ covering an extent of 495.32sq.km.

Mysore Urban Development Authority was constituted in 1988 to plan development of major and important urban areas. The C.D.P of Mysore was revised in 1997 due to rapid industrialization, Population growth, changed Economic Activities and Land Uses. Industries of all kind and the upcoming IT industries are few of the chief economic base of the city and also the main contribution for the development of the city. Mysore acts as an important Agricultural Products Market and a Commercial Centre for the neighboring Settlements.
The Street pattern of the city is more or less gridiron Pattern with Arterial Roads from Center of the City outwards in all directions.The Palace is the focal point from where all the Arterial Roads start and run radically leading to Towns and Cities outside. Encouraging Development of Local Sub Commercial Areas (Kalidasa Road, Kuvempunagar ) will lessen the burden on the City Centre 90% of the area in Mysore is provided with the Underground Drainage and they in turn are connected to the Highly Efficient Sewage Treatment Plant.
Mysore is growing rapidly in all sectors. Housing to fulfill the requirement of ever increasing population, chang of Land Uses from Residential to Commercial, Mixed to Commercial, Agricultural to Residential or Industrial need to be envisaged and the development should be planned accordingly. The supporting Services-Water supply, Sanitation, Electricity, Transportation etc should be planned accordingly. The present growth rate prompts the development authority to revise the present MASTER PLAN.


Source

http://www.mudamysore.org/home.asp

MUDA moves ahead despite opposition

MYSORE: Unfazed by the opposition by farmers over land acquisition and compensation muddle, Mysore Urban Development Authority is moving ahead.

On Day-2 of its drive to popularize its 60-40 scheme, MUDA chairman L Nagendra and commissioner C G Betsurmath visited Ballahalli on Wednesday, where the state government's new scheme found favour but not without murmurs. Like at Lalithadripura, where MUDA acquired lands from farmers but did not compensate them even after nine years owing to a dispute, the officials faced some tough questions at Ballahalli located next to R T Nagar 1st Stage. But the opposition to the MUDA's drive to partner with the farming community in the city development was less intense.

"Many of the farmers whose lands were identified have agreed to the acquisition. We will take their consent and enter into an agreement and start the work," said MUDA commissioner C G Betsurmath to TOI. According to him, the urban body is planning to take the consent from the farmers and forward it in bulk to the government for clearance. During the discussion, they wanted 50% of the developer sites and asked MUDA to communicate it to the government, he said.

The local body will visit two more villages next week where land has been identified for acquisition and promote its scheme. It has identified 1,509 acres for acquisition in Mysore taluk where it wants to develop some 15,000 sites in six new layouts-Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Nagar, Swarna Jayanti Nagar, Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar II Stage, Lalithadripura II Stage, Shantaveri Gopalgowda Nagar II Stage and R T Nagar II Stage.

Land for Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Nagar is identified at Lingambudipalya, while Swarna Jayanti Nagar will come up in Halalu and Chowdhalli. Land at Bandipalya, Hosahundi and Sarkari Uttanahalli has been identified to develop Shantaveri Gopalgowda Nagar II Stage.

TOI (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-01/mysore/30462777_1_muda-commissioner-mysore-urban-development-authority-urban-body)

MUDA is sensible,A step closer to Bruhat Mysore Mahanagar Palike :banana:

MUDA moves ahead despite opposition



TOI (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-01/mysore/30462777_1_muda-commissioner-mysore-urban-development-authority-urban-body)

MUDA is sensible,A step closer to Bruhat Mysore Mahanagar Palike :banana:
Closer to BDA.
BBMP is run by a bunch of monkeys.
BDA has brains.

Second entrance to Mysore Railway Station to open by December 15 (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2683120.ece)

‘The entry is from the KRS Road close to the Railway Museum'
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RELIEF FOR PASSENGERS: The main entrance of the Mysore Railway Station has become congested on account of the increase in passenger traffic in recent years. — PHOTO: M.A.SRIRAM

“The second entrance to the Mysore Railway Station will be commissioned around December 15 in view of the increase in passenger traffic and to reduce the congestion at the main entrance,” Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Mysore Division, Anup Dayanand Sadhu said on Friday.

“The entry is from the KRS Road close to the Railway Museum and will cater to the public coming to the station from Yadavagiri, Gokulam, parts of Vijayanagar, Brindavan Extension and the newly developing areas along the KRS Road and the Ring Road,” he said.

Mr. Sadhu told The Hindu that once commissioned, the congestion at the main entrance was likely to be reduced by 20 to 25 per cent.

“ To start with, we will have a single ticketing counter at the second entrance and depending on the requirement more counters may be opened though a second counter can be opened to cater to any emergency or weekend rush,” he said.

However, there will be no parking facilities at the second entrance, and passengers can be dropped and picked up while an auto stand will be provided, he said.

“This is only a makeshift arrangement and there are detailed plans for developing the second entrance as a full-fledged facility.

This entails demolishing some of the existing structures on the railway land to pave the way for a full-fledged parking facility for vehicles,” Mr. Sadhu said.

The second entrance will lead the passengers to platform number six and the foot-over-bridge which connects to other platforms including platform number one. A long pending demand, the commissioning of the second entrance will also mean deployment of railway staff and the ticket collectors.

“The commissioning of the second entrance to the city station is imperative in view of the tremendous growth in the passenger traffic witnessed at Mysore station. The station used to handle 12,000 to 15,000 outgoing passengers per day till a few years ago.

Now the number of outgoing passengers from Mysore has crossed 25,000 as has the number of incoming passengers. During extended weekends and Dasara, the traffic originating from and to Mysore crosses the 75,000-mark.

This made the second entrance a must,” he said.

# ‘Congestion at the main entrance likely to reduce by 20 to 25 per cent now'
# ‘Passenger traffic to and from Mysore crosses 75,000 mark during Dasara, extended weekends'

PET PROJECT
Zoo cashes in on anaconda interest (http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG/2011/12/04&PageLabel=7&EntityId=Ar00702&ViewMode=HTML)
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Mysore: Given the heightened interest in the five anacondas which came to the Mysore zoo from Lanka 10 days ago, zoo authorities decided to give them up for adoption on first-come first-served basis.
Forest minister C P Yogeshwar, who visited the zoo on Saturday, also expressed his desire to adopt an anaconda, but authorities said they’re yet to decide on its adoption charges.
Zoo deputy director Vijaykumar was asked to take a decision on adoption fee in consultation with zoo veterinarians.
Unlike other animals which have a price tag based on their food expenses, the anacondas could command a higher price as zoo plans to cash in on the interest in them. Zoo vet Suresh said three anacondas, aged 18 months, are being fed live mice while two other snakes are molting (shedding of the skin). “Usually, snakes don’t take food during molting.’’

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Karanji lake aquarium works are very slow

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Saw the Mysore Outer Ring Road form Bangalore Road to Hunsur Road.
Must say, it is amazing. Works are on fast and it feels like an incomplete expressway at some places.
Bangalore needs a lot to learn from this.

You should have traveled on the Sathgalli side,that looks even more amazing :)

have a look at the pics here

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1255733&page=16


Mysore ORR will be a model for other ring roads coming up in Karnataka cities.

Infra likely to boost Mysore's growth

A host of infrastructure works now in progress are expected to place the heritage city of Mysore on a better footing.

The ongoing infrastructure projects fall under the Rs 100 crore Chief Minister’s Special Grant (CMSG) schemes and the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Reconstruction Mission (JNNURM).

In the Rs 100 crore CMSG schemes, 126 works have been completed out of the 136, while the remaining 10 are in progress. While these works fall under the first installment of the CMSG, the action plan submitted for the second installment of Rs 100 crore have been approved in the respect of Rs 73.94 crore.

Of the Rs 73.94 crore, Rs 5 crore was set apart for last year’s Dasara works and all 33 works taken up were completed. Similarly, Rs 10 crore was earmarked for this year’s Dasara. Of the 77 works undertaken, 17 have been completed. The rest are in their different stages of progress.

Details have been revealed for the first time on the progress under JNNURM under which Mysore is a beneficiary of the Central funds for developing heritage and other works. Two schemes, amounting to Rs 1,149.33 crore have been approved by the Centre under JNNURM; the first tranche being Rs 890.89 crore under the Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) schemes and the second Rs 258.44 crore under the Basic Service to the Urban Poor (BSUP) schemes.

Ten schemes sanctioned for Rs 890.89 crore are being executed by the Mysore City Corporation, Mysore Urban Development Authority, Karnataka State Transport Corporation, Karnataka Urban Water Supply & Drainage Board and the Slum Clearance Board. Under the BSUP, four schemes are being executed through the Mysore City Corporation and the Karnataka Slum Clearance Board.

Though Rs 890.89 crore were sanctioned under the UIG schemes, the amount so far released accounts for less than 50 per cent, Rs 416.32 crore. The position is worse under the Rs 258.44 crore BSUP as the amount released is only Rs 109 crore. However, the financial progress achieved under the two schemes account for Rs 682.11 crore though Rs 525.32 crore is the total amount sanctioned, it is claimed.

JNNURM works under progress comprise of Rs 194.54 crore restructuring water supply system, Rs 108.81 crore Kabini water supply scheme which is expected to be completed by June, 2012, Rs 85.25 crore basic infrastructure development for city transport system, most of the works are expected to be completed by mid-2012, Rs 29.85 crore waste management system, Rs 100 crore storm water drainage restoration scheme which is likely to be completed by next March, Rs 39.45 crore core heritage area development, and rehabilitation works in select slums in the city.

Apart from these major fundings, the state has sanctioned Rs 12.10 crore under the State Financial Commission grants for development works in the Chamaraja Assembly constituency. While 17 works are in progress, tenders are invited for 15 works.

The progress of these works were reviewed at a meeting presided over by District In-charge Minister S A Ramadas on December 2.

http://business-standard.com/india/news/infra-likely-to-boost-mysores-growth/457588/

Major New Eco-Tourism Golf Project for Karnataka

Listed in the “Top 5 Eco Tourism Destinations in the World” by Conde Nast Traveller magazine, a 300 million Rupee, sustainable tourism & golf development has just been announced in the Southern Indian state of Karnataka.

The first of its kind in India, The Kabini Golf & Eco Tourism Development is planned to open in 2015. The project, on the banks of the Kabini River is conceived along sustainable principles, just 65kms from Mysore and 8kms from the Nagarahole Tiger Sanctuary. The project will cover more than 300 acres and will offer an 18 hole international standard golf course (affiliated with St Andrews), a Golf Academy, Ayurvedic Spa & Wellness Centre, watersports activities, birdwatching reserves and around 50 cottages & villas styled to blend in with the environment.

karnataka-ecotourismThe Government-Sanctioned project was conceived by Colonel Mohinder Singh Khaira, Chairman of Raynal Realtors Inc., a flagship hospitality and tourism development company. Colonel Khaira is one of Karnataka’s most prominent Army Officers, a respected public figure and passionate golfer, who has been instrumental in driving this exciting new concept. The Kabini Golf Project is being funded by the Khaira family and financial institutions

Karnataka has one of the most diverse tropical forest landscapes suited to nature tourism projects. This unique new project is leading the way in Eco Tourism in the region: carefully conceived to enhance the environmental value of this biosphere region, the development will be managed with strict adherence to responsible and sustainable tourism policies.

At grass roots level, local communities are being actively encouraged and educated to participate in the project. Their traditional grazing and growing areas are regions of unique flora and fauna. Now these communities are being empowered to protect and enhance these stunning forest landscapes in a responsible and sensitive tourism project,which will not only protect and conserve crucial species of flora and fauna for posterity, but which in turn will generate local employment and sustainable income for future generations.

Accommodation at Kabini will be in villas sympathetically designed to blend in with the forest environment using eco-friendly materials sourced locally. With an emphasis on Mysore Royal Architecture, a combination of Indo-Saracenic, Romanesque, Corinthian and Greco style, local craftsmen will be employed on the project wherever possible.

The Golf Academy will offer a range of professional golf lessons and courses to provide local residents with training opportunities for course management, caddying and stewardship.

Karnataka is known as India’s ‘hi-tech’ state but is attracting more British visitors keen to explore its many charms. With an almost undeveloped coastline between Goa and Kerala there is so much to see and do: The Western Ghats Mountain Range; tiger & wildlife reserves; ancient temples; the palaces of Mysore; fascinating heritage sites and festivals; scenic railway journeys; and welcoming people. Bangalore is a major hub for international and domestic flights, as well as rail and road connections to the neighbouring states of Kerala, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.

The project is being marketed by Deccan Dreams - Four State Of Mind, specialist tours catering for four different holiday styles: temples and historic sites; nature wildlife & ecology; art, culture & history; and rest, rejuvenation & therapy lasting from 8 – 21 days, by Karnataka’s premier tour operataor, Pyramid Tours.

http://ftnnews.com/golf/14778-major-new-eco-tourism-golf-project-for-karnataka.html

GOVT. MULLING ON BUILDING A 1,500-BED MULTI-SPECIALITY HOSPITAL IN CITY

The Government, upon realising the need for having a multi-speciality hospital to cater to the needs of poor patients, is mulling on establishing one such hospital having all facilities in PKTB Sanitarium pre-mises here on KRS Road.

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The Maharajas of Mysore, with an objective of providing health care to all including the poorest of the poor, set up the K.R. Hospital in the city in 1924.

The hospital, which began as a 1100-bed hospital, gradually gained popularity, with its name and fame extending to surrounding districts of Kodagu, Chamarajanagar, Mandya and Hassan.

As years passed by and with the increasing population, the number of patients visiting the K.R. Hospital increased multifold. With the drastic increase in the number of patients, the K.R. Hospital's Casualty, OPD, Emerge-ncy and Inpatient Departments found it difficult to treat the patients due to lack of facilities, coupled with shortage of beds.

The same is the case with Cheluvamba and Children's Hospital in the campus and PKTB Sanitarium on KRS Road.

Realising the need for easing the pressure on K.R. Hospital, MMC&RI Director Dr. Geetha Avadhani sent a proposal to the government in April 2010, seeking establishment of a 1,500-bed capacity multi-speciality hospital at the large vacant place in PKTB Sanitarium.

Responding to the proposal, the then CM B.S. Yeddyurappa, in a progress review meeting at the DC Office, had discussed the matter with the officials and even directed MMC&RI Director to get a blue print of the project prepared by the chief architect of the PWD and submit the same to the government.

Now, the authorities have again placed this proposal before the government. The city will realise the dream of having another hitech hospital if the District in-charge Minister S.A. Ramdas, who also holds the Medical Education portfolio, takes interest in the proposal and pushes forward the case before the government.

http://www.starofmysore.com

HI-TECH PAEDIATRIC ICU FOR CHELUVAMBA HOSPITAL SOON

Mysore, Dec. 6- With the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) picking up fast, the State Government is learnt to be funding crores of rupees for schemes covering children.

Preparations are said to be underway to establish a hi-tech 20-bed Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Cheluvambha Hospital here. In that context Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) Dean and Director Dr. Geetha K. Avadhani and Cheluvamba Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr. B. Kri-shnamurthy had reportedly submitted a proposal to NRHM Director S. Selvakumar.

Pregnant women from the neighbouring Kodagu, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar districts too visit Cheluvamba Hospital for deliveries. Realising the necessity, Selvakumar is learnt to have agreed to provide funds for establishing Paediatric ICU. On his recent visit to the city, Selvakumar was said to have inspected Cheluvamba Hospital and had discussions with Dr. Geetha Avadhani and Dr. Krishnamurthy. He was learnt to have okayed a funding of Rs. 1 crore for establishing Paediatric ICU with incubators, infusion pumps, ventilators and other auxiliary equipments.

Right now a small ICU has been operational for children at the hospital but only with a bare minimum infrastructure, it is learnt.

http://www.starofmysore.com

Kluber Lubrication to invest Rs 210 cr in Mysore plant expansion

“The speciality lubricants plant in Mysore currently has a capacity of 3,500 tonnes a year. The capacity will grow to 18,000 tonnes by 2020.”

BANGALORE, DEC. 6:
Kluber Lubrication, a Freudenberg Group company, to invest Rs 210 crore for expansion of its speciality lubricants (release agents) plant in Mysore.

The company is among the early German companies to have identified India as a key growth market and set up production units 80 years ago and offers tribological solutions to the various sectors in the domestic market.

“We have identified India as a key growth market. Through our subsidiary have developed tailor-made speciality lubricants to suit every sector and we sell direct to customers,” said Dr Jorg Matthias Grossmann, Managing Director and CFO, Freudenberg Chemical Specialities.

“To cater to the growing economy and to various sectors in India, we have committed Rs 100 crore over the next two years and Rs 210 crore till 2020 to expand our Mysore plant,” he added.

According to Mr K.R.V. Parameshwar, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kluber Lubrication India, “The speciality lubricants plant in Mysore currently has a capacity of 3,500 tonnes a year. The capacity will grow to 18,000 tonnes by 2020.”

Talking about the Freudenberg Group, Mr Grossmann said “Today, the group has 10 operating business units in India ranging from automobile and automotive components lubricants and release agents, non woven and filtration, specialty chemicals, household products and IT services.”

In addition to Mysore, the company has plants in Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai, and New Delhi to make other lubricants and employs close to 2,800 people in its offices and manufacturing plants.

In the last five years, the Freudenberg Group has been growing its Indian operations significantly at an average of 47 per cent.

The group last year invested Rs 176 crore to upgrade and expand production plants, distribution and to set up sales networks in India.

The Hindu (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/article2692490.ece?ref=wl_opinion)

3,488.26 acres of land notified

Minister for Large and Medium Industries Murugesh R. Nirani on Monday told H.P. Manjunath (Congress) in the Legislative Assembly that preliminary notification for acquiring 3,488.26 acres of land in Hunsur taluk of Mysore district for setting up an industrial estate by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) had been issued.

In his written reply to the member, the Minister said that the amount of compensation for the land had not been fixed, and that it would be done later. He said following thenotification, farmers cannot alienate such land.

Skill City-Fab City

Skill City, a consortium of some of the promoters of SemIndia (developers of the Fab City facility), will set up a training centre for semiconductor industry in Mysore.

The Mysore facility will also house an R&D hub, which will keep the trainees up to date on the latest technologies in the silicon chip industry.

Skill City will train engineers on various aspects of chip fabrication.

The training centre will train 500 of SemIndia’s engineers in production, testing, fabrication, process technology, manufacturing and other aspects of chip manufacture over the next 2 years, he said.

SemIndia will provide equipment for the training facility, and has already invested $40 million in equipment for the first phase. Skill City will provide the trainers, and the contract is expected to cost SemIndia $2-3 million a year.

Source

http://www.fabcity.in/key-related-developments/skill-city/

I think fabcity is no longer planned,that must be an old news

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IOCL TO SET UP LPG BOTTLING PLANT AT KADAKOLA

Rs. 79 cr project to employ 500 people


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Caption: Anutham Urs (extreme right) of city-based Shankar Krupa Gas Agency felicitating Satwant Singh, Executive Director (LPG) of IOCL during the bhoomi puja of LPG bottling plant at Kadakola yesterday.

Mysore, Dec.10- The problem of short-supply of LPG cylinders in city will be sorted out soon, thanks to the LPG bottling plant to be set up by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) in Kadakola, about 20 km from city.

Bhoomi puja for the plant was performed last evening by Markand Nene, Director (Marketing) IOCL.

Nene said in his speech that the plant, being constructed at a cost of Rs. 79 crore, has a capacity of bottling 60,000 metric tonnes per annum which can be expanded to 120,000 metric tonnes later.

Satwant Singh, Executive Director (LPG), said that there are 89 bottling plants in the country and has largest network in the world. He said IOCL supplies Indane cooking gas to over 6.24 crore households through distributors and has plans to increase it in coming years.

Indane gas consumption in the State has grown up by 10%, he added.

S. Chandran, Deputy General Manager (LPG), said the bottling plant will be commissioned in March 2013 and about 500 employees will be deputed. The bottling plant will be built according to the Oil Industry Safety Directorate Standards of 144 and 150 with majority of the investment for safety purpose.

"There is also a proposal to lay a pipeline from Bangalore to Mangalore to supply LPG with a branch leading to Mysore," Chandran said.

This bottling plant had been in the pipeline for about seven years and now has finally seen the light of day, thanks to the State govt granting approval at the Global Investors' Meet held in Bangalore in June 2010, said Dilip Rai, Chief Area Manager (IOCL) Mysore.

One of the premiere LPG dealers of the city Anutham Urs of Shankar Krupa Gas Agency told SOM this morning that the plant will be a boon for fast-growing Mysore and surrounding regions as demand for subsidised cooking gas is ever on the rise."

"At present, bottled LPG cylinders are transported from Devanagonthi, about 30 kms from Bangalore city," Urs said and added that this plant would cater to the LPG needs of not just Mysore but also other neighbouring districts and even Kerela state.

Mysore outer ring road

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MYSORE: City traffic cops have launched a drive to crack down on errant drivers, including those from state-run KSRTC buses, to bring in road discipline among them. The police are using six-interceptor vehicles to record violations like over-speeding and reckless driving.

Unlike the earlier drives, wherein police booked the violators on the spot, they now just record the violation, complete with place, date and time, and send a notice to the door steps of vehicle owners with photographic evidence. The move aims at avoiding inconvenience to other motorists besides saving time of policemen.

ACP (traffic) Shankregowda told TOI that there are complaints against some heavy vehicle drivers, including KSRTC crew, frequently violating traffic rules and posing danger to fellow motorists. The new method is expected to avoid any inconvenience to other road users.

Accordingly, they will use the cameras attached to hi-tech interceptor vehicles, which record violations from even a distance of 1km. The police will affix photographs to the notices which will be served to vehicle owners through post. Notices will be dispatched to KSRTC divisional controllers in case any KSRTC driver is booked for violation.

On Thursday, five heavy vehicle drivers had been booked as part of the drive. Police will maintain complete details of violations to tackle any legal hurdle.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Interceptors-will-rein-in-speedsters/articleshow/11053088.cms

Mysore outer ring road

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CONCOR goods rake from Bangalore to Mangalore

BANGALORE:The Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) will run a goods rake from their Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Whitefield in Bangalore to the New Mangalore Port from December 16. This rake will mostly carry coffee and granite to begin with and then move to other cargo.
The announcement was made by South, CONCOR, chief general manager Raveen K Reddy at a trade meet organised by the New Mangalore Port Trust in association with the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Bangalore.

Reddy also announced plans for another Inland Container Depot which would come up in Nanjangud area of Mysore district for which CONCOR has earmarked 50 acres belonging to the KIADB.

“We did a survey last week, the potential is good. We shall run a weekly train to Mangalore from the new ICD as well,” he said.

Highlighting the new initiatives taken by the NMPT, chairman P Tamilvanan said: “We have 11 rail lines this year, we are also giving Rs 20 crore to the state to expand NH 17 near the port. Our container traffic has increased by 20 per cent this year and currently stands at 32,500 containers this year.”

He also announced plans to introduce Enterprise Resource Planning methods in the port after current finetuning is completed.
“For the first time in India, we have also introduced biometric systems for labour booking as well,” he added.

The NMPT was affected by the ban on Iron Ore, but is shifting focus to other cargoes like coal, coke and granite of which it handled 92,000 tonnes this year.

Highlighting the poor road connectivity between Bangalore and Mangalore in sections between Sampaje and Mani, FKCCI president J R Bangera stated that talks with the state government were fruitful and `6 crore was allotted from the state fund for development of roads.
“An amount of Rs 138 crore has also been allotted for road widening projects and these will be taken up soon, Sampaje to Mani stretch will be completed by March 2012, the government has assured,” he said.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/concor-goods-rake-from-bangalore-to-mangalore/211164-60-115.html

Nanjangud gets a huge boost man!!

DFRL allocates Rs 10 lakh to set up tomato processing unit in Karnataka

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 08:00 IST
Nandita Vijay, Bangalore

Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Mysore, has slated an investment of Rs 10 lakh to set up a tomato processing plant in Mysore where the Karnataka government will chip in its support for land to establish the facility.

“We are now in a dialogue with the state government and would extend our expertise for the same in terms of technology and training,” said Dr A S Bawa, director and outstanding scientist, DFRL, while speaking to FnB News.

Dr Bawa who was in Bangalore during the recently-concluded 5th National Bakery Seminar said that the plant would allow farmers cultivating tomato to use the facility to process the crop and be able to generate the required revenues during an off-season and in the wake of a glut in the market.

The plant would be a small level demonstration unit with a pilot scale facility and a training centre. “We need to impart the necessary skills on the kind of tomatoes to be taken for processing. DFRL is looking at helping the farming community to develop basic products like juices, pickles, ketchup and jams to begin with. It will provide the required information on adhering to high quality and improvements in shelf life,” he said.

DFRL is looking to support only for the first tomato unit which is a model plant. Therefore the involvement of the government is key to this project because they need to look at the viability and help set up more such centres across the state, more so in the tomato-growing belt of Kolar, Bangalore rural among others. “There is a need for one such centre in each village to support the farmer who is in dire straits to cope during a tomato crop glut when the produce is either discarded or led to rot, thus leading him to penury,” said Dr Bawa.

The key objective of the initiative is to help the farming community. The government can buy the value-added tomato products to assist the farmer in generating the earnings. The move is also viewed to provide employment opportunities to the rural youth.

DFRL which has been engaged in several technology transfers to the food entrepreneurs also announced the setting up of its second centre in Mysore on 20 acres. This is part of the laboratory’s golden jubilee year to increase its presence and further enhance the food research and development. “The new lab which is expected to start construction early next year would house a technology incubation centre, pilot plant and an analytical lab which would assist the industry for its early stage product development,” added Dr Bawa.

Pilot in Mysore? (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2710492.ece)

Mysore is one of the cities that is being tipped for launching the pilot project for the guaranteed title. “Since the Urban Property Ownership Record (UPOR) project is almost being completed, Mysore is being considered to be more suited for the guaranteed title project, when it is launched,” a Department of Survey and Settlement official said, and added that all the base work that could be required for conferring guaranteed title is complete.

The UPOR entails surveying and mapping of properties along with identification of property owner, who will be issued an identification number, which will be made mandatory for property transactions.

Proposal seeks to keep heritage buildings safe from fires

The Building Fire Research Centre (BFRC) at the National Institute of Engineering (NIE) here has proposed a project to safeguard heritage buildings in and around Mysore from devastating fires.

The project assumes significance in view of the recent fire at a hospital in Kolkata that claimed over 90 lives.

N. Suresh, director, BFRC, told The Hindu that the objectives of the proposed project was to calculate the fire load of different heritage buildings, compare them, make recommendations for protection of the structures and find suitable fire-resistant material for conserving the buildings.

Special needs

He said modern prescriptive codes for fire prevention may not be the best solution for heritage buildings as they could have an unfavourable impact on the architecture. Besides, certain equipment could destroy fabric and false activation of sprinklers could damage antiques. Hence, alternative solutions were a must.

According to Dr. Suresh, the project is expected to cost Rs. 75 lakh, to calculate fire load, test fire-resistant material, study fire protection methods at heritage buildings across the world and adapt these to local conditions. The project was submitted to the Government six months ago. Despite its importance, it has been caught in the web of bureaucratic red tape.

Proposed buildings

Heritage buildings suggested for conducting fire load studies include the Amba Vilas Palace, which was built on the site of the old wooden palace that was gutted in a fire in 1897, and the Jaganmohan Palace, built in 1861, which has a priceless collection of artefacts, including Raja Ravi Varma's original paintings.

The Daria Daulat Bagh at Srirangapatna, Tipu Sultan's summer palace, is made of teak wood and susceptible to fire. The Mahadwara gopura at Sriranganathaswamy temple, also at Srirangapatna, consists of five tiers where wood has been used as the reinforcing material, and will also be considered for study.

Other structures listed include the Mysore City Corporation office and the Oriental Research Institute where over 70,000 classic texts, including original manuscripts and works on palm leaves, are stored, Chamundi Guest built in 1805, Hotel Metropole (1920), the Cheluvamba Vilas (1911) and the Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion (1907) at Manasagangothri, which houses the folklore museum.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2710530.ece

More beds in Mysore KR Hospital soon

The state government has decided to increase the number of beds in the state-owned KR Hospital in Mysore from the present 1,050 to 1,500 beds, Karnataka Legislative Council informed on Monday.

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Concor eyes Mysore to set up inland container depot

BANGALORE, DEC. 13:
Container Corporation of India (Concor) is planning to set up an inland container depot (ICD) at Nanjangud near Mysore.

About 50 acres of land has been identified by the Karnataka Industries Area Development Board (KIADB) between Mysore and Nanjangud.

“Officials of Concor and South Western Railways (SWR) inspected the area and have submitted the proposal to the Ministry for setting up the ICD,” said Mr Raveen K. Reddy, Chief General Manager, Concor, Southern Region, told Business Line.

“We have taken the decision to locate the second ICD near Mysore only after seeing SWR operating two goods rake a week to Mangalore port,” Mr Reddy added.

Currently the city generates rail based freight traffic through companies such as Nestle, ABB, ATS, Ranga Rao & Sons and ITC etc.

TERMINALS

Mr Reddy said “We have since extended the network to a total of 61 terminals, of which 18 are export-import container depots, and 13 exclusive domestic container depots and as many as 30 terminals perform the combined role of domestic as well as international terminals.” When Concor sets up ICD near Mysore, it will be third in the State after Whitefield near Bangalore and the other in Desur Railway Station, Desur near Belgaum.

NEW SERVICE PLANNED

Talking about Concor in Bangalore, Mr Reddy said “We are planning to run a goods rake from their ICD located at Whitefield in Bangalore to the New Mangalore Port from December 16.

The initial rake will be to transport coffee and granite and then move to other cargo,” explained Mr Reddy.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2712267.ece

Mangalore, December 14: The Mangalore City Corporation has shared the Joint First Position of IconSWM 2011 excellence award with Mysore City Corporation.



The award was conferred during the second international conference on Solid Waste Management and Exhibition on Muncipal Services, Urban Development, Public Works and Clean Technology (Icon SWM 2011) held at Jadavpur University with the support of Govt of India and Govt of West Bengal recently.



Revealing this to media persons at his office on Wednesday, MCC Mayor Praveen Anchan said that the credit goes to the hard work of his team. “We will promise to keep the standards as good as it is now”, he said.



He said Mangalore City Corporation was selected by the assessors in Tier-2 selection process for its proactive actions on solid waste management and initiative in making the roads concrete.



The MCC has been able to install Bio Gas plant, compost plants and sanitary land fill sites with respect to solid waste management. In IconSWM 2009 Mangalore had bagged second position. Many Municipalities have been assessed. A team from Jadavpur University had visited Mangalore for three days and in the slab of 3,00,000 population three cities had got selected. About Rs 1 lakh crore has been spent on this initiative. The Bio-Methanation project has also been implemented by the City Corporation. MCC has been able to sell the compost as a fertiliser and its quality has been appreciated. There is 100% door to door collection of garbage and segregated waste is fed to the Bio- Methanation plant. The ‘Nisargaruna’ plant is operational since August 2011, he said.



He said that the infrastructure for composting plant and sanitary landfill has been developed along with KUDCEMP at a cost of Rs 6.48 crores and 9.39 crores with ADB loans. The Winrow composting and Vermi Composting plant is operational since 2008 and Landfill site since 2010.



In the future there will be stress on source segregation, hydraulically operated vehicles will be used for Primary and secondary transportation. GPS systems will be installed in secondary transportation vehicles and sweeping of streets will be mechanized, he added.

http://coastaldigest.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33795:mcc-bags-iconswm-2011-excellence-award-&catid=57:news-stories&Itemid=68

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They’ve found temporary abode in Mysore

The cultural capital Mysore has been recording the arrival of foreign students with every passing year. It’s very few among them who get acclimatised with the local environs, writes Sreekantswamy B

Mysore has been increasingly drawing students both from within the nation and also abroad. While some find it difficult to find home far away from home, there are also others who find it a perfect place to dwell.

David B and Abel are among those foreign nationals who are close to three years of their tryst with the city of palaces — Mysore. David is from Nairobi in Kenya and Abel from South Sudan, the nation which was recently carved out of Sudan. The two, pursuing LLB in fifth semester at JSS Law College in Saraswatipuram, have undoubtedly become a part of the city.

David was on his way to his home town after writing entrance exams in Bangalore when he came across a fellow foreign national. He had appeared for the exams conducted at the state capital for a college in Haryana.

After enquiring about his study plans, he (whose name David could not recollect) suggested David to pursue studies in Mysore.

For Abel too it was a friend in his hometown, who had graduated out from Mysore, who gave the reference. Moreover, for David there is similarity between the law curriculum of Kenya and India. Also, it saves him a hefty amount as studying law at his native is twice the fee charged in India.

Besides, it saves one year when compared to four years of LLB in the African nation against three years here, the other reasons that led him to Mysore.

When the duo landed here, albeit separately, they had obvious anxiety like every other newcomers about the alien city — they have chosen for their studies. However, it didn’t take much time for them to fall in love with the place.

It’s succinctly expressed in their list of favourites here — from eatery to roads, tourist spots in and around and the list goes on.

“We eat less spicy food, but it’s exactly the opposite in Mysore. Also, rice and chapati is commonly known”, say the two. They can easily recall Urs road for D D Urs road, K D road for Kalidasa road among others.

NEW RLY. TICKET COUNTER OPENED NEAR RAILWAY MUSEUM
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Mysore, Dec. 15- A new railway ticket booking counter (to issue unreserved tickets) was opened this morning on the west side of the City Railway Station, beside the Railway Museum on the KRS road here.

Dr. Anup Dayanand Sadhu, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (SWR), who inaugurated the new counter, said that it was meant for the convenience of train travelers coming from residential areas like Gokulam, V.V. Mohalla, Metagalli, Brindavan Extension, Hebbal and other layouts who can enter the City Railway Station through the new entrance opposite to the CFTRI gate and obtain tickets from the new counter, without having to go further to the ticket counters at the main entrance.

This new counter would also prevent people from walking across the railway tracks to reach the counters at the main entrance, said Dr. Sadhu.

This facility will be open from 5.30 am to 9.30 pm on all days of the week. Advanced unreserved tickets will also be issued for destinations beyond 200 kms from Mysore.

Dr. Sadhu urged the people to make use of this facility and avoid crossing the railway lines which could not only endanger the lives but would also amount to a punishable offence under Railway Rules.

Divisional Commercial Managers Sudhakar Naik and M. Srikanta were present.
SOM (http://www.starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news&item=30703)

Railways to step up Mysore track-doubling work


Most of the work on the doubling of the railway line connecting Bangalore and Mysore will be completed next year (2012-13), with railway officials saying that trials will begin as early as March 2012.

“Of the 139km, tracks have been laid for more than 65km—from Bangalore to Chennapatna (55km) and from Mysore to Nagenahalli (10km). By March next year, we hope to begin trials. Securing the safety certificate and other necessary clearances will take another three to four months,” a railway official said.

He said that by June 2012, the railways hopes to complete another 20km from Chennapatna to Settihalli and from Mathura to Hannakare.

He said most of the work would be completed by June 2013 and work on 10km of tracks near Srirangapatna would be completed by the end of 2013 or early 2014.

Although railway officials do not call it a delay, work at Srirangapatna will be completed only at the end because of the shifting of Tipu Sultan’s armoury, which had almost halted this Rs530-crore project. The travelling time to Mysore will be cut by at least half once the project is completed.

The official added that they are building two bridges across Cauvery river, which is bound to take time.

For the work to progress, he said Tipu Sultan’s armoury has to be shifted.

The railways has already
allotted land for the purpose and the armoury would
be shifted next year, he
added.

“The delay in completion of the tracks at Srirangapatna will not pose a problem for commuters wishing to use the double tracks.We already have an existing single track at Srirangapatna. While work is being completed on the double track, this track will be used,” the official said, adding that in case of a train coming from the opposite direction, there will be a signal at Pandavapura, where it may have to wait for clearance.

Process of land acquisition
According to the railways, an estimated 120 acres is required for the project. However, only 40 acres has been acquired so far.

“The work is going on nevertheless,” said the official.“We are not going to wait until we acquire all the land to complete the work. We are continuing with the work wherever land is available,” he added.

Another problem faced by the railways is regarding compensation for the acquired land.

“Our endeavour is to resolve the issue with the land owners and provide proper compensation. But in this regard, I think we will overshoot our budget by at least Rs20 crore-Rs40 crore.”

The shifting of the armoury, too, has resulted in unforeseen expenditure. “We had estimated that this would cost us about Rs1 crore. But according to current estimates, it could cost at least Rs6crore-Rs7 crore,” he said.

Bridge at Srirangapatna

The existing single-track bridge at Srirangapatna will be demolished and a double track will be laid.

“The existing bridge has outlived its use,” said the official.

“Even when the railway line was converted to broad gauge, we had strengthened the existing track. Considering that in another two to three years we will have to redo the tracks, we have decided to build a new one during this project itself,” he said, adding: “Although there is an addition of Rs25 crore to the expenses right now, it isinevitable and will save us some money for doing it now.”

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_railways-to-step-up-mysore-track-doubling-work_1626058

For SKF, slowdown has no bearing on expansion

SKF, a global leader in ball bearings, is building capacity in India, betting against a slowdown in industrial activity and automobiles sales.

The company is investing over `150 crore in developing two manufacturing units — at Mysore and Bengaluru. The Mysore unit will commence operation in mid next year.

The company also plans to build four new factories in the next few years.

High growth in the automotive segment in India had prompted the company to build the two units, Tom Johnstone, president and chief executive officer, AB SKF, said.

The company, which has six factories in the country, had set a growth target of 15% in operating margin, 8% in annual sales and 27% in return on capital in the next few fiscals. “Through our acquisition of Lincoln and the new production lines coming up, SKF will achieve this long-term target very soon,” said Johnstone.
SKF opened its Global Technical Centre in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The centre, set up at a cost of `50 crore, will have over 400 engineers working in the areas of product engineering, development and testing, as well as a global laboratory for metallurgy, chemistry and bearing performance analysis.

SKF is bullish on vehicle sales in the country. “We have doubled our sale and trebled our assets in India in the last eight years and SKF hopes to maintain its growth trajectory in India,” said Johnstone.

The company had global revenues of €6.7 billion last fiscal, of which €1.8 billion came from the Asia-Pacific region.
India contributed 20% of Asia-Pacific sales.

“SKF had invested $175 million in developing technical centres across the globe for R&D and the company’s products had saved $425 million for clients by increasing energy efficiency of products,” said Johnstone.

Going by him, SKF’s R&D investment during 2011 would be nearly 27% more than the previous year and most of the research work is focused on manufacturing products which help in reducing carbon emission.

Johnstone was optimistic the acquisition of Lincoln would enhance the company’s market share globally. Specifically, Lincoln’s huge presence in the heavy earth moving machines segment would immensely benefit SKF in strengthening its footprint in India.

Asked if the company was looking at acquisitions in India, Johnstone replied in the negative. “We have no specific acquisition plan in India at this moment but if there is any opportunity to adopt in Indian market then we would definitely look up.”

SKF had made 21 acquisitions since 2003, 19 of them in the industrial segment.

DNA (http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_for-skf-slowdown-has-no-bearing-on-expansion_1626395)

Narayana Hrudayalaya to showcase its low-cost model next year

MUMBAI, DEC.15:
After Nano, the country will soon have a low-cost model for hospitals, when Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals unveils its first such project in Mysore next year.

The 300-bed low-cost hospital expected to be ready by May, is in collaboration with L&T, and will be showcased to policy-makers if they want to repeat the model in other States, Dr Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya, told Business Line.

The estimated $6-million (about Rs 30-crore) project was conceptualised by Narayana Hrudayalaya and L&T's engineers worked for a year on the design, he added.

For More (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/article2720907.ece)

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5 Acre IT Park @ Hebbal

Mysore Truck Terminal updates

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Mysore Truck Terminal updates

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The Rs 21-crore terminal which could accommodate 150 vehicles will be built in two phases, the first phase costing Rs 12.79 crore and the second phase Rs 8.20 crore.

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Mysore Truck Terminal updates

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Awesome, a promise by BJP MLA finally delivered.

Rs 100 Crore Biotech Park to Be Set Up in Mysore

A Rs 100 crore neutri/neutraceutical and phytopharmaceutical (N2P2) project would be developed in Mysore, according to a key government official.

The Vision Group on Biotechnology headed by Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has recommended sector-specific biotech parks to be set up in tier 2/3 cities of the State and this project is one such to be developed in Mysore, Principal Secretary in the Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science and Technology, M N Vidyashankar told PTI here.

The private partner for development of this project has been selected following a tender process. The state Cabinet has given its clearance. The State Government’s major role in the project is to develop the R & D zone.

"M/s. JSS Mahavidyapeetha are the successful bidders for the project, estimated to cost about Rs 100 crore," Vidyashankar said.

He said the biotech sector faces talent shortage and to address this, the State Government has initiated the BT Finishing Schools project. As many as 12 educational institutions have been selected by a Committee headed by Dr G Padmanaban to establish such schools, covering Bangalore, Mysore, Manipal, Mangalore and Gulbarga.

"The BT Finishing School concept involves academics for six months and industry internship for six months. The students are assured of a job after they clear the one year Diploma course," Vidyashankar said.

The students for BT Finishing Schools have been selected through an entrance test and interview conducted by the educational institutions.The course has commenced in September 2011.Regular monitoring is done by a High Level Committee headed by Principal Secretary – Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science and Technology,and Prof G Padmanaban.

The courses and other day-to-day matters are steered by another Committee comprising the educational institutions, it was stated.

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Rs 100 Crore Biotech Park to Be Set Up in Mysore



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Progress as on Dec 2011
From brigade website (http://www.brigadegroup.com/apartments/horizon/horizon-status.html).

View of external elevation from Eastern side

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External Elevation

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External Elevation from Road

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:cheers:

KABINI DRINKING WATER TO CITY FROM JUNE: RAMDAS

With the completion of the Rs. 108 crore JNNURM project for supply of drinking water to city, the citizens will be supplied with drinking water from Kabini river with effect from June 2012, said District In-charge Minister S.A. Ramdas here this morning.

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The Minister, accompanied by Mayor Pushpalatha Chikkanna, MCC Commissioner K.S. Raikar, JNNURM Superintending Engineer Suresh Babu, KUWSSB Executive Engineer Siddegowda and nearly 30 Corporators, visited Bidaragudu village on the banks of Kabini, about 30 kms from city, to inspect the on-going works.

Speaking to presspersons, Ramdas said that the project, which was expected to be completed by June this year, was delayed owing to heavy rains and due to problems regarding payment of compensation to the land acquired for the project.

Stating that a 28-km pipeline with GSLR pipe had already been laid, Ramdas said that the project will be implemented in phases with the first phase to supply 60 Million Litres a Day (MLD) out of the 180 MLD for providing water to city for next 50 years. He said that 6 lakh people in the city would be supplied drinking water under the project.

Ramdas, who said that the 100 feet jackwell was being erected at the village, added that a water treatment plant was also being set up 2 kms away.

The District In-charge Minister, who said that the works on the project was in full swing, added that he would meet Urban Development Minister S. Suresh Kumar at Bangalore on Dec. 28 to discuss the matter, besides holding monthly progress meeting on the works.

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A fitting edifice for Mysore



http://www.deccanherald.com/images/editor_images1/2011/12/24/mysore-vidhana-soudha.jpgAn elegantly built structure painted in pure white is drawing the attention of each passerby on the Government House – Theobald Road in Nazarbad in city. The building with a heritage look has become a new attraction for its majestic design and projecting porch on the lines of Vidhana Soudha.

The splendid edifice is the Mini Vidhana Soudha of Mysore – the seat of power for Mysore taluk.

The dream of Tiger of Mysore Tipu Sultan to make Nazarbad in Mysore his administrative capital may be a history, but the modern day Mini Vidhana Soudha which stands tall in the same Nazarbad area appears to pay a tribute to his wish.

The shimmering white palatial building is aesthetically designed to suit the heritage city, thanks to the department of public works of the State.

Though late, the palace city has got a befitting mini Vidhana Soudha, bringing all important government wings – tahasildar, sub-registrar, taluk panchayath and other offices under one roof. The mini Vidhana Soudha will be a new year gift to Mysoreans as it is likely to be opened in January.

“We have plans to open the building on January 26, the Republic Day. The final phase of work is in progress. We hope to achieve the target and facilitate the operations of government offices from Vidhana Soudha at the earliest,” R L Venkatesh, PWD Superintendent Engineer told City Herald.

The Mini Vidhana Soudha has seen a long journey and stands on an area of 2 acres 3 guntas, where the old Tahasildar’s office stood in a century-old dilapidated building eight years ago. It is nearly eight years that the old structure was pulled down to make way for mini Vidhana Soudha.

The government approved the project in 2004 for Rs 6 crore. Owing to delay and changes in the design from time to time, the total cost of the Vidhana Soudha project was approved for Rs 8.2 crore in 2011. “The project passed through a rough weather. The chief architect suggested for giving a heritage look for the building making several modifications to initial plans,” says Jameer, assistant engineer in-charge of the project.

According to him, the three-storeyed building is built on a plinth area of 1981 sq m. The cellar meant exclusively for parking can accommodate up to 30 cars and 150 two-wheelers. The building will be made disabled-friendly with ramp on the entrance and lifts and separate toilets inside. The space in front of the building will be utilised for landscaping. If the front lobby is being cladded with Italian marble, the flooring for entire building is done using granite and vitrified tiles. Teak wood has been used for all the doors and windows in the building.

The North and South sub-registrar’s office will be housed in the ground floor of the building, while the entire wing of Tahasildar’s office and taluk panchayat office will be accommodated in first and second floor respectively. The third floor would also have a council hall for taluk panchayat.

The MUDA Governing Council : The other resolutions passed at the meeting included

1) Reservation of 60 acres of land in Shantaveri Gopalagowda extension of the city for construction of an International Cricket Stadium.

2) Developing the Jawahar Bal Bhavan at Bannimantap while maintaining status quo in respect of location. Also, the earlier decision of shifting Bal Bhavan to a location in Paduvarahalli is stalled.

3) To increase the seating capacity in Bannimantap Torch Light Parade Ground from the existing 22,000 to 40,000.

4) To convert one of the three existing parks in K.C. Layout as "Traffic Education Park" in order to create public awareness on following traffic rules and road safety measures.

5) Allocation of 24 guntas of land in Rajeev Nagar 3rd Stage for building houses under JNNURM scheme for Yellamma slum dwellers in Bannimantap.

6) Allocation of space for construction of online pump house in Vijayanagar 4th Stage for Kabini Drinking Water Supply Project.

7) To seek Government permission for repair and public distribution of nearby 100 houses in Sharadadevinagar.

8) To pay compensation as per the Court order to farmers whose land was acquired for formation of R.T. Layout and not to petition in Court again in this regard.

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:cheers:

Cricket stadium on 60 acres of land (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2748738.ece)

The Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has decided to earmark 60 acres of land for a cricket stadium of international standards at Shataveri Gapala Gowda Nagar here.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the authority presided over by its Chairman L. Nagendra here on Saturday.

“Details of the plans such as who will construct the stadium are yet to be worked out,” MUDA commissioner C.G. Betsurmath said. Mr. Betsurmath said that a proposal would be sent to the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) to construct the stadium.

Medical Education Minister and Mysore district in-charge S.A. Ramdas had earlier mooted the idea of constructing a cricket stadium in Mysore.

PPP initiative

Mr. Betsurmath said the Jawahar Bal Bhavan would be developed on a public-private-partnership basis (PPP) initiative. “The MUDA will provide the necessary support to develop the bhavan,” he said.

He said the MUDA had decided to increase the seating capacity at the Bannimantap where the annul Dasara torchlight parade would be held. “The current seating capacity is 22,000.

We plan to increase it to around 30,000 as many who wish to view the annual torchlight parade are forced to return owing to lack of seating,” Mr. Betsurmath said. Sources said the MUDA decided to allot land for the construction of a pumphouse at Vijayanagar Fourth Stage to facilitate the Kabini drinking water scheme.

`ರಾಕೆಟ್ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದ ಜನ್ಮಸ್ಥಳ ಮೈಸೂರು'


ಮೈಸೂರು: ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷರ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಹೋರಾಡಲು 18ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಸ ಆವಿಷ್ಕಾರಗೈದ ಮೈಸೂರು ರಾಕೆಟ್ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದ ಜನ್ಮಸ್ಥಳ ಎಂದು ಡಿಆರ್*ಡಿಒ ಮುಖ್ಯನಿಯಂತ್ರಕ ಡಾ.ಎ.ಸಿವತನು ಪಿಳೈ ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.

ರಾಮಕೃಷ್ಣ ವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಈಚೆಗೆ ನಡೆದ 59ನೇ ಕಾಲೇಜು ದಿನಾಚರಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದ ಅವರು, ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಟಿಪ್ಪುಸುಲ್ತಾನ್ ನಡೆಸಿದ ಶ್ರೀರಂಗಪಟ್ಟಣ ಹೋರಾಟವೇ ವಿಶ್ವದ ಮೊದಲ ರಾಕೆಟ್ ಯುದ್ಧ. ಅದೆ ರಾಕೆಟ್*ಗಳು ಇಂದು ಕ್ಷಿಪಣಿಗಳಾಗಿವೆ. ಮಾನವ ಚಂದ್ರನ ಮೇಲೆ ಕಾಲಿಡಲು ರಾಕೆಟ್ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನ ಸಹಕಾರಿಯಾಯಿತು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದರು.

ಭಾರತದ ಉಪಗ್ರಹ ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ಚಂದ್ರನಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರಿದೆ ಎಂಬ ಸತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಬಿಚ್ಚಿಟ್ಟಿತು. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅಪಾರ ವಾದ ಖನಿಜ ಸಂಪತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಅದರ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಗಾಗಿ ಭಾರತ 2ನೇ ಚಂದ್ರಯಾನಕ್ಕೆ ತಯಾರಿ ನಡೆಸಿದೆ. ಚಂದ್ರನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಹೀಲಿಯಂ-3 ಖನಿಜ ಸಂಪತ್ತಿನ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಣೆಗೆ ನೀಡಲಾಗುವುದು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದರು.

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Life goes on, nevertheless...
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Nature's own canvas

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Tourists dare to chill out

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Mahishasura - visible only at close approach

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Chamundeshwari temple - hide and seek

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WoW!!!

ALLOT JNNURM HOUSES BY JAN. END: URBAN DEV. MINISTER

High-level meeting of Mysore District Administration at Vidhana Soudha

Caption: Urban Development Minister Suresh Kumar presiding over a high-level meeting of officials from Mysore district administration and Urban Development De-partment at Vidhana Soudha this morning. Mysore District in-charge Minister S.A. Ramdas, Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development & Finance Corporation MD Harsha Gupta and others attended the meeting.

Bangalore, Dec. 28- Urban Development Minister S. Suresh Kumar today said that the houses built by Karnataka Slum Clearance Board under JNNURM in Mysore must be allotted to eligible beneficiaries before January end.

Addressing a high-level meeting of the officers of Mysore District Administration at the Vidhana Soudha here, it was decided to allot the houses based on biometric identification of the beneficiaries to prevent duplication and misuse of the facility.

District In-Charge Minister S.A. Ramdas was present in the meeting aimed at discussing the proposal for 'Greater Mysore.'

The meeting also resolved to expedite the pending works taken up in city under JNNURM and to write to the Centre to release the held up funds.

Another resolution to complete the Outer Ring Road (the 9.3-km-long stretch from Bannur Road junction to Nanjangud Road junction that remains pending) was passed in the meeting.

The meeting, that commenced at 11 am, was on at the time we went to Press at 2 pm and the issue of 'Greater Mysore' was yet to come up for discussion.

Greater Mysore

The proposal for Greater Mysore put forth by MUDA will be discussed at the Council meeting of MCC tomorrow. Before that, the eight Gram Panchayats proposed to be included to the MCC will have to pass resolutions to that effect. Only then will the State Government consider the proposal, said Ramdas, while briefing media on the sidelines of the meeting.

It is learnt that a Committee of experts for formulating a comprehensive plan to implement the scheme will be constituted.

A total of 41 villages located on the outskirts of the city have been identified for a merger with the Mysore City Corporation for the formation of Greater Mysore.

Despite the fact that many of the villages were availing facilities such as piped drinking water supply and underground drainage from the MCC, they are still part of the Panchayat Raj system as they come under Gram Panchayats (GPs).

The Greater Mysore concept was submitted to the State Government last year and the MCC and MUDA (which has developed residential layouts in certain villages), are awaiting Government's approval for proceeding further on expanding the city.

Prominent among the villages identified for the formation of Greater Mysore are the Chamundi Hill — abode of Goddess Chamundeshwari, Mandakalli — where the airport is located and Varuna — the village that is part of Varuna Assembly Constituency (which was formed in 2008 under the delimitation exercise).

The villages are located in 17 GPs of Mysore taluk. Once the government approves the Greater Mysore proposal, all the 41 villages under the GPs shall be part of the urban body.

Interestingly, in spite of the close proximity of the villages to Mysore city (the villages are within the radius of 15 km from Mysore city), majority of the village residents are agriculturists.

The names of some of the villages of the 41 recommended for the formation of Greater Mysore are — Hinkal, Hootagalli, Koorgalli, Kergalli, Maratikyathanahalli, Gohalli, Halalu, Yadahalli, Chowdahalli, Shyadanahalli, Bogadi, Bandipalya, S. Uttanahalli, Hosahundi, Gudumadanahalli, Yandalli, Alanahalli, Lalithadripura, Nadanahalli, Hanchya, Sathagalli, Bhugathagalli, Rammanahalli, Srirampura, Lingambudi, Gurooru, Kuppalooru, Belavatta, Kesare, Chamundi Hills, Madagalli, Belavadi, Mandakalli, Chikkahalli and Choranahalli.

Of the 41 villages, Bogadi and Rammanahalli villages have the highest population of 10,340 and 9,732 respectively.

http://www.starofmysore.com

MUDA PLANS 15,000 SITES AT A COST OF RS. 910 CRORE: RAMDAS

The Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) envisages to distribute 15,000 house sites by forming new layouts in the city, announced District In-Charge Minister S.A. Ramdas.

Speaking to press persons on the sidelines of the high level meeting held at Vidhana Sougha in Bangalore today, Ramdas said that the project will be taken up on 10,000 acres at a cost of Rs. 910 crore. "There is no dearth of funds and sufficient lands too are available," said Ramdas, adding that land will be acquired from the farmers on a 60:40 sharing basis. Only 45 per cent of the land will be used for house construction while the rest will be used for parks, roads and other civic amenities, he said.

The new layouts are planned at Swarna Jayanthi Layout and Krishnaraja Layout, apart from Shantaveri Gopala Gowda extension and Lalithadripura extension.

http://www.starofmysore.com

AQUARIUM WILL BE READY BY NEXT DASARA, SAY OFFICIALS

Mysore, Dec. 28- Come Dasara-2012, tourists visiting Mysore will have a new attraction. A state-of-the-art aquarium on the lines of the one in Hyderabad, coming up on Karanji lake bund and Mysore Zoo road near Karanji Lake Nature Park (KLNP), is expected to be ready by September next.

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This aquarium, said to cost Rs. 4.25 crore, funded out of the Chief Minister's Rs. 100 crore special grant, was shown special interest by Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje, when she was the District In-Charge Minister of Mysore.

Though the construction work suffered for various reasons despite funds being released, it is expected to be ready for public viewing by coming Dasara, said MCC Zone 9 Assistant Commissioner Mahesh.

The aquarium is being constructed like a tunnel between the Zoo and Karanji Lake, connected with a bridge. At present, 70 per cent of the works are over and Rs. 3.70 crore spent so far, said Mahesh and added that final touches will be given to the aquarium next month.

Second phase

A sum of Rs. 4.98 crore for the second phase of the project has also been sanctioned in which modern glass panes, similar to the aquarium in Hyderabad, will be installed, said Mahesh.

Freshwater aquatic animals would be displayed in innovative glass displays at the aquarium. Another grant of Rs. 9 crore has been approved by the government for setting up another aquarium for marine life nearby, it is learnt.

Once the project (implemented in three phases) is completed, four tourist spots — Mysore Zoo, aquarium complex, the proposed elevated community park and the KLNP — will be interconnected. Authorities are working out a system to facilitate entry to the four tourist sites through the Zoo premises.

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DFRL to have a second campus to scale up production

The Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) in the city celebrated Lab Raising Day on Wednesday, marking the completion of 50 years of scientific research and development activities.

The DFRL was established in December 1961 under the aegis of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Every December 28 is observed as Lab Raising Day.

Inaugurated

The 51st Lab Raising Day event was inaugurated by G. Venkateshwara Rao, director, Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI). Founder-director of DFRL, P.K. Vijayaraghavan and the present director, A.S. Bawa, were felicitated on the occasion.

The DFRL, which caters to the strategic requirements of the country's armed forces, also provides logistical support to the armed forces in the area of food supplies. The DFRL works with the vision of becoming a technological leader in food research and development.

Its core competence lies in the development of convenience and ready-to-eat food products, and in the implementation of packaging systems and processing technologies.

read more:- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2756561.ece

DLF Ltd to sell hotel unit to Kolkata-based Square Four Housing for Rs 550 crore
Monday, December 12, 2011, 11:30 Hrs [IST] (http://www.hospitalitybizindia.com/detailNews.aspx?aid=12351&sid=41)
By HBI Staff | Mumbai
Delhi-based real estate company DLF Ltd is set to sell its hotel subsidiary to Kolkata-based Square Four Housing & Infrastructure Private Ltd (Square Four Housing) for Rs 550 crore, its third divestment in the last three months as it disposes non-core assets to pare its Rs 22,500 crore debt.

According to a report in The Economic Times, Square Four Housing will develop the Kolkata and Chennai land parcels for hotel-cum-commercial-cum-residential projects while the land in the other two centres - Mysore and Thiruvananthapuram - will be developed as pure luxury hotels. Sources said that the company has also started discussions with leading hospitality chains such as Four Seasons and Radisson among others, to form strategic alliances for developing all four hotel properties.

“We are in discussion with DLF Ltd and cannot comment until we achieve the financial closure of the deal,” said Ganesh Singhania, Chairman and Managing Director, Square Four Housing & Infrastructure Private Ltd. According to sources, DLF Ltd has signed a non-disclosure agreement with Square Four Housing and expects to conclude the deal by third week of January 2012. The stake purchase from Hilton International was a precursor to a total sell-off.

The group had acquired Hilton International's 26 per cent stake in DLF Hotels & Hospitality for Rs 120 crore and is now the sole owner of the hotel unit, which own land parcels in four cities - Kolkata, Chennai, Mysore and Thiruvananthapuram. This subsidiary's assets do not include Aman Resorts, another non-core asset that DLF Ltd has been trying to sell for a long time after it purchase the latter in 2007 for USD 400 million. DLF Ltd is also attempting to sell its IT SEZ in Pune, which it owns in partnership with Akruti City.

RLY. HERITAGE GALLERY TO HOUSE MINIATURE TOURIST SPOTS

From now on, tourists visiting the city will be able to see a miniature model of the tourist spots in and around Mysore, connected by rail. This project by the Railways is the first-of-its-kind in the country.

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The model measuring 25ftx10ft will be housed in the Heritage Gallery at the City Railway Station. The novel project is the brainchild of South Western Railway, Mysore division, which has awarded the work to the engineers and architects of Sriram Associates based in city.

Speaking to SoM, Ramji of Sriram Associates said that the model built at the cost of Rs. 20 lakh took more than six months to complete. Rs. 14 lakh was obtained through sponsors from Mineral Intel Enterprises, Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC), Hunsur Plywood, Apollo Paint-Bangalore, Siddartha Group of Hotels and Ranga Rao & Sons. The remaining amount was borne by Sriram Associates.

He said that rail transport system, railway engine, tracks, signals, tunnels, bridges, roads, buildings, streams, trees and hills are created in the model to give the visitors a realistic look of Mysore and its surrounding places of tourist interest.

Some of the prominent places depicted in the model are KRS dam, Chamundi Hill, K.R.Circle, Clock Tower, Zoo, St. Philomena's Church, Lalitha Mahal Palace, Mysore Railway Station, Mysore Palace which will be illuminated at night. The picturesque Kodagu region is also included, he said.

Ramji stated that the miniature railway layout will be lit with LED bulbs. The model will be housed in the Heritage Gallery on Platform No. 1 in the Mysore Railway Station. He said that most of the materials for the project were imported from other countries.

Movement of trains and lights will be activated through sensors installed in the model. It is still not decided about charging entry fee to the Heritage Gallery where the model is housed, he added.

Saying that this is a gift of the Railway Department to the people of Mysore, he added it will be inaugurated on Jan. 1.

http://www.starofmysore.com

Greater Mysore proposed

The much awaited Greater Mysore City Corporation came up at the last leg of the council meeting only to be presented for the information of elected representatives. 

The decision remains pending with the mayor adjourning the council.

The subject that attracted the attention of all, was taken up in the end.

Revenue officer S N Balachandra made presentation, saying 41 villages under 16 grama panchayats would be brought under the ambit of MCC, making it greater. According to recent census, Mysore has a population of nine lakh.

Adding to it is the population of 41 villages (1.8 lakh) identified under the plan summing up 10.80 lakh calling for delimitation of wards from the existing 65 to between 95 and 105.

Creating basic amenities would require Rs 823 crore. The expenditure could be met with grants from the govt, the officer said.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/215373/greater-mysore-proposed.html

Greater Mysore proposed



http://www.deccanherald.com/content/215373/greater-mysore-proposed.html

That is Bruhat Mysore Mahanagar Palike :banana:

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The proposal to create Greater Mysore by including 41 villages bordering the city to MCC was tabled in the Council meeting held here yesterday.

A final resolution on the issue was reserved pending debate as it came up last in the agenda. Mayor Pushpalatha Chikkanna adjourned the meeting.

MCC Revenue Officer S.N. Balachandra, who presented the proposal, said that 41 villages under 16 Gram Panchayats (GPs) would be brought under MCC jurisdiction to create Greater Mysore. Villages coming within an area of 128 sqkms will be considered for inclusion.

According to recent census, Mysore has a population of nine lakh. Adding to it is the population of 41 villages (1.8 lakh) summing up to 10.80 lakh, calling for delimitation of wards from the existing 65 to between 95 and 105.

“Providing basic amenities under the project would require Rs. 823 crore for which govt. grants are expected, Balachandra said.

Wards reorganisation

MCC wards need to be reorganised once in 15 years. However, it has not been followed. The city’s population has risen from 7.55 lakh in 2001 to 9 lakh now. Population in each ward was limited to 10,000 to 13,000. But now that the population has risen, it has become vital that the wards be reorganised. As per 2011 census, the population of 41 villages to be included to MCC is 1.80 lakh, which means 18 more wards at the rate of average 10,000 per ward. Since the total population will amount to nearly 11 lakh, the number of wards will rise to 105.

The proposed budget of Rs. 823 crore includes Rs. 100 crore for salaries for the additional 100 staff to be recruited, Rs. 100 crore for road development, Rs. 403 crore for water supply, Rs. 300 crore for underground drains, Rs. 10 crore for lighting, Rs. 10 crore for sanitation and other expenses.

Sources of income are property tax, water tax, permits for entrepreneurship, city planning fees and other fees.

http://www.starofmysore.com

Greater Mysore may become a reality

The boundaries of the Mysore urban agglomerate are set to be redrawn by co-opting 41 surrounding villages to constitute Greater Mysore.

This will pave the way for a comprehensive development plan for the new Mysore city to be administered by the Bruhat Mysore Mahanagara Palike. The draft note proposing the creation of Greater Mysore was placed before the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) council for debate on Thursday. Discussions will continue at the next meeting.

Villages included

According to the note, Greater Mysore will extend beyond the existing 128.42 sq. km to incorporate villages under 16 gram panchayats, within a radius of 10 km from the city.

Some of the villages to be co-opted are Hinkal, Hootagalli, Coorgalli, Keergalli, Bogadi, Bandipalya, Hanchya, Metagalli, Srirampura, Belawatta, Alanahalli, Nadanahalli, Hebbal, Chamundi Hills, Madagalli, S. Uttanahalli, Mandakalli, Hosahundi, Chikkanahalli, Choranahalli, Basavanahalli, Yadahalli, Chowdahalli, Bhoogathalli, Gooruru, Kurubarahalli, Shyadanahalli, Mantikyatanahalli, Ramanahalli, Gohalli and Lalitadripura.

Cross 10 lakh mark

The upgradation of the corporation to Greater Mysore will have financial as well as demographic implications.

The population of Mysore as per the 2011 census is nearly 9 lakh. With the 1.8 lakh people in the identified villages being included, the population will cross the one million mark.

This will make Mysore the second city in the State, after Bangalore, to cross the one million population mark, making it a metropolitan city.

A direct consequence of creating Greater Mysore will be the increase in total number of wards in the city corporation from 65 to 105.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2760044.ece

[B][URL="http://www.hospitalitybizindia.com/detailNews.aspx?aid=12351&sid=41"]DLF Ltd to sell hotel unit to Kolkata-based Square Four

According to a report in The Economic Times, Square Four Housing will develop the Kolkata and Chennai land parcels for hotel-cum-commercial-cum-residential projects while the land in the other two centres - Mysore and Thiruvananthapuram - will be developed as pure luxury hotels.

Anymore info?

Hi,
I am not understanding why the excitement of Mysore getting greater by adding more villages to its kitty :-)

If the Bangalore experience is any indication, it is pathetic. Too big to administer efficiently.

Not sure, how it will improvise the condition of living for normal person in Mysore.

Hi,
I am not understanding why the excitement of Mysore getting greater by adding more villages to its kitty :-)

If the Bangalore experience is any indication, it is pathetic. Too big to administer efficiently.

Not sure, how it will improvise the condition of living for normal person in Mysore.

Well those villages aren't real villages I mean most of them host private layouts with excellent infra example - datagalli,srirampura,police quarters,lalithdripura to name a few...Mysore has just got bigger so expect more tax more revenue :)

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as many as 12 to 15 layouts within the ring road needs MCC services if they call it greater mysore/mysore it doesn't matter this layouts should be brought under MCC

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as many as 12 to 15 layouts within the ring road needs MCC services if they call it greater mysore/mysore it doesn't matter this layouts should be brought under MCC

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MCC services like SWM,24*7 water supply etc will definitely help these layouts :cheers:

State approves new sugar mills

Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd is setting up a greenfield unit to manufacture white crystal sugar with a capacity of 3,750 TCD (tonnes crushed per day) with 25 Mw cogeneration plant using bagasse ô biomass in Mysore district at an investment of Rs 375 crore.

The Karnataka government has recently approved the company’s proposal, which also includes setting up 75 kilolitres per day (KLPD) distillery. The company would generate employment to about 416 persons in this plant.

The state high level clearance committee had issued in-principle clearance to the proposal in July this year.
The Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) would acquire 375 acres land at Chowdahalli

village of HD Kote taluk in Mysore district for the proposed project on 70 per cent consent basis, the government order said.

The state government is also providing 7 MLD of water from the Kabini river and 500 KVA initial power. The government would also provide concessions and incentives as per the industrial policy of the state. However, the company has been asked to obtain environmental clearance from the ministry of environment and forests, government of India and other clearances from the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board.

The company has also been asked to prepare a plan for development of human resources required for the project, train local people and provide employment to these trained local youth.

The government has also asked the company to provide employment to at least one member of the family of each land loser if the land is acquired through KIADB.

The government has also accorded approval to Manali Sugars Ltd to set up a unit to manufacture 2,500 TCD sugar mill with 10 Mw co-gen plant in Bijapur district at an investment of Rs 98.94 crore.

The plant is expected to generate employment for 221 persons. The plant would be set up at an area of 87 acres already existing with the company.

Karnataka is the third largest producer of sugar in the country and accounts for about 15 per cent of the country’s total sugar production this year. As many as 59 sugar mills crushed 33.61 million tonnes of sugarcane during the sugar year 2010-11 (October to September), showing a growth of 47.3 per cent over the previous year. During the year 2009-10 sugar season, the mills in the state had crushed 22.81 million tonnes of sugarcane, industry sources said.

Sugar production in Karnataka has hit an all-time high of 3.67 million tonnes during the sugar year, a growth of a whopping 49.3 per cent over the previous year. During the year 2009-10, mills in the state had produced 2.45 million tonnes.

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MCC on verge of Greater Mysore

A total of 41 villages to come under ‘BMCC’ limits

The coming year sounds good for city, with the process of Mysore City Corporation (MCC) assuming the shape of Bruhat Mysore Mahanagara Palike (BMMP) — Greater MCC — getting a push. The much awaited proposal is most likely to get a nod, in the very next council meeting.

If okayed, the MCC will become greater like Bangalore. The boundary of local body put at current 128 square km will definitely exceed with inclusion of 41 villages coming under 16 gram panchayats into the city corporation limits.

The boundary of MCC was earlier fixed on October 18, 1995, according to Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act 1976. Even after 15 years of drawing the boundary, the city is growing by leaps and bounds, forcing the civic body to attend to the needs of localities situated near its boundary. The irony is, though the corporation is not generating any revenue for the services offered, it is catering to them for being near to contour. Likewise, such localities are also listed and will be handed over to the civic body.

In all, the MCC would require Rs 823 crore to create or improve various facilities like drinking water, road, sanitation, street lights, besides man power. Of the 41 villages identified, 11 have already become a part of MCC with the latter providing drinking water facilities.

They are: Chamundi Hill, Kesare, Kurubarahalli, Hebbal, Dattagalli, Hebbal, Alanahalli, Srirampura, Metagalli, Rammanahalli, Hootagalli and Hinkal. In the remaining villages too, it would not be a problem with water already being supplied through mini water projects. MCC will have to to continue it, spending on its maintenance. Barring those villages, where Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has constructed underground drainages, the work has to be taken up at other places.

According to an estimate, the remaining 30 villages situated 10 km away from the central business district (CBD) may double the existing population by 2041, increasing the demand for drinking water from existing 180 million litres per day (MLD) to 614 MLD. According to Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board (KUWSSB), the demand for water will be 832 MLD by 2061.

The inclusion of all 41 villages will add 402 km of roads to corporation calling for their development at places. Among them, 103 km of roads are in a pathetic state and needs asphaltation. In some cases, roads have to be reasphalted. According to an estimate by PWD, developing every one km (12 feet wide) of road will cost Rs 25 lakh.

Hygiene will also be an issue to be addressed, and it will cost Rs 9 crore annually, besides creating a permanent facility at a cost of Rs 10 crore.

A total of 8,000 street lights will also come under MCC, adding to the existing 58,128 lamps. MCC is spending Rs 2 crore towards maintenance. It would have to install another 4,000 lamps in villages to be included, calling for an investment of Rs 10 crore.

Most importantly, man power is an issue to be dealt with and a total of 100 workers, already working in different GPs, will become employees of MCC. Rs 3 crore per annum towards their salary, perks and other benefits would be required.

List of villages

1 Hinkal (755 hectares),
2.Hootagalli (344 h)
3 Kergalli (817.69 h)
4 Shyadanahalli (353.50)
5 Bogadi (785 h)
6 Mantikyatanahalli (384.38)
7 Bandipalya (250.77)
8 Yandalli (336.61)
9 Lalitadripura (413.24)
10 Hanchya (961.08)
11 Rammanahalli (576.53)
12 Metagalli (330.36)
13 Srirampura (586.63)
14 Belavaththa (630.00)
15 Alanahalli (405.00)
16 Nadanahalli (254.05)
17 Dattagalli (509.00)
18 Hebbal (1224.69)
19 Chamundi Hill (573.27)
20 Lingambudi (337.48)
21 Kesare (998.14)
22 Madagalli (334.72)
23 Koorgalli (688.92)
24 S Uttanahalli (581.61)
25 Belavadi (719.15)
26 Satagalli (967.53)
27 Mandakalli (835.34)
28 Hosahundi (213.43)
29 Chikkahalli (268.03)
30 Choranahalli (226.11)
31 Basavanahalli (441.39)
32 Gudumadanahalli (179.71)
33 Haalalu (223.17)
34 Gohalli (148.71)
35 Yadahalli (297.70)
36 Chowdahalli (263.14)
37 Bhugatahalli (403.39)
38 Gorur (364.55)
39 Kuppalur (176.44)
40 Mysore rural (58.81)
41 Kurubarahalli (640.08)

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/215640/mcc-verge-greater-mysore.html

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Mysore infrastructure growth: a big letdown

Many projects taken up under JNNURM have come a cropper

Year 2011 has been drab for Mysore in terms of infrastructure and investment growth as most projects saw little or insignificant progress.

The infrastructure projects of public importance started under the much-touted Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission have come a cropper in view of delays. This includes the ambitious six-lane Outer Ring Road (ORR); completion of the Kabini drinking water works; completion of the Raja Marga; beautification of the core heritage area around the palace; providing round-the-clock water supply to citizens to name a few.

The 42-km ORR was originally slated for completion in December 2010, but the deadline was extended to May 2011. But again the project hit a roadblock as funds were not released on time due to technical glitches brought about by revision of the detailed project report. The new and revised deadline is May 2012 but given the pace of progress there are doubts whether the deadline would be adhered to.

The work on broadening and beautification of the 4.5-km main Dasara procession route was taken up with much ado under the Chief Minister's Rs. 100-crore project. But after partial completion of a 250-m stretch of Albert Victor Road the work stopped. The project has not seen any progress after October, and its future remains uncertain.

Ambitious plans to restore and conserve heritage properties, including Devaraja Market, Vani Vilas Market and Mandi Market, were announced during the year by authorities. This was also discussed in the MCC council but none of them have materialised. The work on embellishing the Town Hall and creating parking facility; construction of an open air amphitheatre using JNNURM funds have also come to a standstill. The Town Hall premises give the impression of a dumping yard.

Industries

On the industrial front, there was not much activity by way of major investments even though the Government announced the creation of electronic hardware park. But as Suresh Kumar Jain, general secretary, Mysore District Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Association, explained, the region was already a hub for electronic manufacturing and the government policy had no role to play in it.

However, the industrial sector continues to be plagued by erratic power supply harming the fortunes of the small and medium industries. The proposed Electronic Hardware Technology Park with focus on medical electronics in Mysore-Nanjangud area has only evoked scepticism. The reason for this is that a similar ambitious plan of establishing a textile park was announced a few years ago, more than 250 acres of land was acquired for the purpose near Nanjangud and the end result was that not a single textile unit came up in the area while the existing ones were closed or limped towards closure.

Deadline for completion of six-lane Outer Ring Road extended due to many delays

Industrial sector continues to be plagued by erratic power supply

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2762873.ece

University of Mysore to develop Kukkarahalli lake

Work to be taken up at a cost of Rs. 1.97 crore

The University of Mysore will take up development of Kukkarahalli lake here at a cost of Rs. 1.97 crore, according to sources here on Friday.

Of the eight works to beautify the lake, re-tender has been invited for one work while the rest have already been awarded to five contractors. The State Government had, in its 2008-09 budget, granted a sum of Rs. 1 crore to the Karnataka Lake Development Authority, and in the 2009-10 budget granted another Rs. 2 crore to the Department of Tourism. The university Registrar had requested the bodies to release the amounts to the university to take up the rejuvenation works.

Accordingly, the works such as construction of an entrance arch at the gate on the eastern side of the lake; setting up an orchidarium, aquarium and a cafeteria; improvement of Kuvempuvana; setting up a slurry pumping unit; and construction of a children's park at the lake would be taken up at the cost of Rs. 44.03 lakh, while bund improvement and de-silting works would be taken up at Rs. 40.69 crore.

Works such as providing the chain-link fencing and construction of compound wall would be taken up at the cost of Rs. 40.4 lakh. Construction of parking area, toilets, security cabins and boating jetty would be taken up at a cost of Rs. 37.13 lakh. Developing a buffer zone and an island comprising bamboo diversity as part of a botanical garden would involve a sum of Rs. 34.83 lakh.

K.M. Jayaramaiah, convenor of the Kukkarahalli Lake Protection Committee, said in a press release here on Friday that funds had been released to the university both by the Karnataka Lake Development Authority and the Department of Tourism. Mr. Jayaramaiah has appealed to the public to offer suggestions to the contractors who would take up the works shortly.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2762502.ece

I am very happy to see them expanding Namma Mysore into a Bruhat Namma Mysore :) It will be the second biggest city of Karnataka both in population and area.Go Mysore go!!! Love Namma Mysore :banana:

I am very happy to see them expanding Namma Mysore into a Bruhat Namma Mysore :) It will be the second biggest city of Karnataka both in population and area.Go Mysore go!!! Love Namma Mysore :banana:
Good going Mysore,happy to hear this:)
Greater Mysore,so what will be the area in sq km after expansion??

MINI VIDHANA SOUDHA: SANKRANTHI GIFT TO CITY

The city of Palace is all set for the launch of Mini Vidhana Soudha during Sankranthi next month.

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The construction of the mini Vidhana Soudha, which commenced in 2005, is an ambitious project of the State Government aimed at benefiting the public, especially those from rural areas of the district.

The project, which is the brainchild of Opposition leader Siddharamaiah and started in 2005 when he was the Deputy Chief Minister in the Dharam Singh Cabinet, is now complete and set for inauguration by Sankranthi (Jan 15).

Krishnamurthy, Executive Engineer of the PWD, which has been entrusted with the task of constructing the building, who spoke to SOM, confirmed that the Mini Soudha will be a Sankranthi gift for the city.

The Soudha, built at a cost of nearly Rs. 8.20 crore will house many public offices, thus becoming a power centre of the district. The building is basically designed on the model of Bangalore's Vidhana Soudha, incorporating the heritage characteristics of the city. As all the public offices at the taluk level are housed in this building, the public are largely benefited as they are relieved of moving from one place to another to get their work done, he pointed out.

Continuing, he said the building was initially designed as any other public office complex. But later on, the building plans underwent repeated changes that resulted in the delay of the execution of the project. The initial estimate of the project when it was designed in 2005 stood at Rs. 6 crore but as the design underwent changes, the government was sent a proposal for Rs. 9.30 crore. But no grants were released until 2010. Finally with the efforts of everyone concerned, the work on the project got into full swing in June last and is now complete, with final touches to the building underway, he concluded.

Building features

The Mini Soudha is a 3-storeyed complex built on a sprawling 230 acres of land.

• The cellar has a parking space for 25 four-wheelers and 150 two-wheelers.

• Each floor has a toilet, with separate facilities for the handicapped.

• Every floor has marble flooring, with ample corridor space and legislator offices.

• Staircases have been constructed in the front side on the lines of Vidhana Soudha in Bangalore.

• The steps have marble flooring and steel railings.

• Lift facility, with capacity to ferry 12 persons at a time.

• Two overhead tanks of 25,000 litres capacity each.

• The ground floor houses the North and South Sub-Registrar offices, office of the Assistant Director of Land Records.

• The first floor houses the Taluk Panchayat and taluk Tahsildar offices.

• The second floor houses the TP Presidents office-cum-hall, office of the Assistant Director of Agriculture.

http://www.starofmysore.com (http://www.starofmysore.com)

Good going Mysore,happy to hear this:)
Greater Mysore,so what will be the area in sq km after expansion??

I heard it is about 300-500 sqkm,I remember reading it in some newspaper

AQUARIUM WILL BE READY BY NEXT DASARA, SAY OFFICIALS



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Finally some movement

2012 historically significant for city

Nagara sabhe (now MCC) turns 150 on July 8; Amba Vilas Palace 100

read more:- http://www.deccanherald.com/content/215825/2012-historically-significant-city.html

Where exactly is 100 cr N2P2 Park coming up?Mysore is well suited for biotech industries,given the prestigious central insti it houses like CFTRI and DFRL :)

MYSORE UNIVERSITY TO 'GO GREEN'

Buildings to be solar-powered: To install rain-water harvesting

Mysore, Jan. 1- Several develo-pment works are planned this year at Manasagangotri, the sprawling campus of Mysore University, major among them being the 'Go Green' concept.

Under the 'Go Green' programme, all the major buildings of the University will be equipped with solar panels, making them self-sufficient in power meant for lighting and running various equipment, said Vice-Chancellor Prof. V.G. Talwar, in an interview with Star of Mysore this morning.

Funds from the Central grant of Rs. 100 crore, allocated to the University under UGC, will be utilised for the project, he said and added that rain-water harvesting too will be adopted in the major buildings of the Varsity during this year. It is also envisaged to plant more than one lakh trees along the roads passing through University campus, said Prof. Talwar, adding that trees will also be planted on Kukkarahalli lake bunds, making it more attractive for the walkers and joggers.

Wi-Fi in campus: To enable access to the internet from any point in the university campus, Wi-Fi technology will be installed soon, said the VC, adding that four kiosks as Information Centres will be set up in Manasagangothri. There is also a proposal to digitalise the Prasa-ranga, the publication division of Mysore University, in a bid to save invaluable literary works. More than 2,000 books will be digitised under the project.

According to Prof. Talwar, there is a good demand for books even from outside Karnataka, especially from students of literature. Among the books to be digitalised will be T.N. Srikantaiah's 'Bharatiya Kavya Meemamse,' Mahatma Volumes and Kannada Sahitya volumes.

Centres of Excellence

Three new Centres of Excellence (In Biodiversity, Advanced Functional Material and Nanote-chnology) will be set up in the University this year, he said.

The University will also have a Central Instrumentation Centre where equipment worth Rs. 25 lakh will be kept under one roof.

http://www.starofmysore.com

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HEBBAL LAKE AS A TOURIST SPOT WITH ISLETS

The picturesque Hebbal Lake in Hebbal Industrial Area of the city is to be developed as a tourist attraction. For this, encroachers of the land surrounding the lake have been evicted by district administration.

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The lake will be developed on the lines of Karanji and Kukkarahalli Lakes. A speciality of the Hebbal Lake is that it has small islets, providing ideal resting place for the migratory aquatic birds. MLA M. Sathyanarayana has allotted a sum of Rs. 2 crore from his grants for the lake’s development, which had commenced three months ago. In another two months, the lake and its surroundings will be transformed into a visual delight, ideal for picnics and bird-watching.

Former MLC D. Madegowda, with the support of Corporators K.T. Cheluve Gowda, Shivanna and Mahadevappa, had launched an agitation against the encroachers of Hebbal Lake, forcing the district administration to evict them.

The lake measuring 43.10 acres in area, including the 6.27 acres encroached area, will be developed as a prominent tourist spot of the city.

As the first phase of the lake’s development, desilting work is being carried out and a parapet is being erected around the lake. Six islets have been created in the lake and trees planted on them to encourage nesting of birds. The lake’s bund, measuring 700 metres, will be widened to create a walkway.

Children’s play implements like swings and see-saw will be installed, said MCC Junior Engineer Rachappa.

Canals to divert rain water from the surrounding area into the lake and refurbish it have been provided and steps have been taken to prevent the inflow of underground drainage and sewage water into the lake. Boating facility will also be provided in due course, said Rachappa.

Corporator Shivanna said that the contract for the lake’s development had been given to one Arun Kumar of Bangalore.

Madegowda recalled that renovation of the lake had been taken up in 60s during the regime of Chief Minister S. Nijalingappa. A km-long lake bund was erected for which farmers of the area voluntarily gave away their lands to the government to overcome the flooding of their fields during the monsoon season. Canals were also dug out to facilitate irrigation of the fields below the lake area. During 1980, the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) had acquired 1700 acres of land in Hebbal, including the lake, to develop industries. Later, the lake and its surrounding area of 48 acres were marked to be protected.

Madegowda, when he was the MLC in 2004, formed a plan for the lake’s development at a meeting of the MUDA and KIADB officials. The lake area was surveyed, a blue-print prepared and the area was fenced off by the MUDA at a cost of Rs. 30 lakh.

http://www.starofmysore.com

RS. 3 CRORE DEVELOPMENTAL WORKS AT KUKKARAHALLI LAKE

Mysore, Jan. 2 -The Kukkarahalli Lake Protection Committee has announced a list of contractors, who have been entrusted with the task of undertaking the Rs. 3 crore developmental work of the lake.

1. B.M. Ramachandran (99721-50310) has been entrusted with work of construction of entrance arch gate, orchidarium, aquarium and cafeteria in Kukkarahalli Lake, improvement of Kuvempuvana and providing diffused area for system, slurry pumping unit in Kukkarahalli Lake and construction of children's park, yoga platform and electrical work in the lake at Rs. 44,03,726 (funds have already been released).

2. B.H. Revani Prasad (94480-74653) will be taking up the work of improvement of Poornaiah Nala; creation of buffer zone and island creation of bamboo diversity park and botanical garden in the lake; Bund improvement and desilting of the lake valued Rs. 75,53,597 (funds to be released in a fortnight).

3. B. Arun Kumar (90089-01080) will be undertaking the work of construction of parking area, toilet, security cabin and boating jetty in the lake at a cost of Rs. 37,13,617 (funds have already been released).

4. C.N. Yoganarasimhe gowda (94484-03314) has been allotted the work of providing chain link fencing and compound wall around the lake at an estimated cost of Rs. 40,40,419 (funds to be released soon).

Those well-versed in these works and aware of eco-friendly products to be used during these works — social activist Vasanth Kumar Mysoremath, Manu of Mysore Amateur Naturalists, D. Rajkumar of Wildlife Conservation Foundation and K.B. Sadananda, environmentalist — are welcome to give suggestions.

However, tenders for construction of wet land park adjacent to the Lake have been invited, according to a press release from the Committee Convenor K.M. Jayaramaiah (94498-01252).

Greater Mysore will benefit ‘realtor’ minister Ramdas: MP
Mysore, Jan 3, DHNS:
If Mysore becomes greater Mysore (Bruhat Mysore Mahanagara Palike) who will be largely benefitted?

It’s nobody but the real estate mafia with medical education and district in-charge minister S A Ramdas having a larger share in it, alleged MP A H Vishwanath.

Addressing media here on Tuesday, Vishwanath alleged that the minister and his coterie of friends in the party have huge tracts of lands in their possession. The lands in every nook and corner of the city — in all the directions — is owned by very few men.

Vishwanath asked MCC authorities whether they have taken Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) into confidence, before tabling the proposal for greater Mysore. He expressed fear that it would become difficult in the future to develop layouts.

He demanded the intervention of governor H R Bhardwaj with both district and state heading towards tumultuous future. He predicted that the year ahead awaits bad phase.

Mincing no words, the MP held the corporation commissioner K S Raykar too responsible for the mess in ambitious project like Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM). Stating that the commissioner is yet to reply for his letter seeking information on who is the third party (agency) for the project and also the tariff fixed for them, the MP said ‘the works under the project are being carried out keeping even corporators in dark.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/216524/greater-mysore-benefit-realtor-minister.html

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where is this place???
is it at the foot of chamundi hill???:):nuts:

FOUR-LANE ROAD TO HILL TEMPLE :banana:
http://www.starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news&item=30934 (http://www.starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news&item=30934)



Rs. 4 crore estimated cost, says Ramdas

Caption: District in-charge Minister S.A. Ramdas in consultation with Police Commissioner Sunil Agarwal during a progress review of meeting of Muzrai Department at Government Guest House this morning

Mysore, Jan.5- The existing two-lane road from the foot of Chamundi Hill to the Hill temple will be converted into a four-lane road at an estimated cost of Rs. 4 crore, said District In-Charge Minister S.A.Ramdas.

Speaking at a progress review meeting of the Muzrai Department at the Government Guest House here this morning, Ramdas said that a proposal in this regard will be sent to the Chief Minister for necessary approval.

He was reacting to a presentation at the meeting by Madarkal, Administrative Officer of Chamundi Temple.

Announcing that lift facility will be provided at the Dasoha Bhavan atop the Hill, he said that the temple office would be shifted to a place outside the temple to create more space at the temple for the convenience of devotees.

He also said that developmental activities will be undertaken at various temples in the district.

City Police Commissioner Sunil Agarwal, Deputy Commissioner P.S. Vastrad, officials of Muzari and other departments attended the meeting.:horse:


Courtesy : SOM

U/C Building, Mysore Bangalore road

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any information on this?

This WAS a hotel project ehich was executed by my dear friend, but his company MD luck ran out of maney so he stopped this project...:bash:

Must be some Institute

it was HOTEL project., but it stopped construction cos of financial crisis:bash:

where is this place???
is it at the foot of chamundi hill???:):nuts:

Near JSS hospital

Work on developing core heritage area hastened


It is likely to be completed within eight months: Raykar
The work on embellishment of the core heritage area surrounding the Mysore Palace to be implemented under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission has been hastened and will be completed within six to eight months.

This was disclosed by the Mysore City Corporation Commissioner K.S. Raykar who said the package was being taken up under the tourism development component at an estimated cost of Rs. 39.5 crore.

Admitting that the project had made slow progress so far, Mr. Raykar pointed out that the ground work for the project has been completed and the works may be completed by next year. It will help project the core heritage area around the palace as a unified heritage zone. This entails relaying pedestrian pathways, designer metallic lampposts and providing seating arrangements. The other components of the project include creating vehicle parking facility, improvements to the town hall among others.

Mr. Raykar told The Hindu that the design for the metallic lampposts have been finalised. The authorities have also approved the design and structure for the stone barricades that will encircle the entire 1.65 km around the palace. Though the lamppost designs date back to 100 years, they will be provide bright illumination.

There will be signages for the benefit of public for toilets and drinking water facility.

The important heritage buildings along the 1.65-km stretch include Hardinge Circle, Gun House, K.R. Circle, and public offices to name a few.

The creation of parking facilities near the Town Hall is part of the tourism development component. The embellishment of the town hall entails reinforcing the existing structure to enhance its lifespan and will take time. Hence, the corporation officials are categorical in pointing out that the work cannot be completed in six months as averred by Mr. Raykar.

Stakeholders in the tourism industry have pointed out that the pace of works has been sluggish so far, and it is unlikely that all the components of the package would see the light of the day in June 2012.

Mr. Raykar said the deadline for completing various JNNURM projects have been extended by two years by the Union Government. However, there is no provision for including new projects.


The works are being taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 39.5 crore

Parking facilities will be created near the Town Hall as part of the project

The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2776629.ece)

Temple development works amounting to Rs. 21 crore to be taken up by March

Shopping complex, parking lot to come up on eight-acre plot

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Minister in-charge of Mysore district S.A. Ramdas has said that temple development works amounting to Rs. 21 crore will be taken up by the Department of Muzrai by March this year.

Apart from the construction of a shopping complex, where shops located near the Chamundeshwari temple complex atop Chamundi Hills will be shifted, and a parking lot on an eight-acre plot, the stretch from the temple complex to the junction near Nandi statue will be made a four-lane road.

Speaking to presspersons after a meeting with district officials here on Thursday, the Minister said the stretch would be widened without cutting any trees. “The widening will be done using the available shoulder space. The ecosystem will not be disturbed at any cost,” he said.

The decision on widening the road was taken after consulting the traffic police and PWD officials, he added

One-way

Once the Rs. 4-crore road-widening project was completed, the road from the foothill till the junction near the Nandi statue would be made one-way. Visitors would have to take the road via Nandi statue to return from the temple, the Minister said.

The Devikere atop the hills would be developed at a cost of Rs. 25 lakh, he added.

The Minister said a Rs. 66.5-lakh drinking water project at Chamundi Hills had been approved and Rs. 24 lakh had been released to take up work.

He said a Dasoha Bhavan would be constructed at a cost of Rs. 80.5 lakh in the Uttanahalli temple complex here.

Announcing that he would visit the temples atop Chamundi Hills on Saturday to inspect the project proposals, the Minister said that a 108-room guesthouse had been planned at Nanjangud at a cost of Rs. 11.5 crore.

Chikkadevammana temple in H.D. Kote taluk and Srirama temple at Chunchankatte in K.R. Nagar taluk would be developed at a cost of Rs. 95 lakh and Rs. 85 lakh respectively. The land belonging to Lord Mahadeshwara temple near Lingambudi Lake here would be fenced and protected.

Kabini water by July

Work on the Kabini drinking water project would be completed by June. Nearly 2.5 lakh people in the city and some villages on the outskirts of the city were expected to receive drinking water under the project by July, he said.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2779771.ece

University of Mysore gets potential for excellence tag

The University of Mysore has hit gold again, helping it to focus on research. The state's oldest varsity has been awarded the 'Universities with Potential for Excellence' (UPE) status from the University Grants Commission (UGC), giving it huge recognition and funds amounting to Rs 50 crore.

It is among six universities in India to have got the UPE status, which will help the centre of higher learning to equip itself for futuristic teaching. It campuses will have a high performance computing environment and there will be a centre for the study of advanced science.

Some four years after the 95-year-old varsity got special grants of Rs 100 crore, coupled with the 'Institution of Excellence' tag, courtesy the Union government, the apex UGC has awarded it the UPE tag. The UGC awarded it the special distinction given the project the varsity presented to it. Its brand name was also taken note of. But what finally netted the tag was the projects proposed, sources told The Times of India.

Under the UPE scheme, the varsity is setting up a centre for the promotion of advanced science investing Rs 15 crore, a centre for the study of media and social development (Rs 4.5 crore) and investing Rs 5 crore for the extension of high performance computing environment in the campuses.

A centre for the education of visually challenged persons will come up at a cost of Rs 10 crore, which is aimed at addressing the issues and needs of visually impaired persons. There will be a multimedia learning resource creation centre (Rs 4 crore) too. "We focused on research activities and to upgrade the infrastructure to attend to the needs of the present generation," V-C V G Talawar told TOI. It is a challenge too, he added.

The varsity had applied for the tag some two years ago and competed with 39 varsities throughout the nation. All of them were asked to make the proposals and 10 varsities were shortlisted. Later, the proposals were vigorously scanned and evaluated by the UGC. The application and planning after Rs 100 crore was awarded to it helped the varsity shortlist the projects. A core group consisting of former V-Cs and professors worked on it.

The varsity is investing Rs 50 crore for the studies in bio-diversity of the Western Ghats with the Rs 100 crore special grants.

History

When princely state Mysore's top administrator M Kantharaj Urs was touring Japan in early 1916 he received kudos for Mysore's academic achievements.

Referring to the education system in the princely state, he was told that Mysore had made great strides in reaching education to the community.

"I may here perhaps mention that the name and fame of Mysore as one of the most enlightened States of India have reached even the far distant Japan," Urs, who was dewan of Mysore, had recollected while addressing legendary Maharaja's College Day celebrations in October, 1916. "While I was there, a few of the leading men of the place... congratulated me on our compulsory system of education and our University," he had stated.

Institution of excellence

The varsity is preparing to get the third and final installment of Rs 33.33 crore of the Rs 100 crore special grants awarded by the Centre. Some 60% of the Rs 67 crore grants has been spent. The second installment of Rs 33.33 crore was released in March 2011, helping it continue with the study and research in biodiversity. Getting equipment worth Rs 16 crore to assist research in biodiversity is taking time, the V-C explained. The first installment of Rs 33.33 crore was sanctioned in August 2009.

The varsity has set up an advanced centre for the study of biodiversity with financial assistance. The centre, a multi-disciplinary centre with social sciences and law faculties teaming up with the science departments, is working to map and document biodiversity, human population, traditional knowledge and abiotic resources in the Western Ghats.

Ex- president attached to varsity

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan taught philosophy at Maharaja's College before rising to be India's second President. When he was leaving the institution, Radhakrishnan was accorded a warm send-off though the student community was disheartened. The students pulled the carriage carrying him from the college to the Mysore railway station. Among other noted personalities who were attached to the varsity, either as teachers or as alumni, are poet laureate Kuvempu, renowned novelist R K Narayan, N R Narayana Murthy of Infosys, noted scientist C N R Rao, celebrated cartoonist R K Laxman, littereateurs C D Narasimhaiah and U R Ananthamurthy.

Ex- education minister served as VC here

Some of the noted names in Indian history have served as the V-C of the varsity. Among the many efforts to raise its standards of education in its formative years, the administrators persuaded noted scholar Brajendranath Seal of the Calcutta University to be the V-C.

Educationist and parliamentarian K L Shrimali, who was Union education minister for eight years from 1955 came here to be V-C in 1964. Now, five V-Cs in the state were the teaching faculty at the varsity. Recently, it got its academic and administrative performance evaluated by a team of experts including the former V-Cs.

It's raining PhDs too at the varsity. In 2011, it has breached 350-mark bettering the pervious all-time record of 306 PhDs awarded in an academic year (2010).

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/University-of-Mysore-gets-potential-for-excellence-tag/articleshow/11381742.cms

WoW!!! what a great university. I am proud to have completed my engineering from SJCE which was then affiliated to Mysore University way back in 1989.:banana:


Great. It would be fantastic if university focusses more on innovative type of teaching and result oriented research in basic or pure science...

CITY SELECTED FOR II PHASE OF JNNURM WORKS
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Mysore, Jan. 7 (KK&RNN)- Even as the first phase of various works under JNNURM projects are yet to be completed, Mysore has been selected for implementation of various other JNNURM projects worth thousands of crores of rupees for the benefit of citizens.

Speaking to Star of Mysore after a progress review meeting of on-going JNNURM project works at the Mysore City Corporation yesterday, Secretary of Union Urban Housing and Poverty Alleviation Department, Arun Kumar Mishra, disclosed that 'in a bid to make the city slum-free, impetus will be given to provide homes to all poor people of the city in the next phase of JNNURM works.'

Stating that the Central Government had approved the project for construction of 1866 Basic Service for Urban Poor (BSUP) houses at a cost of Rs. 80.25 crores by the MCC, Mishra added that MCC would soon invite tenders for the works.

Mishra further said that the Union Government had cleared all housing projects for city and the proposals for works under the second phase would be cleared on receipt of the proposal.

Satisfied: "I have inspected works all over the country. I am satisfied with the works done in the city," he said and added that the project of building and allotting Slum & EWS houses taken up by the MCC at Rajiv Nagar, behind KSRTC depot and A.J. Block were a model to other civic bodies. Two varieties of houses will be allotted under Rajiv Gan-dhi Awaz Yojana and any proposal in this regard will be clea-red at the earliest, he said and added that providing houses to the needy was a great service.

During an interaction with elected representatives at the old Council Hall, Mishra clarified that 50 per cent of the cost of the project will be given as subsidy and the remaining 50 per cent should be borne by beneficiaries. In case it is not possible for the beneficiaries to bear the cost, the MCC can let out these houses on rent or can seek participation from private organisations.

Meanwhile, former Mayors Sandesh Swamy, Ayub Khan, H.N. Srikantaiah and others thanked the Central Govern-ment for its concern for making Mysore slum-free and urged for sanction for construction of 2000 to 4000 houses under BSUP scheme for distribution among poor people which was supported by Corporators P. Deva-raj and T. Devaraj.

Assistant Secretary Mohanty and Project Director N.S. Negi were present.

Mayor Pushpalatha Chikkanna and Deputy Mayor M.J. Ravi Kumar welcomed the delegation.

MCC Commissioner K.S. Raikar and JNNURM Superintending Engineer Suresh Babu gave details about the project.

Mishra and his wife Suchi were felicitated on behalf of the MCC.
SOM (http://starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news&item=30959)

RAJA MARGA GETS MORE FUNDS

Centre grants Rs. 14.5 cr. under JNNURM


Mysore, Jan. 8- The much-publicised Raja Marga — the 'Royal Route' in heritage city — which had come to a standstill for want of funds, is expected to recommence by the end of this month, thanks to the additional grants provided by Centre under JNNURM project.

MCC Commissioner K.S. Raikar told Star of Mysore this morning that the Centre had granted its approval for including Raja Marga under JNNURM project and allotted a sum of Rs. 14.50 crore for the work. This amount is in addition to Rs. 18.65 crore allotted from CM's Rs. 100 crore special grant. Steep rise in the cost of materials and labour meant for the project is said to have deterred the contractor from going ahead with the project and contrary to the authorities' claims that Raja Marga would be ready by Dasara, work had stopped since Sept. last.

Initially, the cost of the carved stone barricade along the road was quoted at Rs. 63,000 per metre. However, this was rejected by the District In-Charge Minister S.A. Ramdas on the grounds that the funds allotted were insufficient. Later, a different bidder was chosen who quoted the price at Rs. 33,500 per metre, according to sources.

Similarly, the price of tiles meant for the footpath, quoted at Rs. 300 per piece (2.5x2 ft) by Basanth tiles was also rejected and Bangalore-based Shobha Tiles was chosen as it quoted Rs. 150 a piece for the same tiles.

The first phase of work between Hardinge Circle and K.R. Circle) is likely to be completed before this year's Dasara festival, according to officials.

The total length of the proposed Raja Marga is 4.8 km; starting from Hardinge Circle and ending at Millennium Circle. It passes through the Chamaraja Wadiyar Circle, K.R. Circle, New Sayyaji Rao Road, Ayurveda College Circle, Bamboo Bazaar and Bannimantap Road.

Foundation stone for this project was laid by Urban Development Minister S. Suresh Kumar on July 31, 2010.

TRAFFIC POLICE TO ADOPT SIX CITY ROADS


WORK ON WIDENING OF AZEEZ SAIT ROAD FROM 'MORROW

Zoo plans another island in Karanji lake (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Zoo-plans-another-island-in-Karanji-lake/articleshow/11419332.cms)

MYSORE: The island in Karanji lake park is worn out and Mysore Zoo is planning to build another island to attract birds, said B P Ravi, executive director of the conservation centre, on Sunday. While talking about challenges faced by the zoo, he said the zoo has 78 permanent employees now and in soon around 30 to 35 of them will retire.

The average number of visitors on weekdays is around 10,000 to 12,000 but on weekends and on holidays it's a challenge to manage huge crowd as it peaks to 30,000. To cope with the challenges, authorities are planning to introduce new themes on weekdays to attract more visitors and reduce huge crowds on weekends, he said. He was addressing the gathering during 19th valedictory function of youth club at zoo premises. The youth club is a 25-week educative programme organized by the zoo for students aged between 12 and 18 every year. Kids, who were part of the club, should not only acquire knowledge but should practice what they have learnt about conservation, he added.

Chamundi Hill set for further development (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/chamundi-hills-set-for-further-development/461164/)

Mysore’s Chamundi Hills that draws hundreds of devotees and tourists every day is set to get a makeover.

What was once a temple in the small village of Chamundi, the famous Chamundeswari Temple came into prominence during the Mysore rulers. It today attracts top politicians and common pilgrims, besides tourists who come to see the monolith statue of Nandi, half way up the Hills and other spots.

With its increasing popularity, commercial activity to meet the needs of the tourists and pilgrims has also multiplied. A couple of years ago a few women could be seen hawking fruits and flowers in small baskets to be offered to the Goddess, close to the temple. This scene has vanished with a number of stalls selling fruits and flowers, besides other knick-nacks that a tourist may like to have as a souvenir.

Besides, issues that crop up with the increasing flow of tourists in all types of vehicles, the increasing commercial activity has also resulted in more complicated issues. Parking, more so orderly parking, has become a major problem. The state government is now planning construction of shopping complex, where shops now clustered near the temple complex, marring the ambience at the approach to the temple, could be shifted, create a parking lot on an eight-acre plot, and expand the stretch from the temple complex to the junction near the Nandi statue into a four-lane road.

The eight-acre plot to accommodate vehicle parking and the shopping complex is chosen near the Devikere. The existing shopping place near the temple will have pilgrim shelters.

After this widening at a cost of Rs 4 crore, it is proposed to make the road from the foothill to the junction near the Nandi a one-way. Then, those returning from the temple have to take this road to reach the foothill. It is also proposed to expand the 1.5 km stretch from the Maharashtra statue circle to Vista Point circle from existing 11 to 18 metres.

The ‘Devikere’ tank, where the ‘Theppotsava’ or the floating festival of the Goddess is conducted once annually, is also set for development at a cost of Rs 25 lakh. The water supply system would be improved with a Rs 66.5 lakh drinking water project and Rs 24 lakh has been released for taking it up.

Besides Chamundi Hills, the Utthanahalli hills, on which stands the Jwalamukhi Tripurasundari temple, known to be the sister of Chamundi, will also witness development as it too has begun to attract more pilgrims.

A Dasoha Bhavana for the convenience of the pilgrim will be built there at a cost of Rs 80.5 lakh, according to district incharge minister S A Ramadas.

The minister visited the two hills yesterday to inspect the project proposals that are part of the Rs 21 crore temple development works initiated by the Department of Muzrai of the government. He directed the officials to take stern action against increasing encroachment around the temple complex.

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^^ infy beats forecast with profit up 33% due to weak rupee, but outlook is lower :ohno:

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infy is expanding in mysore :cheers: compare previous quarter:

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Pune and hyd they are expanding :banana2: pune is our sis city, not a rival, bangalore's northy friends will migrate to pune.. Buvaneshwar, jaipur etc are odd places chosen by mohandas pai, for which infy growth has slowed down.. Poor gurgaon only 1k employees :lol: Northies even prefer hyd and pune over bangalore

infy is expanding in mysore :cheers: compare previous quarter:


Actually they will post localites (Kannadigas) in Karnataka only. They also post mangaloreans to mangalore centre nowadays.Infy also acquired additional 200 acres in Mysore.

^^Few of my mysore frnds are in Mangalore Infy :nuts:

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Thank you chetan. Use image tags to show pics in forum ( )
Here is your pic :)

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thnk u disksith..

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HI-TECH CREMATORIUM AT VIJAYANAGAR

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HI-TECH CREMATORIUM AT VIJAYANAGAR

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3 science centres coming soon in Karnataka

Karnataka will soon be home to three science centres as the construction of these centres in Dharwad, Mangalore and Mysore is going to be over in coming years.

Director of Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum (VITM), Shivaprasad Khened said that the science centre being constructed at Dharwad is ready to be inaugurated, while the construction of new centres in Mangalore and Mysore will be completed in the coming years.

“The centre is ready to be inaugurated as early as this month. We are just working on the logistics,” Khened said. The centre is being built at the cost of `8.5 crore and is jointly financed by the state and the central government.

He also said that the Mangalore centre is most likely to be ready in another six months. “We are setting up the models in Mangalore and it should be ready for business by June this year,” he said.
Khened revealed that a plan for another science centre for children in the state is also on the cards but the state government has not announced it officially so far.

“We will start working on a centre in Mysore some time this year. Usually it takes about three years to complete these projects; so it ought to be ready by 2015,” he said.

Creating the right temper

“We are expecting students from all over the state to come and visit these centres and be inspired to become scientists. It’s important for informal institutions for science learning to create a scientific temper amongst the youth,” Khened said.
He said that each centre is unique in terms of models and displays.

“Dharwad is known for its cultural and historic roots. So, we have set up a display that details the kind of technology used in the Harappan times. We are still working on what goes in the Mangalore centre,” he said.

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_3-science-centres-coming-soon-in-karnataka_1637030

CM TO LAUNCH MANY MUDA PROJECTS IN FEBRUARY

Hi-tech crematorium — biggest in State;
Sports Complex in Vijayanagar First Stage;
Newly-laid stretch of Outer Ring Road in Hebbal

The hi-tech state-of-the art crematorium, said to be the biggest in the State, being constructed at Vijayanagar fourth Stage, will be inaugurated by Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda during the first week of February. The ongoing work of the crematorium, undertaken by the MUDA, was inspected by MUDA Chairman L. Nagendra, Commissioner Dr. C.G. Betsurmath and several officers this morning.

Dr. Betsurmath said that the project costed Rs. 6.5 crore and 70 per cent of the construction was completed.

Nagendra and the officials then visited the newly-built Sports Complex in Vijayanagar First Stage, near the District Kannada Sahitya Parishat Bhavan. About 85 per cent of the work is complete and the project is worth Rs. 2.76 crore, said Dr. Betsurmath, adding that the Chief Minister will inaugurate this project too during his visit to the city in the first week of February.

The third project to be inaugurated by the CM is the newly-laid stretch of Outer Ring Road in Hebbal Industrial Area.

A newly constructed building at the Beggars’ Rehabilitation Centre in Jyothinagar will be inaugurated by the CM the same day. The project cost is Rs. 76 lakh.

He will also inaugurate the newly-constructed extension of MUDA building, said the MUDA Commissioner.

MUDA will shortly acquire a made-to-order vehicle meant for such inspections which will be equipped with a conference room with modern amenities, apart from a kitchen and toilet. The 18-seater vehicle costs Rs. 26 lakh, said Dr. Betsurmath, adding that it will be suitable to inspect construction sites and simultaneously discussions can be held, along with verifying computerised documents.

The CM will also release a book on the 100-year-old history of the City Improvement Trust Board (CITB) and MUDA.

http://www.starofmysore.com

MYRA school of business

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^^
superb

wow...........:banana:

^^
Marvellous:shocked:

Premier metropolis, G+8, jayalakshmipuram.
November updates from its website.

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Dear All,
What is the latest update on the construction of this futuristic looking MYRA building?

Does any one know when they are going to inaugurate the same??

regards

Guys when is the aquarium opening?

Dear All,
What is the latest update on the construction of this futuristic looking MYRA building?

Does any one know when they are going to inaugurate the same??

regards

75% Work done,roofing is going on

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Jayadeva council approves 350-bed unit in Mysore
Shankar Bennur
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The governing council of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, a Government-owned autonomous institution, has approved the proposal to establish a 350-bed super speciality cardiac care hospital in Mysore where the institute has been running its peripheral branch on the premises of the KR Hospital since August 2010.

Facility

The cardiac care services will be on the lines of its Bangalore facility.

The proposed heart care unit, offering services at subsidised rates, would be a boon for the middle and lower middle-classes that cannot afford expensive treatment in private hospitals. .

Proposal

The proposal to set up the hospital on 15 acres of land on the premises of PKTB Sanatorium on KRS Road here was placed before the governing council, headed by Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda. Minister for Medical Education S.A. Ramdas is the vice-chairman.

The council met in Bangalore recently and approved the project.

“Cabinet approval and administrative clearances might take another four or five months. We are hoping to complete the project in the next three years,” said Jayadeva institute Director C.N. Manjunath, who is the member-secretary of the governing council.

Speaking to The Hindu , Dr. Manjunath, who recently upgraded the 70-bed Jayadeva branch here into a 110-bed unit, said that the proposed hospital will be a four-storeyed structure.

‘No scope'

The existing cardiac care branch in KR Hospital does not have scope for expansion. “There is no space left to develop new facilities such as operation theatres, catheter laboratories and a food court. That is why the 350-bed hospital has been proposed. Moreover, there is a demand for quality and affordable cardiac treatment in Mysore,” he said.

The estimated cost of the hospital is about Rs. 70 crore, he said.

In one year

The Jayadeva branch here has completed 2,300 angiograms, 411 angioplasties and 25 pacemaker procedures besides attending to 4,400 in-patients and 37,000 out-patients. Surgical procedures — open heart and by-pass surgeries — for patients referred from Mysore had been done in Bangalore, according to Dr. Manjunath.

Built at a cost of Rs. 8 crore, the branch is entirely managed by Jayadeva, though it is situated on the premises of KR Hospital. Patients from Mysore, Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Hassan and Kodagu districts have been using the facility.http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2804795.ece

MCC TO SET UP BIOGAS PLANT WITH SWEDISH KNOW-HOW



Mysore, Jan. 16- Mysore, after gaining recognition as the country’s second cleanest city and the most sought after destination of south India by the foreign tourists, is poised to become a pollution-free city too, devoid of carbon in its atmosphere.

To attain this objective, Sweden has come forward to provide its technical know-how and funding through a Swedish private company. As the first step of this project, the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) has launched global e-tender process to launch the project on a Private Public Partnership (PPP) basis to install a bio-gas plant in the city. The project is estimated to cost Rs. 50 crore. After getting the project approved at the MCC Council, the project proposal will be sent for final approval to the State Government, MCC Commissioner K.S. Raikar told SOM recently.

A team of technical experts from Eskilstuna in Sweden will be arriving in city to identify a suitable location for the bio-gas plant, said Raikar, adding that the proj-ect needs to get the government approval before the team’s arrival. Completion time of the proj-ect is expected to be June 2012.

The gas generated from the biogas plant using all the wastes of the city will be used as fuel for the MCC vehicles and later for the KSRTC buses. Once completed, the project will be doubly beneficial to the city — the garbage will be disposed off and alternative fuel for running government vehicles will be produced.

According to statistics provided by the project’s technical officer Shanthala, about three lakh cubits of biogas can be produced from 6,600 tonnes of garbage which will be drenched in water and treated in the plant.

The biogas produced from 20 rotting banana peels can produce enough biogas for a car to run a kilometer, said Shanthala and one litre oil can be obtained from one kg of plastics. More than 1,500 units of energy can be generated from 2,500 tonnes of compost, she said.

^^Awesome news.

Greater Mysore will result in planned growth: Ramdas

The total area of Mysore city will more than double to 298 sq km from the present 128.42 sq km and the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) will have 100 wards if the proposal to constitute Greater Mysore is accepted by the Government.

The constitution of an urban conurbation will also entail the reconfiguration of the MCC's elected council from 65 seats to 100 seats.

Greater Mysore will incorporate 41 villages under 18 gram panchayats in MCC limits and the local body will have ample scope to generate and raise revenue for improved governance and provision of civic amenities to facilitate planned development of Mysore. All the 18 gram panchayats have given consent for their incorporation into Greater Mysore and Government go-ahead preceded by a public debate is essential for its final approval.

Mysore district in-charge Minister S.A. Ramdas told presspersons here on Monday that the industrial areas of Metagalli and Hootagalli as well as the highly urbanised villages, such as Hinkal, were already being served by the MCC though the revenue by way of tax went to the local gram panchayat.

However, the gram panchayats were also unable to realise the revenue or resources due from industries in the absence of guidelines or laws on taxation.

The MCC was serving these areas but was not being paid for it. Constituting Greater Mysore would enhance the revenue and resources by way of taxation as the entire area would come in MCC limits, said Mr. Ramdas.

“If approved by the Government, Greater Mysore will become a reality in a couple of years and will be backed by a master plan with a 20-year horizon for comprehensive development of the Mysore urban conurbation,” he said. In addition, the resource-strapped MCC would get additional assets as all government land would become assets of the MCC and a law would be promulgated to this effect, Mr. Ramdas said.

MCC Commissioner K.S. Raykar pointed out that the jurisdictional area of both MCC and the Mysore Urban Development Authority would overlap and this would result in additional spending on development and creation of infrastructure for the overall growth of Greater Mysore.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2807295.ece

PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVES OPPOSE FORMATION OF GREATER MYSORE

Mysore, Jan. 17- The people's representatives vehemently opposed the proposed formation of Bruhat Mysore Mahanagara Palike (BMMP) colloquially termed Greater Mysore at a meeting chaired by District In-Charge Minister S.A. Ramdas at DC's office here yesterday.

Surprisingly only a handful of people's representatives reportedly attended the meeting and interestingly the Minister's own partymen were said to have opposed the proposal of formation of BMMP.

MP H. Vishwanath, Legislators Tanveer Sait, G. Madhusudan and former Mayor Srikantaiah are said to have totally resented the Minister's idea of BMMP.

Vishwanath pointed out that Greater Mysore could not be formed without a good discussion and forethought. He added that agriculture was the main occupation at villages around city and a few were rearing cattle and taxing them would be ridiculous.

Tanveer Sait said, "Kurubarahalli, Kyathamaranahalli, Yeraganahalli and other places have seen no developments though having come under MCC. Hence it seems wired and ridiculous to add on a few more villages to MCC. The allocation and utilisation of Chief Minister's special grant was improper. Formation of Greater Mysore will help private parties and real estate value will shoot up exorbitantly and hence the proposal should be shelved."

Continuing, he said that the meeting was not pre-conceived and the invitation should have been sent to all representatives of people. He contended that the Assembly leader of the opposition should have been invited, he hailing from the district.

KEA Chairman B.P. Manjunath said "First make Mysore 'Greater' before thinking of forming Greater Mysore. The city is already ridd-led with umpteen problems. There is no point in discussing on extraneous subjects."

MLAs S.R. Mahesh and Satyanarayana hailed the proposal, pointing out that it would be benificial.

http://www.starofmysore.com

Greater Mysore will result in planned growth: Ramdas



http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2807295.ece

So according to this report Greater Mysore area will be around 300 sq km:nuts:
Thats very good news,but the report says formation of it will take around two years,why so much of delay??
Is the procedure for formation of Greater Corporation invovles such a huge task:)

^^ it takes time for land acquisitions.. many land owners outside present limits oppose as they'll have to pay up more taxes.. and also they'll have to change government records, especially in the revenue division..

but i saw in another report that the area was to be 500sq km which includes srirangpatna and nanjangud.. are these towns included?? with this expansion, will the census data for mysore agglomeration change??

This thread should also contain eateries and restaurants in mysore..

The craze for the game is growing in India and marketers whet appetites in a variety of ways.

January 18, 2012:
There's just one thing in the world which leads Gautham Srinivas, a prim and proper corporate lawyer, to “misbehave within the realms of acceptability”: Manchester United.

FOOD FUELS INTEREST

Thematic cafés and restaurants are also springing up across the country.

Says Avinandan Banerjee, Operating Partner of Sports Connoisseurs, a franchise partner for Manchester United's diner-cum-bar in Bangalore: “The thematic restaurant, replete with a dug-out area, sky box and a players' tunnel, was set up by Man U to offer a direct touch-point for consumers to relate to the club.”

The 12,000 sq. ft. restaurant in Bangalore is the world's largest Manchester United restaurant. Apart from serving finger food, pasta, pizza and drinks, the restaurant also dishes out various memorabilia and merchandise.

“We usually have 200-300 visitors each day. On Man U match days, it goes up to 400-500,” says Banerjee. New Year's Eve saw the place brim with over 750 people.

Manchester United is considered the most popular premier league club in the world. In India alone, it has an estimated fan base of 20 million. Interestingly, the club's fan base does not have a male skew, says Banerjee, who has hired a woman to head the restaurant's marketing. “Her passion for the game and the club was phenomenal. We just had to hire her.”

Manchester United cafes are also present in Mumbai, Delhi and Goa in association with the Mumbai-based Mirah group. The football club is eyeing Kolkata, Mysore, Manipal, Chennai, Chandigarh and Kochi.

The Liverpool club is also planning to set up cafés and lounges across the country.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/brandline/article2808830.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home

To all Passive viewers, as we have merged Mysore hotels thread with Karnataka hotels thread,henceforth all restaurant news would be posted in Mysore retail thread
:cheers:

the mysore infosys does has both training and working or just training. If it has working space then what is the seating capacity..

the mysore infosys does has both training and working or just training. If it has working space then what is the seating capacity..
No working. ONLY training.

No working. ONLY training.

There is development work happening. Many of my friends are working there.

There is development work happening. Many of my friends are working there.
No work as such.
Training and introduction programs.
Proper work, happens in other cities.
I know, my dad works there. [Infy/not Mysore]

No work as such.
Training and introduction programs.
Proper work, happens in other cities.
I know, my dad works there. [Infy/not Mysore]

Many of my friends are doing java development work there.

Many of my friends are doing java development work there.

there is this alstom r&d center as well http://www.alstom.com/india/news-and-events/press-releases/press-releases-xn-5/ :)

If so then Mysore's 2000 cr + software exports are lovely figures without infy doing any development work, imagine if infy also starts its developemen center here :cheers:

^^ it takes time for land acquisitions.. many land owners outside present limits oppose as they'll have to pay up more taxes.. and also they'll have to change government records, especially in the revenue division..

but i saw in another report that the area was to be 500sq km which includes srirangpatna and nanjangud.. are these towns included?? with this expansion, will the census data for mysore agglomeration change??
Greater Mysore should have included Nanjanagud and Srirangapatna,that would have propelled the area around 500 sq km:nuts:
Then Mysore would be the largest city corporation and a strong competitor of Bangalore(800 sq km):cheers:

Drinking water scarcity to ease soon in Mysore, Chamarajanagar

Projects worth Rs. 616 crore approved in these districts: Shettar

“Drinking water scarcity in parts of Mysore and Chamarajanagar districts will ease as the Government has approved projects worth Rs. 616 crore.

This includes 18 major projects for Mysore district, costing Rs. 355 crore, while Rs. 261 crore has been earmarked for the Chamarajanagar district,” Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Jagadish Shettar said on Friday.

He made the announcement here at a mass marriage ceremony held as part of the Suttur Jathra Mahotsava at Nanjangud taluk.

“The drinking water problems in Nanjangud taluk will be also ease as 124 villages in the taluk will be covered under these projects,” Mr. Shettar said.

He said of the Rs. 261 crore earmarked for the Chamarajanagar district, Rs. 115 crore would be spent to augment water supply in 131 villages in Gundlupet taluk and Rs. 145 crore for 166 villages in the Chamarajanagar taluk.

“The Government is committed to solving the drinking water problem in rural areas of the State and will take up works providing civic amenities,” Mr. Shettar said. Earlier, Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda inaugurated the programme to mark the mass marriage in which 162 couples tied the knot. The Chief Minister praised the Suttur Math for conducting the event on a regular basis

The mass marriage was the 13th in the series conducted as part of the Jathra Mahotsava.

The couples were blessed by Sumitra Gandhi Kulkarni, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi.

Rs. 261 crore earmarked for Chamarajanagar,

Rs. 355 crore for Mysore district

‘Government committed to solving drinking water problem in State'

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2819540.ece

MCC setting an example in waste disposal
Novelty

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The efforts of the MCC in disposing waste generated at meat shops in the city have paid off well. If this method is replicated for collection and disposal of other forms of waste, Mysore can vouch for the ‘clean city’ title finds out DHNS

The Mysore City Corporation (MCC) has been doing a commendable job by collecting and disposing waste from meat shops and slaughter houses safely in an organised manner for the past eight months. The services are free of cost and is aimed at public interest.

The MCC has deployed five auto tippers and a mini truck for the purpose, which travel across 65 wards of the city, collecting waste from the slaughter house at Kesare and all chicken, mutton and fish selling outlets.

It is dumped at an enclosure at the 11-acre plot of the MCC near Naguvanahalli. Every Sunday, thus collected waste is buried in huge pits and let to decompose with the help of enzymes.
The autos, which are fitted with GPS (global positioning system) start collecting waste from 8 am till 2 pm. The movement of these vehicles are monitored at a control room. The animal waste is not mixed with other garbage, as it gives rise to pollution and foul smell.

Positive step

Following complaints that indiscriminate disposal of animal waste in residential areas has given rise to ferocious dogs, which are attacking people — especially children — the MCC has taken this positive step.

It had been noticed that shop owners were dumping waste body parts of animals along with other solid waste in bins, near parks, at water bodies and even in drainages.

Dogs used to feed on the waste and usually fight among themselves for a better share. Most of the times they used to hold such body parts in their mouth and drag it to residential areas.
Under such circumstances they used to attack people — either those walking or even speeding away on vehicles. Sometimes such parts were found in front of some people’s houses.There are some 400 meat shops in the city, which produce about 3 tonnes of waste everyday. So it is important to handle such huge quantity of waste in a proper way.

MCC veterinary doctor Lingaraju said: “The shop-keepers did not cooperate initially. But pamphlets were printed and circulated among them. Even then, they did not respond positively. Finally, a notice had be served on them all. Now, the system is working fine. The drivers of the tippers have the phone numbers of shop-keepers and in turn all shop-keepers have the numbers of the drivers. There is perfect coordination and cooperation.”

Karnataka’s top cities offer luxe realty
Residences Are Breaking Price Barriers In Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli
Stanley Pinto, Pavan M V & Basavaraj F Kattimani | TNN


If you think luxe was unique to Bangalore’s realty, you need to drive down to bustling Mangalore and Mysore. Demand is upwardly mobile; you can buy an upscale residence for an obscene Rs 3 crore. Although Hubli is still lagging behind, with a top price of Rs 75 lakh for a premium apartment, industry (it’s revving up as a business cluster) and geography (it’s located on a key national highway) could shove it into the big league.
Mysore is selling super-realty because of its heritage, climate and business potential. Villas are catching the fancy of NRIs, software engineers and doctors who are looking for second homes. Says B R Suchendra, a realty developer: “We are seeing an upward trend as villas provide luxury clubs, restaurants, billiards facilities. Many buyers prefer Mysore to Bangalore since the tech city is crowded and expensive. We are seeing big buyer interest in villas costing up to Rs 2 crore.”
It’s the city’s green outskirts that is redefining realty. Says S R Swamy, a realty developer who is building villas 20km away from the city: “Villas built in green areas provide a resort-like atmosphere. Many more inquiries are now coming in from Bangalore-based professionals.”
At least 10% of the top-end buyers are focused on villas, up from 2% a few years ago. Says T N Hemanth, chairman of the Builders’ Association of India (Mysore): “People’s purchasing power has increased and they don’t mind staying on the outskirts if they get good amenities.” Premium villas can cost anywhere between Rs 1.75 crore and Rs 2.25 crore. Realty is attracting NRIs because of a rising dollar, making purchases today cheaper compared to a year ago when the rupee was stronger.
Mangalore has just jumped on the high-end too. With NRIs entering the fray, construction costs are heading north; the cost of apartments has shot to Rs 4,500 per sqft. Of course, exclusive
apartments with in-built swimming pools are available as well.

Source: http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG/2012/01/21&PageLabel=11&EntityId=Ar01100&ViewMode=HTML

No working. ONLY training.

Primarily it has training centres, it is one of the largest training campus but there are software development blocks, so working does exist...

UNCONSTRUCTED WINGS OF LALITHA MAHAL PALACE
By K.M. Chengappa

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Caption: 1) The original plan shows the main central building which now exists while the other two wings (North and South Block) are not constructed. One of the two service buildings seen in the plan (top) was constructed, but at a different location. 2) The proposed design for the South Block of the Lalitha Mahal Palace which also has not been constructed. 3) The dance room which has now been converted into a restaurant has specially designed teakwood floor with springs underneath that can be adjusted in accordance with the type of dance to get the bounce. 4) The circled region shows the tunnel through which a worker can reach the springs under the dance floor to repair or lubricate them.

The Lalitha Mahal Palace, which is an icon of Mysore city’s heritage, plays host to the elite tourists visiting the City of Palaces. The Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel, run by the Ashok Group of Hotels that comes under the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), is likely to be expanded in keeping with its original plan that was designed almost a century ago, in case the Government of Karnataka extends the lease period of the Palace, which would end during year 2023. If so, the ITDC proposes to invest at least Rs. 100 crore for the Palace Hotel, under which construction of the un-constructed portions of the Palace will be taken up. And considering the recent boom in the tourism sector of Mysore, the city being the most sought after tourist destination of South India, this move would further boost the city’s heritage image. It all began with the discovery of a book of plans of the Palace created in 1918 which was approved by Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV.

Plans are on the anvil to construct additional buildings on either side of the Lalitha Mahal Palace in keeping with the original architect’s plan for the Palace that had been approved by Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV (June 4, 1884 to Aug. 3, 1940) but had not been constructed. The plan was presented to the Maharaja on Oct. 19, 1918. Foundation stone for the Palace was laid by him on Nov. 18, 1921. The plan, a 30 page book of drawings on canvas sheets (45cmsx 60cms), was discovered six months ago, after it was retu-rned to Palace by an engineer based outside Mysore.

The engineer, named S. Pavate, is believed to have been involved with the Palace’s renovation work undertaken by the ITDC in 1974. It is said that he had taken the book of plans for a detailed study and had the good sense to return it to its rightful owners many years later, according to Joseph Mathias, General Manager of Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel.

The plan was designed by E.W. Fritchley, an architect from Bombay and the Palace constructed by B. Munivenkatappa. It is said that a scale model of the Palace made of bamboo was shown to the Maharaja at the Amba Vilas Palace, from where he nodded his approval.

The Palace has been leased to the ITDC till year 2023, said Mathias, adding that the construction work will be taken up only if the lease period is extended, after which the ITDC plans to invest another Rs. 100 crore for the Hotel.

The Lalitha Mahal, which is the second largest Palace in Mysore, is located near Chamundi Hill, east of the city. The Palace was built in 1921. The first guests to the Palace were then Viceroy (Governor General) of India, Rufus Isaacs, the Earl of Reading and his wife. They were given a suite each in the Palace on the first floor, which has a panoramic view of the expanse of greenery and hills. It is now called as the twin Viceroy suites and given to VVIP guests.

Mathias says that he intends to preserve the book of plans for posterity by getting it restored at the Regional Conservation Laboratory (RCL) at Siddharthanagar in city, whose head office is in Lucknow.

Incidentally, RCL will also be entrusted with the intricate and gargantuan task of restoring the Palace itself, which is nearly a century old and needs repairs at several places. Mathias says that the conventional method of applying cement plaster would not help for the ancient structure, but would cause more harm to it.

“We may simply cover up the damages with paint. But it would only last for a couple of years. In the long run, the damage would increase. Any repair work has to be done using the same kind of material that was used originally,” says Mathias who considers preserving the heritage structure his responsibility.

The main Palace had 22 rooms, each different from the other. Later in 1974, the ITDC constructed an extension with 32 more rooms, said Mathias, adding that all the rooms have the panoramic view. The hotel run by ITDC was inaugurated by the Union Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Sarojini Mahishi on Sept. 13, 1974. Since the Lalitha Mahal Palace is built on an elevated site and the room temperature is cool, the Maharaja used to spend summers here and entertain his guests from abroad.

About the Palace: Lalitha Mahal — now a five-star hotel — is a host to visiting dignitaries and VIPs. Set amidst sprawling landscaped gardens below the Chamundi hill, the Palace is built in Renaissance architectural style. It is considered an adaptation of the St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, particularly the central dome. The architecture of the Palace reflects English manor houses and Italian Palazzos. It is a two storied structure. The supporting structure of the Palace is of Ionic double column. At the ground level, there is a projecting porch. Spherical domes with the dominating central dome sets the front elevation of the palace. Decorative stained glass has been extensively used to enhance the elegance of the palace both in the exterior facades and in interiors doors, windows and ceilings. An impressive view of the Chamundi Hill to the left and the Mysore city in front of the Palace is seen from the balcony upstairs.

The Palace has exquisitely designed viceroy room, a banquet hall, a dancing floor, an Italian marble staircase and embellished with small ornamentations.

http://www.starofmysore.com

MINISTER INSPECTS MINI VIDHANA SOUDHA

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Caption: District In-Charge Minister S.A. Ramdas inspecting the Mini Vidhana Soudha work at Nazarbad this morning, along with a team of officials.

Mysore, Jan. 21- The on-going work on the mini Vidhana Soudha near Government House in Nazarbad here was inspected by District In-Charge Minister S.A. Ramdas this morning.

He instructed the officials to complete the work in a fortnight's time, before the Chief Minister's next visit to the city.

Ramdas also asked the officials to submit a report as to whether it is possible to complete the work in that duration.

The officials present said that there was no dearth of funds for the work and are said to have assured the Minister that the work will be completed at the earliest.

http://www.starofmysore.com

18 hole skytop golf village almost done

2011/2 imagery, A year old pic

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^^ Why do we need a Golf village in every town??

ZUARI GARDEN CITY has a mall project

Track more about this in Mysore Retail thread

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1385686&page=21

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^^ Why do we need a Golf village in every town??

??

When Belgaum has two sexy golf courses, it was time for Mysore to boast of a nice second golf course.:cheers:

??

When Belgaum has two sexy golf courses, it was time for Mysore to boast of a nice second golf course.:cheers:
It's a snob game.

It's a snob game.

In a way it is healthy :) I want both of my fav cities to grow in similar fashion.As a native of Belgaum and resident of Mysore.

It's a snob game.

MANGALORE WILL JOIN BELGAUM AND MYSORE .I THINK THE CABINET IS GOING TO CLEAR THE PROJECT THIS MONTH.
@AKASH BUT YOU LIKE MANGALORE AS WELL!

MANGALORE WILL JOIN BELGAUM AND MYSORE .I THINK THE CABINET IS GOING TO CLEAR THE PROJECT THIS MONTH.
@AKASH BUT YOU LIKE MANGALORE AS WELL!
Why do you need Cabinet approval for a Golf Course?

MANGALORE WILL JOIN BELGAUM AND MYSORE .I THINK THE CABINET IS GOING TO CLEAR THE PROJECT THIS MONTH.
@AKASH BUT YOU LIKE MANGALORE AS WELL!

+1

Next cabinet session Cricket stadium and golf course will be cleared.That would be Mangalore's second golf course as well.Somehow I missed mentioning Mangalore :nuts:

Mangalore is very special for me Ajay ji my engineering career was decided @ NIT K Surathkal (computer center) during AIEEE counseling :)

Mangalore always does things in MEGA terms it is a class apart.

Ajay, Mangalore as a T2 city has that class which I have not found in other T2 cities yet.

Why do you need Cabinet approval for a Golf Course?

Coz that Golf course is a special one,as I mentioned Mangalore has that class.It is a PPP project basically. :)

Golf lovers can now tee-off at Mangalore's esturian golfcourse (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/175396/golf-lovers-can-now-tee.html)

Bangalore, Jul 11 (PTI)

Golf lovers from India and across the world will get an opportunity to experience the challenging conditions to tee-off at the proposed esturian golf-course-cum resort near Mangalore.

Located 5 km on the outskirts at Thannir Bhavi, Bengre Village near Mangalore, the country's first ever esturian golf course is being created as a public private partnership project by Karnataka Tourism along with Karnataka Small Industries Development Corporation (KSIDC) at an estimated cost of Rs 108 crore, Karnataka Tourism sources said.
The project has been awarded to Opus Group, Bangalore – which had made the bid jointly with Lasgna Golf Country Club, Singapore. They will construct, maintain and operate the golf course-cum-resort for 30 years.

Gali Janardhan Reddy, Minister of Infrastructure and Tourism said, "The esturian golf course at Thannir Bhavi is one of the iconic tourism infrastructure projects that we have planned for Karnataka along with "Bannerghatta Night Safari & Hampi by Night.

The construction is expected to commence as soon as the developers get the CRZ clearances from central government, and project is targeted to be functional within two years.

The 18 hole golf course will be spread across 135 acres and have Paspalum Grass recommended for use in golf courses near the sea shore.

Towards this, the Golf course will also have a resort spread over 10 acres with over 150 cottages, multi-cuisine restaurants.Last mile connectivity from International airport at Malpe International airport located just 25 km away and from the picturesque Konkan Railway 5 km away, will be taken up additionally

MANGALORE WILL JOIN BELGAUM AND MYSORE .I THINK THE CABINET IS GOING TO CLEAR THE PROJECT THIS MONTH.
@AKASH BUT YOU LIKE MANGALORE AS WELL!

Ajay it has already been cleared,work will begin soon

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KARANJI LAKE ROAD.....AQUARIUM WORKS ARE GOING ON IN SNAIL'S PACE ... MCC HAS SCREWED MYSORE,HOPE THE COMMISSIONER RETIRES OR QUITS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

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Beautiful Road:cheers:

Why do you need Cabinet approval for a Golf Course?

I do not think it is an ordinary golf course. It will be of truly an international standard ,and one by the sea and will host international tournaments .Singapored based consortia is executing the project after the bidding process.

Sorry Akash ,noticed your reply after I posted it ,so this addition.

What building is this? Next to reliance trends on Hunsur road

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Copyright Akash F Patil/Mysore

Got to know this is Park hotel :cheers:

Kadakola Industrial Area, Mysore

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^^Nice architecture for an industrial buidling,SKF bearing is a big company

576 houses in Goruru to rehabilitate slum-dwellers

Residents of five slums in the city will be rehabilitated at Goruru near Mandakalli where 576 houses have been constructed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. This is said to be a step forward in making Mysore “slum-free”. Residents of Dharam Singh colony, Visveshwarnagar, Devaraj Urs Colony, Ambedkar Colony and Ashokapuram would be rehabilitated in the apartments constructed with 80 per cent funding from the Union Government. The State Government contributed 10 per cent while the beneficiaries chipped in the rest. The apartments are constructed by Nirmithi Kendra. They cost the authorities Rs. 1.8 lakh per unit.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2824580.ece

Rs. 90 crore to be spent on courts, quarters

A sum of Rs. 90 crore would be spent for setting up new law court building complex, judges' residential quarters and alternative dispute resolution centres in Mysore, and court buildings in five taluks of the district in one-and-half years.

Karnataka High Court judge K.L. Manjunath, also the Administrative Judge for the district, who unveiled the plaque for construction of residential quarters for judges here on Sunday, said the Government had granted 5.3 acres of land for the purpose, apart from funds.

The projects included construction of judges' residential quarters on two acres.

Mr. Manjunath appealed to Public Works Department Minister C.M. Udasi to take steps to construct a modern law chamber for advocates. Mr. Manjunath urged Medical Education Minister and district in-charge S.A. Ramdas to expedite the matter.

Karnataka High Court judge K. Sridhar Rao said mediation and legal services should go hand-in-hand. Mr. Ramdas urged the judiciary to “mend” the other arms of democracy.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2824577.ece

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Dear All,
Where is the above project coming up in Mysore? The proposal for the same has been cleared by KUM 2 years back and I read NO news about this project in any of the dailies.

My gut feeling is that land for the same has not yet been made available by KIADB officials and hence the delay. If this the case, then the project may move to some other state (may have been moved already !!) who is more than happy to handover the land much in advance.

Dear All,
Where is the above project coming up in Mysore? The proposal for the same has been cleared by KUM 2 years back and I read NO news about this project in any of the dailies.

My gut feeling is that land for the same has not yet been made available by KIADB officials and hence the delay. If this the case, then the project may move to some other state (may have been moved already !!) who is more than happy to handover the land much in advance.

http://www.business-beacon.com/kommon/bin/sr.php?kall=wcos&cocode=96407&type=s&tab=1010

The above link says yet to take off

Mini Vidhana Soudha a reality soon (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/222120/mini-vidhana-soudha-reality-soon.html)

Mysore, January 25 2012, DHNS:
Mini Vidhana Soudha in the city a replica of the original at Bangalore is expected to be a reality in a couple of months.

Medical education and district in-charge minister S A Ramdas on Wednesday said that the works over the structure is expected to be completed by the second week of February. He was speaking at the progress review meeting of works over mini Vidhana Soudha at all the taluks in the district, at the office of deputy commissioner here.

The minister said funds to the tune of Rs 8.20 crore is earmarked for the works. Of which Rs 6.25 crore is already spent and the remaining works at the cost of Rs 1.45 crore are yet to be taken up. The works at T Narsipura and Nanjangud will be taken up shortly, while that of K R Nagar, Periyapatna and H D Kote are underway.

Giving the break up of amount spent, the minister said Rs three crore is earmarked for T Narsipur, Rs one crore for Nanjangud, Rs 2.50 crore for K R Nagar and Rs 1.95 crore for H D Kote.

Zilla panchayat president Suneetha Veerappagowda, MLAs S R Mahesh, Tanvir Sait and M Satyanarayana, deputy commissioner P S Vastrad, ZP CEO G Satyavathy and others were present.

MCC brings 12,000 more properties under tax net

It aims to earn Rs. 71 crore this fiscal through property tax

The Mysore City Corporation (MCC) has widened its resource base by bringing 12,000 more properties in the revenue layout under the tax net, thus, expanding the scope for property tax collection.

As a result, the MCC hopes to net revenue of Rs. 71 crore through property tax during the current financial year (2011-12).

The city has nine revenue zones and the respective officers have gone on an overdrive to meet their targets.

MCC Revenue Officer S.N. Balachandra told The Hindu that the corporation collected Rs. 52 crore so far, and expressed confidence over meeting the target by the end of the financial year.

He said a special drive would be conducted during February to create awareness and encourage the public to remit taxes on time, for which camps would be conducted at different venues. The plan was to fan out across all the 65 wards of the MCC and make arrangements for spot assessment and spot realisation of property tax.

There are 1.6 lakh registered properties in the MCC limits that are obligated to pay property tax. However, the recent GIS (geographic information system) survey — conducted by the authorities as part of urban property ownership records project — indicated that the actual number of properties in the city was 1.72 lakh, and the additional 12,000 were located in the 28 revenue layouts of the city.

The 12,000 properties identified under the GIS survey were not in the list of registered properties, but the property owners had now been issued notice on the widening of the MCC's tax net. Though the corporation had not collected property tax from them before, these property owners were, henceforth, bound to pay tax in lieu of the services provided by the MCC.

Mr. Balachandra said, in case a single notice does not serve the purpose, the authorities will repeatedly visit the spot and educate the community on the imperatives of paying tax to help the body provide citizens with civic amenities.

Target

The MCC had set a target of Rs. 60 crore in the previous financial year, but fell short by Rs. 9 crore. Hence, the target for the current financial year, which is Rs. 71 crore, included the Rs. 9 crore due to the MCC by way of arrears, Mr. Balachandra said.

The next two months will witness a flurry of activity by the corporation officials, some of whom will pitch camps not only in the revenue layouts but also in key commercial localities of the city to collect tax.

Revenue accrued through property tax is a key component of the MCC resources that enables it to provide civic amenities for the public.

The property tax recovery is also a key component in the urban local body reform proposed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, which stipulates at least an 85 per cent collection rate.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2833557.ece

Falcon to start producing for 4-wheeler tyres soon

HYDERABAD, JAN 26:
Falcon Tyres Ltd, the flagship company of the diversified P.K. Ruia group, has completed the expansion project at its Mysore plant and will soon start commercial production of niche tyres for four-wheelers, a segment which it was not catering to earlier.

The company, which markets its tyres under the Dunlop brand name, manufactured at Mysore and another plant of Monotona near Mumbai, has been a major player in the two and three wheeler tyres, accounting for about 22 per cent share.

This is a strategic entry as the company has a strong presence in two-three wheelers engaged with all leading original equipment suppliers (OEMs), Mr Sunil Bhansali, Executive Director of Falcon Tyres, told Business Line.

Mr S. Ravi, Director of Ruia Group, said the company invested about Rs 320 crore in the expansion project at Mysore for four-wheeler tyres. Trial runs are over and the commercial production would commence soon.

“The company has established a new production capacity to churn out 9,000 four-wheeler tyres a day (about 2,70,000 a month) and 3.5 million a year. This complements the current capacity of one million two-three wheeler tyres a month. Together, with new manufacturing capacity, we will have production capacity of over 15 million tyres per annum,” Mr Bhansali explained.

“Last fiscal, Falcon Tyres closed with a turnover of about Rs 1,000 crore. The new manufacturing line would add about Rs 600 crore during full year of operation. However, for the current fiscal, we may see an overall growth of over 15 per cent, in spite of tough business conditions,” they said.

The company’s 6 MW co-generation plant that runs on bagasse, meets internal consumption of 3 MW and the rest is sold, Mr Bhansali said.

Referring to input costs, the ED said that the price of rubber has been a cause for worry. It has shot up from Rs 120 a kg a year ago to Rs 240 a kg and now ruling at about Rs 190 per kg.

About 45 per cent of the company tyres made today are supplied to OEMs, 45 per cent goes to replacement segment and the rest exported. Exports would play a bigger role with new capacity in place, Mr Ravi said.

The senior management of Falcon Tyres was in Hyderabad for a dealer meet and launch of a new promotional campaign.

So Mysore a tyre hub of Karnataka? JK tyre radial plant and now Falcon/Dunlop foraying into 4 wheeler segment :cheers:

Mysore varsity flooded with funds

It has received grants amounting to Rs. 200 crore in the past four years

The University of Mysore has become “rich”.

In a span of three to four years, it has been flooded with funds from the Government of India, the University Grants Commission (UGC) and research institutions.

The university has been sanctioned grants to the tune of nearly Rs. 200 crore for academic and infrastructure development.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development recognised the university as an ‘Institution of Excellence' and sanctioned Rs. 100 crore. So far, the university has received Rs. 66.66 crore from the Union Ministry, and the funds are being utilised on various activities, according to the university.

The UGC recently gave the university the status of ‘University with Potential for Excellence'.

Under this, the university is entitled to a grant of Rs. 50 crore. Under the ‘University with Potential for Excellence in Particular Area', a grant of Rs. 4.3 crore has been sanctioned, and Rs. 2.3 crore has been released.

The Department of Science and Technology has sanctioned Rs. 9 crore to the university under the ‘Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence'. Under the scheme, the university received Rs. 3 crore.

During the XI Plan period, Rs. 18.52 crore had been sanctioned under the UGC Development Grants and grants under merged schemes. The university has, so far, received Rs. 4.7 crore. The UGC Special Assistance Programme status has been given to 13 departments with financial assistance of Rs. 1.2 crore.

A Kannada classical language project has been given to the university with a grant of Rs. 2. crore. A sum of Rs. 1 crore has been released.

A sum amounting to approximately Rs. 10 crore has come to the university in the form of major research projects from the UGC, DST and DBT.

The Government has sanctioned Rs. 30 lakh, and Rs. 15 lakh had been released.

The initiatives taken up under the ‘Institution of Excellence' include ‘Creation of Centre of Excellence in Biodiversity, Bio-prospecting and Sustainable Development' and strengthening teaching and learning and research infrastructure, according to the university.

A new building for housing the centre of excellence is under construction, and will be completed by June 2012 at an estimated cost of Rs. 10.25 crore. Interdisciplinary research groups have been identified to carry out research objectives under the centre of excellence.

Around 50 faculty members and 45 research scholars from departments of Anthropology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Economics, Environmental Science, Food and Nutrition, Geology, Institute of Development Studies, Microbiology, Physics, Sericulture and Zoology are working on the project.

Hi-tech equipment have been installed at the centre of excellence, which has been housed at a centralised facility until the new building was ready. During the second phase, equipment such as nuclear magnetic resonance, X-Ray diffractometer, scanning electron microscope, gas chromatography, live cell imaging system would be procured at a cost of Rs. 10 crore for the centre, the university said.

A digital information resource centre has been established with 120 computers and the central library on the Manasagangotri campus. Two digital information centres have been set up at Hassan and Mandya research centres with 40 computers each. A digital information resource has been set up at Chamarajanagar satellite centre with 20 computers.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2836119.ece

MYSORE: Six islands situated in the Karanji Lake Nature Park here will be developed as tourist spots by Mysore zoo authorities soon. One island which was in a dilapidated condition has already been developed.

Karnataka Zoo Authority chairman M Nanjudaswamy told ToI that the island restoration work will be taken up one after the other keeping in view breeding season of birds. A wall type structure will be built around the Lake using boulders for its protection.

Nanjundaswamy said that to attract more visitors, "We are planning to develop ponds in the Karanji Lake on the lines of ponds in Patna zoo which are decked up with varieties of ornamental flowers.''

He also disclosed that to give a modern look to a few enclosures in the zoo, there is a plan to build a glass enclosure for seal. "We are also planning to install some special lights to the enclosures of nocturnal animals like owls and some other animals. Small light bulbs will be installed in the enclosures to give an attractive look. They will neither harm nor affect the animals and their activities," he added. Nanjundaswamy revealed that there is a plan to bring two black rhinos from Patna zoo in exchange of gaur or hunting cheetah from the Mysore zoo. "We have also asked the Delhi zoo for a pair of Chinkara on exchange basis," he said.

TOI

MYSORE: The tourist hub has fallen off the radar of the winged guests. This winter, when Mysore region should have been flocked by migratory birds from far and wide, the tourist destination is facing a crisis of sorts. The migratory birds have kept away, which has dwindled their numbers at the water bodies in the region. The decreasing trend spotted a few years ago is likely to continue, given that the birds are not spotted at the lakes, which were their hangout spots earlier.

One of the examples is Hadinaru lake on the outskirts of the city. The bar-headed geese, which migrate over the Himalayas to spend winter in South India, are not spotted this season. "Last season they were seen at the lake and scattered in the area. We are nearing end of the winter and they are still not sighted," said C S Kulashekara, an avid bird watcher and photographer. There is decrease in the number of migratory birds visiting this part, he said.

Mysore Amateur Naturalist (MAN), which conducts the winter fowl census annually, has mapped the decreasing trend in the arrival of migratory birds. The winged guests used to flock in thousands to Mysore region a decade ago, but started to scatter to other areas since. But since a couple of years, their numbers have taken a nosedive, K Manu of MAN told The Times of India. According to him, during the census in 2000, some 1.5 lakh birds were counted, which has come down to 36,000 during the last census. "At least 25,000 of shovellers and garganey were spotted in our study area scattered across Mysore, Mandya and Chamarajnagar districts. Last season, their numbers had dwindled to 4,000 each," he stated. Manu said this time it could further go down when they complete the exercise by February-end. There are 160 lakes in the study area.

Experts attribute the sharp decline to lack of privacy and feed coupled with climatic changes. Manu believes that lakes are increasingly seen as irrigation facility at the cost of winged birds. They are filled to the brim affecting the food cycle. There is a need to factor in the needs of the birds and see them as functional ecological units, he stated.

MAN shares the data it collects with the premier Bombay Natural History Society which is involved in nature conservation. Manu said while the numbers have come down, the diversity is maintained as 70 migratory bird species are spotted in the region on a regular basis. Naturalists said increased human intervention in their habitat has made them shy away from the city's lakes.

A case in point is Kukkarahalli lake, which, the bird watchers said, is no more a hot favourite of the migratory birds. Except for local birds, the water body is not attracting birds from far and wide. This is because there is little privacy for the birds with public flocking the picturesque lake, points out D H Tanuja, a naturalist. The Karanji lake too faces the same problem, Manu said.

TOI

Buy zoo tickets with plastic money

MYSORE: The Mysore Zoo on Wednesday said the plastic money can now be used to buy entry tickets.

It has extended the use of Visa card and MasterCard for payment of entrance fees and also to make payment for adoption of animals. The point of sales facilities has been activated and the visitors can use it, the zoo executive director B P Ravi said. The plastic money can also be used for make donations and other official remittances to the zoo, he stated. Both debit and credit cards will be accepted.

This Republic Day will be special at the zoo as it is putting to public display cubs of dholes which were born recently at the conservation centre. In all, four male and three female cubs were born at the facility, which will be released into their enclosure along with the parents. The Zoo Authority of Karnataka chairman M Nanjundaswamy and member-secretary M N Jayakumar will be present. Dholes are native to South and Southeast Asia, which are classified as endangered owing to habitat loss, depletion of its prey base and competition from other predators. They live in groups.

TOI

MYSORE: Do you want to know the latest trend and technology in the construction industry? Here is an opportunity.

Builders Association of India, Mysore chapter, has organized its annual five-day exhibition of construction material, interior decor and lifestyle, 'Mybuild-11', at Dasara exhibition grounds from January 26. The event is coinciding with All India Builders' Convention, Bharath Parva, which is being held at NIE indoor stadium.

Mybuild organizing committee chairman N Subramanya said this is 11th edition of Mybuild. All the previous expos were successful. It will exhibit latest trend and innovation in the sector and Mybuild is a good platform for public and key players in the construction industry for interaction. It will help builders to update technology.

The organizers are putting up 250 stalls at the venue allowing many national and international companies to display their innovative products - building materials, pavements, generators, plumbing system, roofing materials, floor tiles, construction equipments etc, during all five days. Five stalls are exclusively reserved for women below poverty line, persons with disabilities, orphans etc, to sell their products and a stall will display photos about "BAI, Mysore silver trail" of its important projects since 25 years.

Subramanya said they are expecting about 2,000 builders from across the country. BAI national president Cheiran Verky will inaugurate the expo.

TOI

Time for Greater Mysore?


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Creating Greater Mysore will expand the boundaries of the urban conurbation and have an impact on the real estate scenario.
If this idea is approved, the city limits will more than double from 128 sq. km to 298 sq. km, and the MCC will be reconfigured as the number of wards will increase from 65 to 100.

The debate on the proposed Greater Mysore that entails incorporating 41 villages under the ambits of the Mysore City Corporation (MCC), thus expanding the outer limits of the urban conurbation, has been set in motion.

Greater Mysore or Bruhat Mysore Mahanagar Palike has been conceived ostensibly with the objective of ensuring a comprehensive spatial planning for the entire area coming under the urban conurbation of Mysore. If approved, the city limits will more than double from the existing 128 sq. km to 298 sq. km and the MCC will be reconfigured as the number of wards will increase from 65 to 100 or 105 depending on the population.

The population of the urban agglomeration after redefining its boundaries will cross 10 lakh, thus making Mysore one of the 50 cities in the country with a million-plus population. [Mysore, however, narrowly missed making it to the list of million-plus cities as the population of Mysore Urban Agglomeration as per 2011 census was 9.83 lakh.]

Greater Mysore is also expected to generate additional revenue as the property tax base will widen while the grants from the State Government for providing civic amenities is expected to double. The supporters of Greater Mysore argue that the horizontal sprawl of the city would devour the surrounding villages and gram panchayats are urbanising without any planning and hence it is better to include them in the comprehensive development plan of Mysore.

The growth pattern charted by the peripheral areas may not be in consonance with the planned development envisaged for Mysore and when the two merge in a few years from now, due to the urban sprawl, the result may not be entirely edifying. The city's morphological features would be marked by islands of planned development surrounded by chaos and disorganised growth. So the arguments in favour of Greater Mysore are hard to ignore.

Already the city outskirts such as Hinkal, Bogadi, Metagalli, Hootgalli and Alanahalli are highly urbanised and the MCC provides civic amenities to some of them incluidng Chamundi Hill, Kesare, Kurubarahalli, Hebbal, Dattagalli, Srirampura, Metagalli and Rammanahalli. But the MCC receives no revenue by way of tax for the services rendered. The MCC also serves the industrial suburbs of Metagalli, Hootgalli etc and there is scope for levying tax on industries for the services rendered by way of water supply.

The concept of Greater Mysore was mooted more than an year ago and the proposal has been introduced for a debate in the MCC council which will take up the issue in its future meetings. It is also highly unlikely that a serious issue of redefining the limits of the city or expanding the urban conurbation can be decided by the local municipal council without the concurrence of the State Government which may have blessed the idea in advance and the “democratic exercise” of taking public opinion into account may be played out.
http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/homes-and-gardens/article2836876.ece

Karanji Lake islands to be tourism hotspots (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-27/mysore/30670268_1_mysore-zoo-patna-zoo-delhi-zoo)

MYSORE: Six islands situated in the Karanji Lake Nature Park here will be developed as tourist spots by Mysore zoo authorities soon. One island which was in a dilapidated condition has already been developed.

Karnataka Zoo Authority chairman M Nanjudaswamy told ToI that the island restoration work will be taken up one after the other keeping in view breeding season of birds. A wall type structure will be built around the Lake using boulders for its protection.

Nanjundaswamy said that to attract more visitors, "We are planning to develop ponds in the Karanji Lake on the lines of ponds in Patna zoo which are decked up with varieties of ornamental flowers.''

He also disclosed that to give a modern look to a few enclosures in the zoo, there is a plan to build a glass enclosure for seal. "We are also planning to install some special lights to the enclosures of nocturnal animals like owls and some other animals. Small light bulbs will be installed in the enclosures to give an attractive look. They will neither harm nor affect the animals and their activities," he added. Nanjundaswamy revealed that there is a plan to bring two black rhinos from Patna zoo in exchange of gaur or hunting cheetah from the Mysore zoo. "We have also asked the Delhi zoo for a pair of Chinkara on exchange basis," he said.

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There will be a pub and disco attached to this.. Park hotels have the best discs and pubs in the cities they are present.. Park Chennai and Park Kolkata are judged to have the best of these in the respective cities.. :)

Will parking lot at zoo become reality?

Mysore, Jan 30,2012,DHNS:
Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK) member secretary M N Jayakumar said Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens was optimistic about JnNURM funds being provided during the following year for constructing a multi-level parking opposite the zoo.

Addressing a media conference here on Monday, Jayakumar said the master plan for the construction of the parking lot had already been provided. More than 300 cars, 40 buses and two-wheelers could be parked, he added.

Accepting that the project had been delayed, he said earlier it was included in the chief minister’s Rs 100 crore package, but later withdrawn. But, this year the chances had increased, he added.

Discussing the grants released to the zoo, he said Rs 3.3 crore had been released for implementing rainwater harvesting. Enclosures for the cheetahs are also under construction.

Jayakumar said the revenue of ZAK had increased from Rs 14 crore in 2009-10 to Rs 26 crore in 2011-12. The corpus fund of ZAK had risen from Rs 147 lakh to Rs 307 lakh in the last two years.

457 permanent posts

Jayakumar disclosed that the government had been urged to create 457 permanent posts under the ZAK. He said the permanent staff would be deployed in zoos across the state. Bannerghatta Biological Park would have a lion’s share of the staff with 208 employees, 160 for Mysore zoo, 28 for Shimoga Lion and Tiger Safari, 14 for Gadag zoo, 10 for Bellary zoo, 11 each for Belgaum and Gulbarga zoos, and seven for Davangere zoo.

The permanent posts would include 88 animal keepers and 96 assistant animal keepers in the state.

Bilikal forest

Commenting on setting-up a zoo at the Bilikal forest reserve, he said the government had decided to scale down the project from Rs 80 crore to Rs 30 crore. Master plan for the zoo is being prepared and would be submitted to the government within six weeks.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/223277/will-parking-lot-zoo-become.html

Good move they need to beautify the road in front of Zoo,it is so messed up with hawkers

U.S. grant for Mysore university's Oriental Research Institute



The building housing the Oriental Research Institute of the University of Mysore is all set to get a facelift as the U.S. State Department has decided to give it a grant of $50,000. The announcement was made by U.S. Consul General Jennifer McIntyre during the unveiling of the refurbished American Corner at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan here on Monday.

The grant will be used for preserving rare manuscripts at the institute and fixing leaks, among other renovation work.

Elaborating on the grant, which will be given to the institute on Tuesday, Ms. McIntyre said that decision was the result of a competitive procedure.

INTACH will be working with the university in this project.

Speaking about the improved American Corner, Ms. McIntyre said three new computers and 70 books for young adults were added. More books would be added to the children's collection, she said.

“This American Corner, which has completed seven years in Bangalore, has more than 1,000 books and subscriptions to 30 periodicals. It is the first place for accurate information about political, economic, cultural, educational and social trends in the United States for residents of Bangalore,” she said.

Growing cities like Mysore, Jaipur and others have the chance to avoid pitfalls of megacities

With tree-lined streets, ancient buildings, a vibrant culture and clean environment, Mysore is one of the most aesthetically pleasing cities to live in India. For similar reasons, it is also one of the fastest growing, as IT companies go in search of more satisfying environments to base their operations. Having seen neighbouring Bangalore's explosive growth, Mysore is trying to build its infrastructure sustainably as it grows. It has several sustainable initiatives, but the city got an unexpected ally to move in an unexpected direction: a British firm looking for opportunities in the low-carbon market.

The UK consulting firm Atkins is among the large number of companies around the world now eyeing the $800-billion low-carbon market, which is expected to treble over the next decade. One of its recent inventions is a low-carbon master-planning tool that can be used to reduce the carbon footprint of cities as they develop over time. A low-carbon city is still an alien concept among municipal administrators in India, but Atkins wanted to catch the smaller cities here at the right time, before they started exploding like one of India's megapolises. "We wanted to work with some progressive tier-II cities," says Jitesh Brahmkshatriya, head of environmental planning of Atkins in India.

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Atkin's tool helps city administrators see in three dimensions how their cities inch towards disaster over time. It would also show how things would improve with the right kind of early interventions. Atkins had developed the tool in the UK and had used it with cities like Birmingham. Now the company had a financial mechanism to reach out to cities in developing countries: the Prosperity Fund, managed by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, aimed at improving British prosperity by helping them tap low-carbon markets around the world. Atkins reached out to Mysore and Madurai, two supposedly progressive cities in South India.

CITY LIGHTS: MYSORE, MADURAI

Mysore Urban Development Corporation (MUDA) was developing neighbourhoods around the city that it wanted to be as sustainable as possible, but those living there weren't paying enough attention to the concept. So, with the help of Atkins, the city has now adopted a 320 acre neighbourhood with 500 families to start a pilot project. Later, with enough data, the city hopes to expand lowcarbon growth to the rest of the city.

"We hope to reduce our electricity consumption by about 10% over the next five years," says city Municipal Commissioner Kishore Raykar.

Madurai hadn't grown in recent times because of poor infrastructure, and was looking to get back to growth, but in a sustainable way. Atkins has started collecting data about the city it hopes would be incorporated in 20-year master plans that they would make. The tool will help the city administrators to reduce the carbon emissions of their cities as they develop over the next few decades.

Reducing carbon emissions of cities is among the top priority of city mayors around the world, and many developed countries have drawn up aggressive plans to make their cities carbon neutral in the next few decades (see table). Few, if at all, Indian city administrators had so far thought of a low-carbon path for their cities in this way. Until they have been prodded by overseas consultants.

ECONOMIC COSTS

Consider for a moment what is in store for Indian cities in the next two decades, which is the normal duration of a master plan being drawn up now. According to the McKinsey Global Institute, India's GDP would have grown five times by then and cities would have contributed 70% of this growth. This would mean the existence of 68 cities in 2030 with a population of over one million, compared to 42 today. According to McKinsey, it would also necessitate a capital investment of $1.2 trillion that would go into creating 700-900 million square meters of office and residential space, the paving of 2.5 billion square meters of roads and the construction of 7,400 kilometers of metros and subways (20 times of what was built in the last ten years).


Few expect India to achieve all of this, but construction activity even at a smaller scale is environmentally destructive if not practiced with caution. It would also mean an enormous increase of carbon emissions from India at a time when major cities around the world are trying hard to reduce their emissions. And yet the costs of rapid growth are not just environmental. If Indian cities operate at current efficiencies, the economic costs can be too high. "Cities in India perform poorly in terms of energy efficiency compared to western cities," says Padraic Kelly, CEO of Happold Consulting, a UK-based strategic and management consultancy firm.

"Indian cities have low-carbon emissions and so there is also an opportunity to follow a low-carbon approach to development by improving efficiencies." Kelly has co-founded the Working Group on Sustainable Cities at Harvard University.

Since the scope for improvements are high, the Indian low-carbon market is among the fastest growing in the world and is set to develop from $23 billion in 2009 to $135 billion in 2020 (6.1% of the global market), according to HSBC Global Research. Energy-efficiency solutions alone will make up $77 billion of this market by then. New technology would go into improving industrial, transport and building efficiencies. India has announced - voluntarily - that it would reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 25% within the next decade. Since cities would contribute 70% of the country's GDP by 2030, they are set to become focus of emission-reduction strategies. So cities are poised to drive the bulk of this growth in low-carbon market.

By this year-end, Energy Conservation Building Codes are likely to be written into the bylaws of municipalities in eight states. City administrators are also beginning to be aware of the potential of a lowcarbon approach to planning due to its economic and social benefits. It is not just Mysore and Madurai that are interested in this opportunity, and it is not just Atkins that is trying to do low-carbon business with Indian cities. For example, researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, US, have been trying to persuade Indian municipalities to use its city road-mapping tool. So far it has grabbed the attention of Pune and Jaipur.

ROAD-MAPPING TOOL: JAIPUR

The Berkeley Lab's road-mapping tool can help forecast energy and water consumption accurately. "Indian municipalities have no idea about current consumption," says Maithili Iyer, programme manager at Berkeley Lab. "The road-mapping tool tells them about current consumption and forecasts the future." Both Pune and Jaipur are at the early stages of evaluating low-carbon planning tools; it is difficult to predict how they would use them in the future. But it is an approach that is certain to be adopted in many Indian cities soon. Since the tools help formulate policies, they would also help drive multi-billion dollar market opportunities. Jaipur, for example, is now struggling to manage its growth using conventional approaches.

Water supply is at breaking point and growth of city transport has been chaotic. City administrators had earlier tried to use solid waste to generate energy, but the nature of the city traffic made sure that the waste could not be transported efficiently to feed the plant. "A road-mapping tool will combine historic data from the city with trend analysis from other cities," says Jyotirmay Mathur, associate professor and coordinator, Centre for Energy and Environment at the Malaviya National Institute of Technology at Jaipur. "The city officials will then have data to go to the funding agencies."

The theme of sustainability has been attracting IT companies around the world to develop tools and plans for cities around the world. One approach, centering on the concept of smart cities, is to use information technology (IT) to gather, analyse and respond in real time to information from around the city. IBM and Cisco have been the main proponents of this approach, which is also practiced by several other IT companies. Smart city technologies improve efficiencies significantly and are thus an important approach to sustainability, but there are other ways IT could be used to develop sustainable cities.

"IT can help manage supply and demand holistically using local resources," says Chandrakant Patel, Senior Fellow at the Sustainable Ecosystems Research Group at Hewlett Packard Laboratories in California.

LOCAL RESOURCES

Using local resources as much as possible would be a recurring theme as Indian cities develop; transporting material over long distances would increase the energy costs. With good IT tools, it would be possible to combine local energy generation with central electricity generation seamlessly. IT tools will also help optimise power consumption. "ICT energy offsets can be 10-20% or even greater," says Warren Karlenzig, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Common Current, a consulting firm that has helped plan several cities in developing countries, particularly in China.

The impact of IT would be substantial when smart grids become a reality around the world. "Smart grids would revolutionise renewable energy," adds Karlenzig. Mysore, India's solar city, is a good example of trying to decentralise power generation, but it is still a long way from creating local micro-grids and combining them with centralised power generation. This would happen only when smart grids are deployed in India over the next decade. Smart grids would also help fuel a spurt in the adoption of electric vehicles widely in Indian cities, expected to take off in the second half of this decade. HSBC estimates that the hybrid and electric car market will grow to 4 lakh units at a value of $15 billion by 2020. By then the lowcarbon practices would have become truly entrenched in Indian cities.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/infrastructure/growing-cities-like-mysore-jaipur-and-others-have-the-chance-to-avoid-pitfalls-of-megacities/articleshow/11692765.cms

Parking facility at zoo is inadequate (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Parking-facility-at-zoo-is-inadequate/articleshow/11694171.cms)

MYSORE: Mysore Zoo, which is receiving the highest number of visitors in the country, has inadequate parking area, thus inconveniencing its visitors, especially during peak season, due to lack of enough space. Yet authorities concerned are dilly-dallying on the issue. Every year, the number of visitors is increasing, with heavy influx of visitors last year fetching good revenue to the facility. But, when it comes to providing parking space to all its visitors the zoo is silent.A park opposite the zoo which is being used for parking is catering to only 50% of its visitors. The problem is evident during weekends, public holidays and peak seasons like Dasara, New Year's Day and also during extended holidays. An alternative parking arrangement has been made at Dasara exhibition grounds, but it is quite a distance, about 300 metres, from the spot. Parking space has been a major concern, but authorities concerned are lethargic about the issue. The park is MCC's property and they have agreed to lease the area to the zoo for a period so that it is utilized for parking vehicles.Zoo executive director B P Ravi told TOI that there is a proposal for a multi-level parking facility at the park area under JNNURM project, but it is still in the initial stages.

The civic body has to take a final call on this score. According to plan, five storey (G+4) parking facility will be created to provide parking space to 300 cars, 40 buses and hundreds of two-wheelers.Meanwhile, Zoo Authority of Karnataka member-secretary M N Jayakumar said, quoting a report, that the zoo is receiving more than 2.5 million visitors every year, the highest by any zoo in the country. Last financial year, the figure stood at 2.6 million, whereas, the number at Patna zoo, Sakkarbaug zoo (Gujarat) and Hyderabad zoo was 1.5-2 million. This season, Mysore Zoo is expecting 3 million visitors, said Jayakumar, who will retire from service on Tuesday.The member secretary, however, claimed that Mysore Zoo has reached a saturation point with regard to creation of new facilities and there is no way to build parking facility at its premises.

As per Central Zoo Authority rules, more than 30% of the any zoo area cannot be used for construction, but Mysore Zoo has crossed the limit. And there is no scope for increasing parking area, Jayakumar claimed. This means that visitors coming to the country's best crowd-pulling zoo, will have to continue to spend time looking for a parking space until the new facility is created.

CITY SELECTED FOR RAJIV GANDHI AWAZ YOJANA

17,000 houses to be built in first phase

Mysore, Jan. 3- Mysore City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner K.S. Raikar announced at the Council meeting here yesterday that the city has been selected for implementation of the Centre's Rajiv Gandhi Awaz Yojana.

Explaining the scheme, Raikar said: "In the first phase, it is proposed to construct 17,000 houses with the Centre funding 50 per cent of the cost, 5 per cent from the State Government and the rest to be borne by the MCC and the beneficiaries. The Centre has allocated Rs.3 lakh crore for the entire scheme."

The Corporators should identify the places in their respective Wards for construction of proposed houses and submit a report soon. Based on that, a survey will be conducted next month and the proposal will be submitted to the Centre," he added.

Individual toilets

A consent was given in the meeting to construct individual toilets for the families of 1,125 SC/ST community members residing in Corporation limits in the backdrop of Sadashiva Commission report on utilising the allocated funds of the State Government. It was disclosed that Rs. 10,000 was earmarked for each family to build the toilet.

However, former Mayor Sandesh Swamy expressed apprehension over the proposed construction of septic tanks for the toilets which promotes carrying of night soil, a heinous practice. He suggested to provide underground drainage network to those toilets. It was decided in the meeting to phase out septic toilets gradually in city by providing UGD network.


http://www.starofmysore.com

PROVIDING SYNTHETIC HOCKEY SURFACE TO HOCKEY GROUND IN CHAMUNDI VIHAR STADIUM, MYSORE.

Tenders released by MUDA

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GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA
MYSORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,
JHANSI LAKSHMI BHAI ROAD,
MYSORE -570005

TELEFAX: 0821-2420624

TENDER FOR THE WORK OF

Providing Synthetic Hockey Surface to Hockey Ground at
Chamundi Vihar Stadium, Mysore.

TENDER REFERENCE No. MUDA/SE/PB/TN/16/2011-12/ 12.01.2012

ACCESSING OF BID DOCUMENT ON e PORTAL : From: 18.01.2012 onwards
Last Date & Time for Tender
Queries/Clarifications : 31.01.2012 17.30 Hrs
Date & Time of Pre-Tender Meeting : 07.02.2012 12.00 Hrs

LAST DATE FOR UPLOADING (SUBMISSION) : 15.02.2012 16.00 Hrs
OF TECHNICAL BID AND FINANCIAL BID IS ON

TIME AND DATE OF OPENING OF
TECHNICAL BID ON : 17.02.2012 16.30 Hrs

PLACE OF OPENING TENDERS IN E-PORTAL : Superintending Engineer Office
MUDA, J.L.B ROAD MYSORE.
TELEPHONES: 0821-2420624 FAX: 0821-2420624

TIME AND DATE OF OPENING OF
FINANCIAL BID OF TENDERS : Will be intimated to the Qualified Tenderers

PLACE OF OPENING OF FINANCIAL BID : Superintending Engineer Office
MUDA, MYSORE
Date will be intimated later

ADDRESS FOR COMMUNICATION : Commissioner,
MUDA, JLB Road
Mysore-570005

MINISTER ASHOK TO INAUGURATE TRUCK TERMINAL ON FEB. 4

The new truck terminal, constructed at the junction of Ring Road and Nanjangud Road here by D. Devaraj Urs Truck Terminal Ltd., a Government of Karnataka Undertaking, will be inaugurated by Transport Minister R. Ashok at 11.30 am on Feb. 4.

MLA M. Satyanarayana will preside. District In-charge Minister S.A. Ramdas, Leader of Opposition Siddharamaiah, D. Devaraj Urs Truck Terminal Managing Director K.V. Nanjundegowda, Truck Terminal President M. Satish Shetty, Karnataka Housing Board Chairman G.T. Devegowda, Mayor Pushpalatha Chikkanna, Zilla Panchayat President Sunitha Veerappagowda, MPs H. Vishwanath, S. Cheluvarayaswamy, R. Dhruvanarayan, MLAs H.S. Shankaralingegowda, Tanveer Sait, V. Sreenivasa Prasad, Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, Chikkanna, H.P. Manjunath, K. Venkatesh, S.R. Mahesh, MLCs C.H. Vijayashankar, G. Madhusudan, Thontadarya, S. Chikkamadu, Siddaraju, Marithibbegowda, Sandesh Nagaraj, Prof. K.R. Mallikarjunappa, K.V. Narayanaswamy, Chairmen of Corporations and Boards, D. Devaraj Urs Truck Terminal Directors and other officers will be the chief guests on the occasion.

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Mysore takes a green leap

The city is a step closer to harnessing solar energy in a big way with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy approving the Mysore City Corporation's master plan for ‘solar cities' project.

An official communication on this is awaited. The project aims to promote renewable energy resources, thereby reducing dependence on conventional energy sources.

Sixty cities, including Mysore, Hubli and Dharwad, have been identified for the project. Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd. (KREDL) is providing technical support, while the MCC is the implementing agency in Mysore.

The primary objective is to minimise the demand for conventional energy by at least 10 per cent. The MCC is aiming at developing Mysore into a ‘solar city' by 2015.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2852345.ece

There will be a pub and disco attached to this.. Park hotels have the best discs and pubs in the cities they are present.. Park Chennai and Park Kolkata are judged to have the best of these in the respective cities.. :)

Whr is this project coming up???

^^near Reliance Trends / near Hotel Metropole (Hunsur Rd.)

Whr is this project coming up???

this building on Hunsur road

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Mysore takes a green leap

The city is a step closer to harnessing solar energy in a big way with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy approving the Mysore City Corporation's master plan for ‘solar cities' project. An official communication on this is awaited.

The project aims to promote renewable energy resources, thereby reducing dependence on conventional energy sources.

Sixty cities, including Mysore, Hubli and Dharwad, have been identified for the project.

Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd. (KREDL) is providing technical support for the project, while the MCC is the implementing agency in Mysore.

The primary objective is to minimise the demand for conventional energy by at least 10 per cent. The MCC is aiming at developing Mysore into a ‘solar city' by 2015 by encouraging sustainable energy options through public-private partnerships.

MCC Commissioner K.S. Raikar told The Hindu that the master plan prepared by a Mumbai-based consultant was approved on January 4. “We are awaiting official communication from the Ministry,” he added.

A ‘solar city cell' will be opened on the MCC premises to send the project proposals to the Ministry. The MCC has proposed to take up solar energy initiatives, such as solar lighting in offices, homes and on the streets with support from stakeholders.

“Preliminary discussion on six projects, which include harnessing solar energy to illuminate the Mysore palace, were over. In addition, we have plans to harness solar energy to meet the energy needs of prominent heritage buildings and government offices,” the commissioner said.

MODEL SOLAR CITY

Mr. Raikar said a proposal had been sent to the Ministry for selecting Mysore as the ‘model' solar city among the 60 cities.

Four cities will be selected as model and 10 as pilot. A model solar city was entitled for a grant of Rs. 9.5 crore. “This will help us take up smaller projects for which funding is done immediately,” he said. Mr. Raikar said the corporation had decided to take up at least 30 projects under the initiative.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article2851237.ece

Infosys Limited Mysore Building Awarded Highest LEED Rating

Kelly Dunst on 02 2, 2012


Infosys Limited has been awarded the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) India ‘Platinum’ rating by Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) for its Software Development Block 5 (SDB 5) in Mysore, India. This is the third Infosys building that has won a Platinum rating, taking the total Platinum certified building area at Infosys to 780,000 sq ft. LEED-India Green Building Rating System is a nationally and internationally accepted benchmark for design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.

Completed in March, 2011, the building is located in the Infosys Limited Special Economic Zone, Mysore. SDB 5 has been built keeping in mind a holistic approach to sustainability in five key areas, including – Sustainable site development, Water savings, Energy efficiency, Materials selection and Indoor environmental quality.

Key features of this Platinum rated building include:

Water Efficiency: There has been a 58% reduction in overall water consumption in the building through the use of efficient plumbing fixtures, plus only recycled water is used for irrigation.
Energy Efficiency: The building is 40% more efficient than the globally accepted ASHRAE standard and has the potential to save about 800,000 kgs of carbon emissions. This has been achieved through an efficient building envelope, which includes insulated walls and roof, along with spectrally selective double glazed windows which are appropriately shaded. Adding to that is the use of efficient equipment and smart automation leading to a 40% reduction in energy costs.
Lighting: 90% of this office space harvests natural light, reducing the need for artificial lighting during daytime. The design includes light shelves along all windows to ensure that the natural light travels as deep into the building as possible. This lighting design is 35% more efficient than ASHRAE standards. The contrasting brightness within the building has also been reduced by using light color surfaces and ceilings, thus reducing the strain on pupils, and as a result, employees are less tired.
Green Power: 100% energy consumption of this building is met with green power.
Efficient Material Selection and Management: For this project, Infosys has diverted construction waste from landfills. 10% of the total construction material used was recycled material including aluminum, glass and steel. 41% of the total project material by cost was manufactured regionally, thereby reducing pollution due to transportation.
Commenting on the certification, Mr. Ramadas Kamath, SVP – Administration, Infrastructure & Security at Infosys Limited said, “As we invest in our business and deliver value to our clients and employees, we are also focused on providing a sustainable environment for our employees and generations to come. We have achieved LEED Platinum certification for the SDB 5 in our Mysore campus based on an integrated green design and construction process. With each new LEED-certified building, we get one step closer to our vision of a sustainable future. We hope that our work in terms of innovative, forward-thinking construction projects becomes a model and catalyst for companies to pursue such projects in the future.”

http://www.vadvert.co.uk/business/21451-infosys-limited-mysore-building-awarded-highest-leed-rating.html

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Mysore Palace board to go paperless soon

MYSORE: With a huge number of its employees set to retire in a few years and to ensure that the lesser workforce does not affect its works, the Palace Board, which maintains the world-famous Mysore Palace, has decided to convert its office into a paperless office soon.
Presently, the Board is managing with just 97 employees instead of sanctioned strength of 114. Over 60 percent of its workforce are set to retire in the next 3-4 years.
“We are already undserstaffed and with more retirements in the near future the burden on the system will only increase. Hence we thought of going for computerisation of our office to ensure that the work is balanced even after the huge retirements,” Palace Board deputy director T S Subramanya informed Express.
He said computerisation of the office will bring in transparency in the Board. The development works will be updated into the computers at every stage, with the photographs so that higher officials can access it from anywhere and get back to the Board for any changes. He said the process has already started with the documents were being scanned and uploaded into the computers.
The palace that had planned to commission the Flab Barriers in view of the manual system, finding it difficult to deal with large crowds, has decided to drop the idea and continue with the old system. The Flab Barriers which could allow 15 persons in a minute were to be installed at the car passage where the tourists enter the palace after obtaining the tickets, and at three other places where seperate tickets are required for entry.

NEW TRUCK TERMINAL BUILT WITH ALL FACILITIES





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Transport Minister to inaugurate tomorrow

Mysore, Feb. 3- Much to the relief of lorry drivers, the new truck terminal constructed near Bandipalya on Mysore-Nanjangud Road aimed at avoiding wayward parking of trucks in city will be inaugurated tomorrow by Transport Minister R. Ashok, at a function to be presided by MLA M. Satyanarayana.

District In-Charge Minister S.A. Ramdas, Leader of the Opposition Siddharamaiah, MP A.H. Vishwanath, Devaraj Urs Truck Terminals Ltd. President M. Satish Reddy, MLC Sandesh Nagaraj, Karnataka Housing Board Chairman G.T. Devegowda and Mayor Pushpalatha Chikkanna will be present as chief guests at the function.

In the 1st phase, the new terminal is built on a 9.20 acre plot out of the allotted 16.2 acre plot to accommodate 96 trucks in four lanes of 24 each has been constructed by Karnataka State D.Devaraj Urs Truck Terminals Ltd. at an approximate cost of Rs. 12.67 crore.

The new terminal consists of 8 rooms for the offices of the agents, a large 50-bed rest room for drivers, bathing rooms, toilets besides a restaurant.

The terminal also has a petrol bunk, a weigh bridge and space has been proved for setting up of a automobile service station on one side. A piece of land has also been reserved for construction of 48 rooms for agents.

A Police outpost has been set up to keep a vigil on the trucks that arrive at the terminal.

Besides all the four parking lanes being well-illuminated, land for construction of three parks in the 2nd stage of works has also been reserved.

The authorities have also taken care to ensure that lorries would be parked in a manner which will not cause inconvenience to general public.

Guys any idea where exactly the proposed N2P2 park would be coming up?Admirer of Mysore any info?

^^
Location : Mysore
Extent : 14 Acres
Investment Opportunity : US $ 20 Million

Highlights
• M/s Ernst & Young appointed as PMC
• Spear-headed by Dr.Prakash, Director,CFTRI
• Project to be taken up on PPP Mode
• R & D facility to develop various nutrition and phyto pharmaceutical related products
• Incubation Centre and Private Cluster proposed
• To commence in CFTRI and to be shifted to an area of 100 acres close to Mysore
• LoI to be given to Developer on 3.6.2010

Source:- http://www.bangaloreitbt.in/kbits.html

Thanks yogendra any idea where exactly it is coming up in Mysore :)

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To commence in CFTRI and to be shifted to an area of 100 acres close to Mysore

i don't know abt 100acres

Hunt for talent gains pace

Mysore, Feb 3,2012, DHNS:
Going international

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With initiatives by Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) to encourage youth to take up cricket, the city can now be hopeful of producing talented players for the international-level, writes Manish
Reading poetry and watching cricket were the sum of my world and the two are not so far apart as many aesthetes might believe - Sir Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer.

To watch a ball struck from the blade of a batsman whiz through the green outfield or the bails being knocked off the stumps by an excellent delivery at the Gangothri Glades Stadium at Manasagangothri is sufficient enough to inspire youngsters to take up the game of cricket.

Pace bowler

However, in the recent past, youngsters from the city and neighbouring rural areas have failed to make a mark at the international scene. While Mysore has produced one of the best pace bowlers in the form of Javagal Srinath, who shouldered the responsibility of guiding the Indian fast bowling attack, it has been unable to produce any other exceptional cricketer.

Several former cricketers attribute this to the fading interest in youth as they progress from school towards college. Even though several cricket clubs and colleges in the city actively participate in league matches as well as inter-university tournaments, the results have been far from satisfactory.

According to sources at KSCA, the Karnataka State Cricket Academy (KSCA) has now planned to start a training academy in the city to encourage school and college students to take up cricket.
In addition to Mysore, the academy would be opened in Shimoga, Hubli and Bangalore in the first phase.

Openings academies at Raichur and Mangalore would be taken up in the second phase.
A visit to the Gangothri Glades Stadium in the city shows the preparations being made by KSCA staff. The stadium would have eight practise pitches including a concrete pitch. Work has begun on the project.

Turf wickets

Apart from the pitches at Gangothri Glades, turf wickets are being developed at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering and grounds at the Reserve Bank of India.

Also players can take the help of experienced trainers from Bangalore, who would visit the academy. The school-level tournament held last year threw-up quite a few talented players, with several of them impressing with their splendid performance.

While the state capital arguably enjoys the best of facilities, setting-up academies in various parts of the state including Mysore would help augment the quality and quantity of players.