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engineer.akash

May 1st, 2012, 07:39 PM

Summit expected to bring in investment of Rs. 6,000 crore

Making a point:FKCCI president J.R. Bangera (second from right) speaking to presspersons in Mysore on Monday.— PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM
The Mysore Region Business Development Summit expects to attract investment of Rs. 6,000 crore. Also, it is expected to generate nearly one lakh jobs in the region.

The business summit, which will be held on May 4 in the city, is being organised by the Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) and the Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), in association with other partners.

Already, 118 MoUs have been signed in the run-up to the summit which, the organisers claim, can generate 23,000 direct jobs, while the indirect employment generated can be up to three times more.

This was stated by FKCCI president J.R. Bangera, who pointed out that the summit would attract investments and public-private partnership projects to the region from the private sector.

Objective

Addressing presspersons here on Monday, Mr. Bangera said the objective of the summit was to provide a forum for the State government, private sector agencies in the areas of manufacturing sector, tourism, infrastructure and food processing to interact with investors and entrepreneurs. There was an immediate requirement of 1,342 acres of land to implement the signed MoUs.

The Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Authority was in possession of 1,680 acres, MCCI president Sudhakar Shetty said.

However, Mr. Bangera pointed out that in view of the steep increase in land prices, the FKCCI and other stakeholders had submitted a proposal to the government to make land available on rent-cum-lease basis for a period of 5 to 10 years.

Mysore was reckoned to have a better industrial base than Chamarajanagar, Mandya, Kodagu, Chikmagalur and Hassan.

These districts would receive special attention, he said. A preliminary meeting will be held between the investors, district-level leaders and local industrialists here on May 3.

The summit will be inaugurated by Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda.

s.yogendra

May 1st, 2012, 08:52 PM

State Bank of India installs cash deposit machine in Mysore

A cash deposit machine that will work round the clock has been installed at State Bank of India's main branch on New Sayyaji Rao Road here.

It is said to be the country's first round-the-clock cash deposit machine introduced by the bank.

Senior SBI officials said the launch was a step towards environment-friendly paperless banking. It was a convenient way of depositing cash without having to wait in queues, they said.

Businessman Subraya Baliga, a longstanding customer of the bank, launched the machine.

Senior SBI officers Krishna M. Trivedi, Neerja Nigam, Shrikant Katti and G.M. Gokaran were present.

According to SBI Mysore main branch, the maximum amount that could be deposited per transaction was Rs. 49,900 and the maximum number of notes acceptable per deposit was 200 with denominations of 100, 500 and 1,000.

Speaking to presspersons after the launch, Mr. Trivedi, general manager (network II), said the deposit machine was launched for the first time in the country.

Calling it a “green initiative”, Mr. Trivedi said the bank was planning to introduce cash deposit machines in other cities also.

A customer must possess an ATM card to deposit cash into the machine. The cash gets credited into the account instantaneously, and the machine issues a statement of deposit. There are simple steps to follow to deposit cash into the machine.http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article3371220.ece

s.yogendra

May 2nd, 2012, 07:01 PM

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s.yogendra

May 2nd, 2012, 07:02 PM

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s.yogendra

May 2nd, 2012, 07:04 PM

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s.yogendra

May 2nd, 2012, 07:05 PM

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engineer.akash

May 2nd, 2012, 07:08 PM

This is also one beautiful road of Mysore they must install better street lamps

engineer.akash

May 2nd, 2012, 08:54 PM

Mysore region development summit (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/246513/mysore-region-development-summit.html)

Mysore, May 2 2012, DHNS:
‘Mysore region business development summit- advantage Karnataka’ is organised on May 4 at Krishna Raja Wadiyar Hall of Senate Bhavan, said president of Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industries J R Bangera.

Addressing a press meet, he said, CM D V Sadananda Gowda would inaugurate, minister of large and medium scale industries Murgesh R Nirani, district in charge minister S A Ramdas, minister for small scale industries Narasimha Nayak would be guests for the event. Bangera said, Chamarajanagar, Chikamagalur, Hassan, Kodagu, Mandya and Mysore are districts included under Mysore region. Bangera said that out of the six districts, Mysore is better developed and other districts are agriculture based and need attention for industrial development.

The summit is organised to showcase potential of Mysore region for investment and development and motivate existing enterprises and attract investors to the region. “Issues faced by large, medium and small scale industries like land, banking, infrastructure, tourism, food processing, trade would be deliberated in the seminar,” he added.

Among 1500 industrialists to participate in the summit, Bangera said that more than 500 are new industrialists who would be participating.

s.yogendra

May 3rd, 2012, 04:48 AM

Assure us 20 seats, we’ll fly to Mysore: SpiceJet

If not, government will have to reimburse ticket cost

Six months after the ailing Kingfisher Airlines suspended its operation to Mysore, low-fare carrier SpiceJet Ltd has evinced interest in providing air connectivity to the City of Palaces from the State capital.

SpiceJet has come up with a proposal to offer one-stop connection to travellers from Mysore to three different destinations – Chennai, Hyderabad and Goa via Bangalore and vise versa.

The airline officials recently held the first round of talks with Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, who has shown interest to restore air connectivity to Mysore before 2012 edition of Dasara festivities.

The cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines, which launched its service to Mysore with fanfare in October 2010, abruptly suspended its daily flight to Mysore in November last year.

Kingfisher used to operate 62 or 72-seater flights on all seven days a week.

Conditions apply

SpiceJet has, however, laid down two major conditions to the State government to fulfill: first, it wants the government to guarantee 20 seats per flight and second, ensure that permission is accorded for night landing facility at the airport.

The company has said flight operation will become financially viable only if these conditions are fulfilled, Medical Education Minister S A Ramdas, who is also Mysore district in-charge Minister, said. “The airline wants a guarantee for minimum of 20 seats per day to make its operation financially viable. In other words, the government will have to reimburse the fare to the airline if the occupancy is less than 20 seats in a flight. For instance, if the occupancy is 15 seats in a flight, the government has to reimburse the fare for remaining five seats (fare amount). The company wants the government’s support in the form of guarantee only for the initial six months,” the Minister explained.

The estimated burden on the government on guarantee would be Rs 20 lakh. Spicejet has prepared a detailed proposal in this regard, and it will be presented before the chief minister shortly, Ramdas said.

As per the State Infrastructure Policy, airlines operating to tier-II cities in the State can avail special concession on aviation turbine fuel (ATF).

The government charges only 4 per cent sales tax on ATF airlines operating to these cities.

Officials skeptical

Officials in the State Infrastructure Development department are skeptical about the proposal being financially viable in the long run. Kingfisher Airlines could not sustain the operation due to poor air traffic. Most travellers prefer KSRTC air-conditioned bus service between Bangalore and Mysore to travelling by flight.

This is because travel time by road is less compared to air.

It requires almost two hours to reach the Bengaluru international airport from the City and board the flight, about 20 minutes of air travel and 20 minutes to reach the destination in Mysore.

But one can reach Mysore in about two-and-half-hours by road from Bangalore at much lesser cost. As a result, Kingfisher could not make profit, officials pointed out.http://www.deccanherald.com/content/246557/assure-us-20-seats-well.html

rahulsetia9

May 3rd, 2012, 06:44 AM

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rahulsetia9

May 3rd, 2012, 06:46 AM

i like the projects groping on in mysore

s.yogendra

May 3rd, 2012, 05:52 PM

Mini Vidhana Soudha, Mysore

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s.yogendra

May 3rd, 2012, 05:53 PM

Mini Vidhana Soudha, Mysore

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engineer.akash

May 3rd, 2012, 05:55 PM

^^very beautiful,but dome yelli? :cheers:

s.yogendra

May 3rd, 2012, 06:56 PM

Karnataka showcases Mysore region as MSME, tourism destination

The Department of Industries and Commerce in Karnataka is planning to showcase Mysore region as MSME and tourism destination.

“During the Global Investors Meet (GIM) road show both in India and Far East (Singapore and Japan) we got good responses to set up MSME units and tourism related investments,” said a senior department official.

“The department has got investments proposals to the tune of Rs 5,000 crore and MoUs will be signed during the global investors meet (GIM) to be held in June,” he added.

Only Mysore has a reasonably good amount of manufacturing share (16.1 per cent) in its district income.

The other five districts are basically agriculture based. Of the rest, Mandya and Hassan have relatively better manufacturing base.

Of these six districts, only Mysore district is relatively better developed and contributes 4.4 per cent to the state GSDP. The remaining five districts contribute 7.9 per cent to Karnataka GSDP.
Industrial base

According to industry department statistics, Mysore district has better industrial base, followed to some extent by Hassan and Mandya. The bulk of the large and medium industries, 42 out of 60, are in Mysore district, followed by seven units in Mandya and eight units in Hassan.

Even in the case of small-scale industrial (SSI) units, of the total 66,458 SSI units in the region (as on March 31), Mysore with 23,663 units (36 per cent), Mandya with 9,804 units (15 per cent) and Hassan with 12,099 (18 per cent) have a bulk share of about 70 per cent of the units in this region.

According to the Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) study, barring Chamrajanagar district, other five districts of the Mysore region consisting of Chikmagalur, Hassan, Kodagu, Mandya and Mysore have fair amount of industrial base.

Also the region is fairly well placed in the Human Development Index rankings.

However, there is wide variance in the development of these six districts.
Connectivity

Both roads, railway and air connectivity to the city has improved. Road connectivity between Mysore to Mangalore plays and important role as it connects to the port (New Mangalore Port) and for the development of industry and tourism in this region.

Railways – Track doubling works is expected to complete in 2012-13 and railway electrification surveys to be conducted this year (2012-13).

Mr J.R. Bangera, President, FKCCI, said “The most vital Mysore-Sampaje stretch road is completed. We urge the government to expedite the work on widening of Sampaje-Ghat section to Mani so that it is completed by end of June 2012.”

Mysore airport plays a major role in improving the tourist inflow in this region, along with adding value to the IT-BT and other industries.

“Government should negotiate with the service providers to start operating flights to the Mysore airport with smaller aircraft,” said Mr Bangera. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/economy/article3380944.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home

s.yogendra

May 3rd, 2012, 07:07 PM

SV Regency update

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s.yogendra

May 3rd, 2012, 07:08 PM

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engineer.akash

May 3rd, 2012, 08:13 PM

Mysore region business summit targets big audience

A one-day Mysore Region Business Development Summit tomorrow is hoping to attract massive investments to the Mysore region.

The summit expects to attract investments of Rs 6,000 crore and generate about 100,000 jobs in the region.

To be inaugurated by Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, the summit aiming to showcase investment opportunities in the region, is being organised jointly by the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FKCCI) and its arm Mysore Chamber of Commerce & Industry, in association with the Karnataka government.
Among others, Large & Medium Scale Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani and Small Scale Industries Minister Narasimha Nayak (Raju Goud) will also participate.

A spate of MoUs are expected to be signed at the event. Already, 108 MoUs have been initiated for the summit, with the hopes of generating 23,000 direct jobs.

This will be followed by presentations on tourism with a special focus on Mysore zone, infrastructure connectivity, food processing and trade, and IT, BT and banking. A presentation on overview of industrial development and present issues will also be made to showcase the potential of investment opportunities in the region.

While Mysore is witnessing better development in the zone, the rest of the districts are agri-based and need attention for industrial development, Bangera said.

The presentations will be made, according to the organisers, by Tourism Department Principal Secretary G Latha Krishna Rao, Infrastructure Development Secretary Rajkumar Khatri, Agriculture Department Additional Secretary Vasanth Kumar, Infosys Education & Research Senior Lead Principal K S Sundar and Industries Commissioner M Maheshwara Rao.

Besides investments, the summit will attract public-private partnership projects too, according to FKCCI President J R Bangera.

Highlighting the facilities available for investors, he said the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board had 1,680 acres for industry purposes, while the immediate requirements for the projects for which MoU have been signed and listed for the summit was around 1,342 acres.

In view of the sky-rocketing land prices, the government had been asked to effect a policy change to make land available on a rent-cum-lease basis over five to 10 years to help investors.

A special thrust is on tourism as Mysore has abundant opportunities in the sector as it is a tourist-centric city by itself, apart from tourist potential the region had.

As the tourist inflow is rising year-on-year, opportunities were immense in tourism-related infrastructure development.

The organisers expect around 1,500 industrialists to part in the summit, of whom over 500 are new industrialists.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/mysore-region-business-summit-targets-big-audience/473322/

engineer.akash

May 3rd, 2012, 08:17 PM

Mysore ZIM hopes for Rs 10k cr investment
(http://www.deccanherald.com/content/246777/mysore-zim-hopes-rs-10k.html)
Mysore, May 3 2012, DHNS:
Brights days are ahead for the city and its entrepreneurs with Mysore Zone Investors Meet, to be held at Senate Bhavan on Friday, anticipating a whopping Rs 10,000 crore investment.

The event, organised by Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Mysore would be inaugurated at 4 pm on Friday, at Manasagangotri campus by Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda. Minister for Industries Murugesh Nirani, Small Industries Minister Narasimha Naik (Rajoo Gowda) and district incharge minister S A Ramdas would be present on the occasion. Speaking to Deccan Herald, Chamber President Sudhakar Shetty said the meet has been planned to encourage budding entrepreneurs from cities such as Mysore, Mandya, Kodagu, Hassan, Chamarajanagar and Chikmagalur.

About 1413 investors have come forward to enter a memorandum of understanding with Rs 6212 crore investment planned. Investors have evinced interest in areas such as production, tourism, farming, agriculture and horticulture. Organisers have anticipated an additional Rs 4000 crore to flow in during the day. MoUs can be entered through the day, till about 4 pm. About 164 areas of investment have been planned for the district. About 14 in the field of tourism, six in education, about three for basic infrastructure, two in entertainment sector, eight in health, 18 in agriculture and horticulture, and 12 others.

About 227 units are expected to begin work as soon as possible. Investors have evinced interest in setting up manufacturing units in Mandya (530 units), Hassan (214), Kodagu (3), Chamarajanagar (282), Chikmagalur (157) districts.

“This meet will create jobs for 24,400 people, with industrial land up to 1,790 acres kept ready for them. Investors will also be provided with 7.5 mega watt electricity and three mgd water that’s necessary for the operations,” Shetty said.

engineer.akash

May 3rd, 2012, 08:20 PM

N2P2 Park is what I am interested in.Any updates? With DFRL,CFTRI Mysore is already a Food R&D hub.I want more private industries to come up in this area.

engineer.akash

May 3rd, 2012, 09:00 PM

CM to flag off various works in city today (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/246786/cm-flag-off-various-works.html)

Mysore, May 3 2012, DHNS:

Prasada, ticket counters will open outside temple atop hill
During his visit to the city on Friday, chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda will flag off works close to Rs 15.19 crore, said district in-charge minister S A Ramdas here on Thursday.

Addressing media persons, minister Ramdas said works which have been taken up by district administration, Zilla Panchayat and Mysore City Corporation would be flagged off at 8.30 am at Chamundi Hill on Friday.

Foundation stone will be laid for drinking water facility meant for residents of the Chamundi Hill, apart from devotees and tourists, estimated to be set up at a cost of Rs 66.50 lakh.

“There were about 800 illegal water connections that were existing here. Hence, the drinking water management has been brought under Karnataka Water Supply and Sewerage Board, from the existing grama panchayat. A separate tank would be constructed for the temple,” he added.

Works planned for the development of Sri Chamundeshwari Temple are close to Rs 1.49 crore, and all these would be launched on Friday.

Development of Kaisale, Devikere, and steps leading to temple from Devikere, new ticket counter and prasada counter at the temple, Dasoha Bhavan at a cost of Rs 80.5 lakh at Uttanahalli, and others would be flagged off.

Counters which right now exist within the temple, such as prasada and tickets, would be built outside for the convenience of devotees and visitors.

Owners to part with land

Land owners, who own plots on top of the hill, have agreed to part with nearly eight and half acres of land to create infrastructure such as commercial complex, parking, and other facilities.

They would be compensated as per the rules of the government. This arrangement will help curb roadside vending which is thriving right now, the minister said.

Renovated

Abdul Nazeer Sab auditorium in the premises of Zilla Panchayat has been renovated at a cost of Rs 61.50 lakh and this would be inaugurated by the chief minister, said Ramdas.

Ground breaking ceremony would be held for library that has been planned to come up in the premises of People’s Park at a cost of Rs 4.08 crore, and Nishad Bagh Park which has been renovated at a cost of Rs 1.07 lakh — drawn from Chief Minister’s Special Funds.

Rejuvenation

Lakes in and around Mysore would be rejuvenated at an estimated cost of Rs 2.73 crore with Rs 1.23 crore earmarked for Karanji Lake, One crore for Devikere, Rs 25 lakh for Alanahalli Kere, and Rs 25 lakh for Nadanahalli Kere.

Chamundi Vihar

With an international standard swimming pool being planned at Chamundi Vihar Sports Complex, Rs 80 lakh has been released in first installment along with Rs 35 lakh has been released for sports building to be constructed.

Tender process has been completed to complete the works of laying astro turf for hockey grounds, with MUDA fully supporting the works. Tender process has also been completed for wooden flooring of the indoor stadium. Deputy Commissioner P S Vastrad, Zilla Panchayat CEO G Satyavathi, Additional Deputy Commissioner Naganaik and Mysore Chamber of Industries and Commerce Chairman Sudhakar Shetty were present at the press meet.

DV Sadananda gowda is proving good for Mysore than BS Yeddyurappa.Lot of works have taken off under DV Sadananda gowda's tenure in mysore.

s.yogendra

May 4th, 2012, 06:33 AM

No decision yet on resumption of commercial flights

Authorities hopeful of a breakthrough in a fortnight

A stakeholders' meeting on Thursday on resumption of commercial flights from Mysore was inconclusive, though the authorities expressed confidence of a “breakthrough” in a fortnight.

It was part of the ongoing process to restart commercial flight operations from Mysore airport following suspension of Kingfisher's daily service more than six months ago.

Members of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mysore chapter, representatives of the Airport Authority of India (AAI), and a representative of Jet Airways were present. CII representative Biswajit Mitra made a presentation on the potential of Mysore and pointed out that nearly 20,000 passengers, most of them tourists, patronised the service when it was in vogue for a year.

Kingfisher offered a no-frills flight connecting Mysore and Chennai via Bangalore.

For many passengers, it provided connectivity to other cities from Bangalore. However, the timing of the flight, which used to depart from Mysore at 1.10 p.m., was perceived to be odd and was not welcomed by industrialists.

The CII has suggested introduction of three early morning flights (between 5.15 a.m. and 5.50 a.m.) from Mysore to reach Bangalore by 6.15 a.m. This, according to the CII, would help passengers get more connecting flights to Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata.

Later, U. Harish Shenoy, General Manager, (Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh), Jet Airways, told presspersons: “I have heard the suggestions of stakeholders and will come back to them soon.”

Deputy Commissioner P.S. Vastrad, said: “No concrete decision has been taken. Wait for another 15 days”.

Mr. Mitra also exuded confidence of a breakthrough in a fortnight.http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3382415.ece

s.yogendra

May 4th, 2012, 06:34 AM

Sadananda to launch works today

A slew of development works to shore up infrastructure in the city and boost tourism will be launched by Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda here on Friday.

This includes a special package for conservation of the Chamundeshwari temple and its precincts taken up at a cost of Rs. 1.49 crore, and a new drinking water project ( Rs. 65.5 lakh) for the benefit of 450 families comprising about 2,000 people atop Chamundi Hills.

The steps leading to Devi Kere on Chamundi Hills will be embellished, while a new counter for distribution of prasada and tickets to pilgrims will be constructed. The local community on Chamundi Hills has voluntarily surrendered nearly eight acres, which will be purchased at the prevailing market rate to rehabilitate the hawkers and vendors dealing in puja items.

Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Minister in charge of Mysore district S.A. Ramdas said the auditorium on the Mysore Zilla Panchayat premises — renovated at a cost of Rs. 61.5 lakh — would also be opened by the Chief Minister. Mr. Gowda would be in the city to inaugurate the regional-level business development summit being organised by the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), and he would lay the foundation stone for a swimming pool to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 3.25 crore in the city. Works would commence on the sports complex coming up at a cost of Rs. 99 lakh at the Chamundi Vihar Stadium, said Mr. Ramdas. The laying of a synthetic surface at the hockey grounds in Mysore — a long-pending demand of sportspersons — would be taken up, Mr. Ramdas said. The work is being implemented by the Mysore Urban Development Authority , for which Rs. 2.96 crore had been earmarked. The Chamundi Vihar Indoor Stadium would be paved with a wooden surface for Rs. 86.83 lakh with funding from MUDA.

The foundation would be laid for a library at the People's Park for Rs. 4.08 crore, while a new library constructed at Vivekananda Nagar for Rs. 30 lakh would be inaugurated.

The restoration and embellishment of Nishad Bagh in the heart of the city would be taken up at a cost of Rs. 1.07 crore under the Chief Minister's special component scheme.

In addition, Karanji Kere, Devi Kere, Alanahalli Kere and Nadanahalli Kere would be rejuvenated at a cost of Rs. 2.73 crore, according to Mr. Ramdas.http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3382861.ece

engineer.akash

May 4th, 2012, 09:06 AM

Mysore born entrepreneur's company SPI honoured in US

Bangalore, May 3: Mysore born entrepreneur Sid Mookerji made the Indians proud as his company - Software Paradigms International (SPI) has been honoured in the US. The company has been named in the list holding names of 50 fastest growing companies in Atlanta, US.

Mr Mookerji's company is honoured by Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2012 Pacesetter Awards. The organisation recognises the 50 fastest growing privately held Metro Atlanta companies capable of "taking business to the next level."

Based on its significant revenue and staff expansion in recent years, SPI grabbed the 20th position in the list showing names of total 50 companies. However, it is not easy for the companies to be noticed and nominated by Atlanta Business Chronicle.

To be considered for the Pacesetter Awards list, nominees must have been established in the first quarter of 2009 or earlier, experienced sales growth of more than 50 percent between 2009 and 2011, and achieved between $1-300 million in revenue in 2011.

After being nominated, Mr Mookerji said, "We are honored to be ranked among Atlanta’s leading companies in this year’s Pacesetter Awards, and we look forward to building on our recent growth by continuing to provide exceptional solutions and services that help our customers overcome their greatest retail challenges."

Discussing about the present situations of IT companies and competition in the market, Mr Mookerji also claimed, "As more retailers today face limited IT budgets, it is more critical than ever for these businesses to find the right retail partners to maximize their IT investments and scale with their evolving needs."

engineer.akash

May 4th, 2012, 09:08 AM

Narayana Hrudayalaya plans to set up 100 low-cost hospitals (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/economy/article3380488.ece)

The low-cost hospitals will add 30,000 beds in five years. The company will invest Rs 25-30 crore on each of these hospitals, using prefabricated construction materials. “The first such hospital is being built by L&T in Mysore. We want to prove that a state-of-the-art, 300-bed multi-speciality hospital can be built for $6 million to $7 million (Rs 35 crore) as against estimates of $25 million,” Dr Devi Shetty, Chairman, said here on Thursday.

engineer.akash

May 4th, 2012, 09:10 AM

INNOVATION AWARD FOR SKANRAY

Mysore, May 3- Skanray Technologies Pvt. Ltd. won an award for innovation in polymeric products at the 2nd National Awards ceremony for technology innovation in various fields of petrochemical and downstream plastics processing industry held in New Delhi recently. The award is instituted by Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilisers, Govt. of India.

Skanray Technologies won the award for developing 'Use of Engineering Plastics for Diagnostic X-ray equipment.'

Balasubramanian, Director & CTO, Skanray Technologies, received the award from K. Jose Cyriac, Secretary, Dept. of Chemicals & Petrochemicals.

Skanray was founded in 2007 by a team of reputed engineering and business professionals with decades of experience in industrial and medical devices sectors and having global exposure. Skanray moved into its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Hebbal, Mysore and commenced commercial business in 2011.

Congrats Mr Kamath

s.yogendra

May 4th, 2012, 10:07 AM

Mysore region business summit targets big audience

A one-day Mysore Region Business Development Summit tomorrow is hoping to attract massive investments to the Mysore region.

The summit expects to attract investments of Rs 6,000 crore and generate about 100,000 jobs in the region.

To be inaugurated by Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, the summit aiming to showcase investment opportunities in the region, is being organised jointly by the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FKCCI) and its arm Mysore Chamber of Commerce & Industry, in association with the Karnataka government.

Among others, Large & Medium Scale Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani and Small Scale Industries Minister Narasimha Nayak (Raju Goud) will also participate.

A spate of MoUs are expected to be signed at the event. Already, 108 MoUs have been initiated for the summit, with the hopes of generating 23,000 direct jobs.

This will be followed by presentations on tourism with a special focus on Mysore zone, infrastructure connectivity, food processing and trade, and IT, BT and banking. A presentation on overview of industrial development and present issues will also be made to showcase the potential of investment opportunities in the region.

While Mysore is witnessing better development in the zone, the rest of the districts are agri-based and need attention for industrial development, Bangera said.

The presentations will be made, according to the organisers, by Tourism Department Principal Secretary G Latha Krishna Rao, Infrastructure Development Secretary Rajkumar Khatri, Agriculture Department Additional Secretary Vasanth Kumar, Infosys Education & Research Senior Lead Principal K S Sundar and Industries Commissioner M Maheshwara Rao.

Besides investments, the summit will attract public-private partnership projects too, according to FKCCI President J R Bangera.

Highlighting the facilities available for investors, he said the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board had 1,680 acres for industry purposes, while the immediate requirements for the projects for which MoU have been signed and listed for the summit was around 1,342 acres.

In view of the sky-rocketing land prices, the government had been asked to effect a policy change to make land available on a rent-cum-lease basis over five to 10 years to help investors.

A special thrust is on tourism as Mysore has abundant opportunities in the sector as it is a tourist-centric city by itself, apart from tourist potential the region had.

As the tourist inflow is rising year-on-year, opportunities were immense in tourism-related infrastructure development.

The organisers expect around 1,500 industrialists to part in the summit, of whom over 500 are new industrialists.http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/mysore-region-business-summit-targets-big-audience/473322/

engineer.akash

May 4th, 2012, 01:31 PM

CM OPENS ZONAL INVESTORS MEET

http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=32058&type=news
Announces bonanza for Mysore district

Caption: Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda lighting the lamp to inaugurate the Mysore Zonal Investors Meet at the Senate Bhavan in Manasagangotri this morning. Others seen are District in-charge Minister S.A. Ramdas, FKCCI President J.R. Bangera, MCCI President Sudhakar S. Shetty, Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani, Opposition leader Siddharamaiah, Mayor Rajeshwari Puttaswamy and MLA H.S. Shankaralingegowda. Picture right shows officials of the district administration and industrialists of MCCI, Mysore Zone.

Mysore, May 4- Announcing a bonanza of gifts for Mysore district, Chief Minister D.V.Sadananda Gowda today said that establishment of an International Convention Centre on a plot of 35.32 acres land on T.Narsipura Road would be among many plans to develop Mysore as an industrial hub.

He was speaking after inaugurating the Mysore Zonal Investors Meet-2012 with the theme "Mysore Region Business Development Summit- Advantage Karnataka," jointly organised by the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), Bangalore, Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Mysore and the Department of Industries and Commerce, at Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Hall of Senate Bhavan in Manasagangotri in city.

Announcing a series of schemes for developing Mysore as a Two-tier city, Sadananda Gowda said that the trade licence fee would be reduced by 50% apart from giving priority for setting up of a Pharma Park, upgradation of Mangalore-Mysore Road, Hassan-Mangalore Road, establishment of a Film City, steps to provide air connectivity and construction of an international-level cricket stadium.

The CM also announced that Mysore will celebrate this year as 'Tourism and Industrial Year.'

More than 1,000 industrialists of MCCI-Mysore Zone comprising Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Mandya, Hassan, Chikkamagalur and Kodagu districts are attending the meet.

GIM: Elaborating on the proposed Global Investors Meet (GIM) to be held in Bangalore next month, Sadananda Gowda said that a total investment of Rs. 6 lakh crore would be attracted during the GIM as compared to Rs. 4 lakh crore during 2010.

The CM also declared that the government was committed to provide necessary infrastructure like water, power, land and other facilities for development of industries in Karnataka.

Small Scale Industries Minister Narasimha Nayak (Raju Gowda), legislators Tanveer Sait, M. Sathyanarayana, C.H. Vijayashankar, Thontadarya and Prof. K.R. Mallikarjunappa, ZP President Sunitha Veerappa Gowda, Deputy Mayor Mahadevappa were among those present.

engineer.akash

May 4th, 2012, 01:31 PM

MYSORE-B'LORE BULLET TRAIN: ACTION PLAN TO CENTRE IN 3 MONTHS

Mysore, May 4- Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda today announced that the action plan for Mysore-Bangalore 'Bullet Train' will be submitted to the Centre within three months.

Briefing newspersons on his arrival at Lalitha Mahal helipad here this morning, the CM said that Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath, evincing keen interest on launching Mysore-Bangalore Bullet Train in response to the State's plea, had asked the State to submit an action plan in this regard.

The State is getting ready to submit the report as this ambitious project, apart from drastically reducing the travel time between the two major cities, will boost tourism and industrial investments in Mysore region, the CM remarked.

Road Show: Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani had held road shows in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore etc., for attracting investors to the State, while he himself had extensively campaigned in Bombay and New Delhi, Sadananda Gowda said while assuring that the State was ready to provide all necessary infrastructure for industrial growth.

Paper project will never take off :ohno:

engineer.akash

May 4th, 2012, 01:32 PM

CM LAUNCHES DEVELOPMENTAL WORKS ATOP CH. HILL

Mysore, May 4- Chief Minister D.V.Sadananda Gowda, who is on his 14th visit to the city during his nine-month- old tenure, launched several developmental works atop Chamundi Hill this morning at an estimated cost of about Rs. 16 crore in a bid to bring back the glory of the 700-year-old Chamundeshwari Temple, the presiding deity of Mysore.

The project for supplying drinking water to 450 families located atop the Hill and thousands of tourists at a cost of Rs. 66.5 lakh was among many of the developmental projects. Other projects include construction of an office, ticket counter, prasadam store, development of Devikere and construction of Kalyana Mantap in Uttanahalli.

Speaking on the occasion, Sadananda Gowda said that development of Mysore as an industrial hub besides being a centre of excellence for culture and tradition was his motto and added that any proposal for developing Mysore in any sphere would be given top priority.

District In-Charge Minister S.A.Ramdas, who also spoke, said that development of tourism in six districts of Mysore, Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu, Hassan and Chikkamagalur would be given impetus by the government.

MLA M. Sathyanarayana presided over the function in which almost all legislators of the district, Presidents and Chairmen of Boards and Corporations and senior officials of many departments were present.

Abdul Nazir Saab Auditorium: Besides inaugurating the renovated Abdul Nazir Saab Auditorium at a cost of Rs. 61.5 lakh in the Mysore ZP office premises, the Chief Minister also laid foundation for the construction of Rs. 99 lakh Sports Hostel and construction of an International standard swimming pool at the Chamundi Vihar Sports Complex at a cost of Rs. 325 lakh, sponsored by the Dept. of Youth Services and Sports. The contract works of the two projects has been authorised to Nirmithi Kendra and TVS Company.

s.yogendra

May 4th, 2012, 06:15 PM

some of the projects announced by CM today

International Convention Centre at 35acre in MYS TNpura road
International Cricket stadium & sports complex
4 lane Mysore Nanjangud
Bullet train between MYS-SBC-MAS
Film City in PPP model
Hassan Mangalore Road to have tunnels
JSS to invest 250cr on Ayurveda Park
celebrate this year as "Tourism Year"
etc...

s.yogendra

May 4th, 2012, 07:41 PM

Dhanvantri Road

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engineer.akash

May 4th, 2012, 07:44 PM

Nice pic yogendra,when are they going to widen it? Tenders are up already.

s.yogendra

May 4th, 2012, 07:51 PM

Irwin Road

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s.yogendra

May 4th, 2012, 07:59 PM

Irwin Road

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s.yogendra

May 4th, 2012, 08:06 PM

Irwin Road

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s.yogendra

May 4th, 2012, 08:13 PM

Nazarbad, Mysore

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s.yogendra

May 5th, 2012, 06:07 AM

Mysore will be developed into a major industrial hub, says Sadananda Gowda

The State government will lay emphasis on developing Mysore city not just as an acclaimed tourist centre but also as a major industrial hub of the State, Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda has said.

He was inaugurating and laying foundation stones for a series of development works at the Chamundi Hills on Friday after offering puja to the deity.

The State government had decided to focus on the development of tier-II cities such as Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli-Dharwad and Belgaum by developing industries there, Mr. Gowda said, adding that this would also decongest Bangalore city.

The government was looking at resuming flights to Mysore from other destinations, he said.

As an industrial hub

People already knew Mysore as a tourist spot, but they should also recognise the city as an industrial hub, Mr. Gowda said. Mysore had abundant space, water, electricity and other basic requirements to develop industries.

About 2,000 acres was currently available while another 1,500 acres was in the process of being notified, he said.

Works

A special package was inaugurated for preserving the Sri Chamundeshwari temple and its surroundings taken up at a cost of Rs. 1.49 crore, foundation stone was laid for a swimming pool (Rs. 3.25 crore), a sports complex (Rs. 99 lakh) and a synthetic turf for hockey (Rs. 2.96 crore) at the Chamundi Vihar Stadium.

Foundation stone was also laid for the construction of a library at the People's Park at a cost of Rs. 4.08 crore. Rejuvenation of the Daivikere near the temple, Karanji lake, Alanahalli tank and Nadanahalli tank would be taken up at a cost of Rs. 2.73 crore.

The Chief Minister, following a request from Mysore district in-charge Minister S.A. Ramdas, said the government would consider the proposal to constitute a regional authority for tourism, heritage, exhibition and nada habba (THEN) in Mysore.

Chief Minster inaugurates, lays foundation stones for development works at Chamundi Hills

‘Mysore has abundant space, water, electricity and other requirements for industries'http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3386542.ece

s.yogendra

May 5th, 2012, 06:15 AM

CM doles out goodies for Mysore district

DVS at MyZIM: High speed bullet train between Mysore & Chennai may be reality soon

During his visit to the heritage city, where he flagged off a slew of developmental works and announced important projects for the economic progress of the district, chief minister Sadananda Gowda inaugurated the Mysore Zonal Investors Meet (MyZIM), held at Senate Bhavan of the University of Mysore on Friday.

Addressing the participants at MyZIM here, CM Sadananda Gowda said the high-speed bullet train service proposed between Chennai and Bangalore will be extended up to Mysore.

“With this, the journey between Mysore and Bangalore will be a matter of minutes, and not hours as it stands now. This is being done to improve connectivity between the two cities and add pace to the industrial growth in the region,” he said.

He also hinted that the work for the project could well begin in December, this year.

Promising that the work will be done at a fast pace, to aid the project take off faster, and not be caught in the bureaucratic hurdles, Sadananda Gowda said the preliminary work relating to the project will be finalised in three months.

“Having decided on the design during these three months, the state government will formally submit a project report to the Centre, vouching its full support to the bullet train project. And, since we have already got feelers from the Central government that they are also in favour of this, work will be taken up on war footing,” said Gowda.

Revealing that the issue has been discussed with Union minister for urban development Kamal Nath, who has responded in a positive manner to the concept, a report would be tabled at the Centre,” he said.

Plans for tier II cities

Further, elaborating on the plans that the state government was drawing up to add momentum to economic progress of tier II cities, showcasing potential areas of growth, CM said a draft plan for Mysore was already prepared and this would be shared at Global Investors Meet.

“Bangalore, the capital city of the state, is bursting at the seams with development, since many businesses continue to thrive there. It is now time that we shared the progress with other parts of state as well, especially to Tier II cities, than holding everything up in capital alone,” he added.

With plans of economic progress on the radar, Gowda said infrastructure in all parts of the state would receive a boost with improved infrastructure as well. “As far as infrastructure is concerned, port connectivity between Mysore to Mangalore, a four-lane highway connecting Mysore and Nanjangud, facelift to Hassan-Mangalore highway are at various stages of completion. This apart, a 40 km underground tunnel has been proposed along the Hassan-Mangalore route to tackle the problem that crops up with frequent landslides in ghat sections around Sakleshpur,” he added.

Stating that Mysore division contributed nearly 12 per cent of the state GDP, the government has set a target to take it to 20 per cent through industrial development, which is imperative now, he also extended invitation to investors and entrepreneurs to participate in the Global Investors Meet (GIM) scheduled to be held in Bangalore on June 7 and 8.

Minister for large and medium scale industries Murugesh Nirani and other elected representatives were also present.

Skyrocketing land prices

On this occasion, representing the industrial sector, J R Bangera, president, Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) spoke and mentioned about the land price in the state which was skyrocketing. “This is impeding new investors. It would be a good idea for the government to consider a proposal seeking land allotment on rent or a lease basis for 33 years to encourage growth,” he said.

President of the Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) Sudhakar Shetty sought abolition of entry tax for tourist vehicles entering city from other states, so as to encourage tourism sector and hoped the government would work on establishing industrial township authority tier II cities, including Mysore.

The Meet was organised by the FKCCI, MCCI and the department of industries and commerce. About 400 entrepreneurs and potential investors participated. The organisers said MoUs committing an investment to the tune of Rs.10,500 crore had been signed, to generate over 51,000 jobs in the district and surrounding districts.

Film city in district

Announcing that a film city would soon come up in the city, which carries great tourism potential, chief minister Sadananda Gowda said Mysore district and surrounding areas were big on manufacturing and agro-based industries.

This apart, an international-standard convention centre would soon come up on 35.2 acres of land on Mysore-T Narsipur road.

The city’s potential also provided for planning an Ayurveda City, creating an image of district being destination for health tourism. A pharmaceutical park would also be in the offing, he said.http://www.deccanherald.com/content/247030/cm-doles-goodies-mysore-district.html

s.yogendra

May 5th, 2012, 06:17 AM

‘Mysore to be industrial hub’

Emphasising that the government was bent upon creating ‘Brand Mysore’ by making it into an industrial hub, CM Sadananda Gowda said this would be done along with creating better infrastructure for tourism.

He was speaking after launching various works for rejuvenation of lakes at Chamundi Hill, taken up jointly by district administration, zilla panchayat and Mysore City Corporation here on Friday.

“Mysore has the perfect ambience for industrial development. Land and basic infrastructure is aplenty in the city. About 2,000 acres of land is readily available and steps are being taken to acquire another 2,000 acres. With Mysore growing as an industrial hub, jobs would be created in thousands,” he said.

Stating that with tier II cities progressing economically, the state would definitely benefit in the long run. “We are for all cities achieving industrial progress, taking focus away from Bangalore to help create opportunities in other cities,” he said.

Revealing that district in-charge minister Ramdas had sought a regional authority for Mysore, the CM said though it cannot be denied, it cannot be done with immediate effect.

“The city would soon connected through air again. The district administration and state government are discussing with airline companies and this would be materialised soon,” he added.

“The government has come up with an innovative plan to rejuvenate lakes and ponds. Stress is on conserving groundwater table and create better facilities to maintain water bodies,” he added. District in-charge minister S A Ramdas said about 32 lakh tourists visited Chamundi Hill last year and it is a major tourism centre in the state.

“We will restore its original glory, which the hill possessed 700 years ago. All shops and hotels atop the hill would be shifted to a commercial complex planned to be built on eight acres of land which has been recently acquired. Drinking water facilities for both residents, villagers and visitors would be created. Devikere, situated on the hill would be developed,” he added.

The chief minister also launched works relating to a huge library, estimated to be built at a cost of Rs 4.08 crore, with Vivekananda Library being inaugurated on the day. Music fountain would start functioning again at Nishad Bagh, after the works are completed.

“A Regional Authority would be of great help with six districts coming under this, including Mysore. This will facilitate showcasing culture and heritage at global level,” Ramdas said, adding Nanjangud temple had obtained ISO certificate and this had slotted it alongside 10 most popular temples in the country.

Landowners who have parted with eight acres of land for construction of complex atop the hill were felicitated on the occasion. Ministers Murugesh Nirani, Raju Gowda, Revu Naik Belamagi, MLCs Thontadarya, Mallikarjunappa, MLA Satyanarayana, mayor M C Rajeshwari, ZP president Suneetha Veerappagowda, DC P S Vastrad, MUDA chairman Nagendra, regional commissioner Jayanthi and others were present on the occasion. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/247025/mysore-industrial-hub.html

engineer.akash

May 5th, 2012, 08:29 AM

Karnataka bullet train plan put on fast track (http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_karnataka-bullet-train-plan-put-on-fast-track_1684722)

Close on the heels of the proposed bullet train between Thiruvananthapuram and Mangalore by the Southern Railway, chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda has assured that the state’s first inter-city bullet train will run between Mysore and Bangalore.

The proposal will be ready in less than three months and sent to the Union urban development ministry, he added.
Briefing presspersons on Friday at the helipad on his arrival at the city, Gowda said “I have met union urban development minister Kamal Nath, who was enthusiastic about the plan and wanted the proposal be sent to him in three months.

The technical details were being already worked out and the Mysore-Bangalore railway corridor was stable to take high speed railway traffic. The bullet train will lessen the travel time between the two cities by more than half,” he said.

“The train will improve not just the commutation speed, but boost tourism and urban development. However, many things have to be worked out, like the technical feasibility, funding, availability of land and other aspects. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has been asked to prepare a feasibility report,” he said.

Gowda also said that “efforts were on to make Mysore the best tier II city in the state. Road connectivity to the city from Bangalore, Hassan and Mangalore was also being improved into four-lane highways. This will boost the chances of industrial and commercial interests of the city. I have already campaigned for the industrial growth of the state in Delhi and Mumbai, inviting entrepreneurs there to set up units in Mysore.”

The chief minister asserted that, contrary to what some say, the city was not short of power, water and land for industrial development. “In times to come we will show to the world that Karnataka is the best industrial investment destination in the country,” Gowda said.

2030

engineer.akash

May 5th, 2012, 08:33 AM

CM doles out goodies for Mysore district (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/247030/cm-doles-goodies-mysore-district.html)

Mysore, May 4 2012, DHNS:
DVS at MyZIM: High speed bullet train between Mysore & Chennai may be reality soon
During his visit to the heritage city, where he flagged off a slew of developmental works and announced important projects for the economic progress of the district, chief minister Sadananda Gowda inaugurated the Mysore Zonal Investors Meet (MyZIM), held at Senate Bhavan of the University of Mysore on Friday.

Addressing the participants at MyZIM here, CM Sadananda Gowda said the high-speed bullet train service proposed between Chennai and Bangalore will be extended up to Mysore.

“With this, the journey between Mysore and Bangalore will be a matter of minutes, and not hours as it stands now. This is being done to improve connectivity between the two cities and add pace to the industrial growth in the region,” he said.

He also hinted that the work for the project could well begin in December, this year.
:lol:
Promising that the work will be done at a fast pace, to aid the project take off faster, and not be caught in the bureaucratic hurdles, Sadananda Gowda said the preliminary work relating to the project will be finalised in three months.

“Having decided on the design during these three months, the state government will formally submit a project report to the Centre, vouching its full support to the bullet train project. And, since we have already got feelers from the Central government that they are also in favour of this, work will be taken up on war footing,” said Gowda.

Revealing that the issue has been discussed with Union minister for urban development Kamal Nath, who has responded in a positive manner to the concept, a report would be tabled at the Centre,” he said.

Plans for tier II cities

Further, elaborating on the plans that the state government was drawing up to add momentum to economic progress of tier II cities, showcasing potential areas of growth, CM said a draft plan for Mysore was already prepared and this would be shared at Global Investors Meet.

“Bangalore, the capital city of the state, is bursting at the seams with development, since many businesses continue to thrive there. It is now time that we shared the progress with other parts of state as well, especially to Tier II cities, than holding everything up in capital alone,” he added.

With plans of economic progress on the radar, Gowda said infrastructure in all parts of the state would receive a boost with improved infrastructure as well. “As far as infrastructure is concerned, port connectivity between Mysore to Mangalore, a four-lane highway connecting Mysore and Nanjangud, facelift to Hassan-Mangalore highway are at various stages of completion. This apart, a 40 km underground tunnel has been proposed along the Hassan-Mangalore route to tackle the problem that crops up with frequent landslides in ghat sections around Sakleshpur,” he added.

Stating that Mysore division contributed nearly 12 per cent of the state GDP, the government has set a target to take it to 20 per cent through industrial development, which is imperative now, he also extended invitation to investors and entrepreneurs to participate in the Global Investors Meet (GIM) scheduled to be held in Bangalore on June 7 and 8.

Minister for large and medium scale industries Murugesh Nirani and other elected representatives were also present.

Skyrocketing land prices

On this occasion, representing the industrial sector, J R Bangera, president, Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) spoke and mentioned about the land price in the state which was skyrocketing. “This is impeding new investors. It would be a good idea for the government to consider a proposal seeking land allotment on rent or a lease basis for 33 years to encourage growth,” he said.

President of the Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) Sudhakar Shetty sought abolition of entry tax for tourist vehicles entering city from other states, so as to encourage tourism sector and hoped the government would work on establishing industrial township authority tier II cities, including Mysore.

The Meet was organised by the FKCCI, MCCI and the department of industries and commerce. About 400 entrepreneurs and potential investors participated. The organisers said MoUs committing an investment to the tune of Rs.10,500 crore had been signed, to generate over 51,000 jobs in the district and surrounding districts.

Film city in district

Announcing that a film city would soon come up in the city, which carries great tourism potential, chief minister Sadananda Gowda said Mysore district and surrounding areas were big on manufacturing and agro-based industries.

This apart, an international-standard convention centre would soon come up on 35.2 acres of land on Mysore-T Narsipur road.

The city’s potential also provided for planning an Ayurveda City, creating an image of district being destination for health tourism. A pharmaceutical park would also be in the offing, he said.

engineer.akash

May 5th, 2012, 04:18 PM

More to Mysore than heritage: Sadananda Gowda (http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_more-to-mysore-than-heritage-sadananda-gowda_1684727)

Published: Saturday, May 5, 2012, 11:55 IST
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Mysore | Agency: DNA

Chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Friday announced a number of sops for the city of palaces at the inaugural ceremony of the Mysore Zonal Investors meet 2012. This includes an international standard convention centre, a pharmaceutical park, a film city, a cricket stadium to host international matches and better air connectivity. To top it all he also announced a 50% cut in the trade licence fee.

“Why I am doing all this is to tap the maximum potential this city has for attracting investment in industries and infrastructure. Much attention has not been given to this city in this regard. Mysore was left alone to be a city of palaces and relics, but I feel that apart from being such a great heritage city, it should also become an international destination for industry, knowledge and tourism.” The International Convention Centre will come up on a 35.32 acres land on T Narsipura Road, he added.

Bangalore GIM: The global investors meet proposed to be held in Bangalore in June was expected to attract an investment of over Rs6 lakh crore for the state. It was Rs4 lakh crore in 2010.

Throughout his speech Gowda kept on hinting at the Mysore-Mangalore road link, “Somehow I feel that the Mysore-Bangalore-Mangalore triangle will be the future growth zone, the exporters will have to be given a port connectivity through New Mangalore Port, which will help the exporters to set shop in Mysore,” the CM said.

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_more-to-mysore-than-heritage-sadananda-gowda_1684727

engineer.akash

May 5th, 2012, 04:40 PM

MINISTER NIRANI ASSURES TO REVIVE ROPEWAY PROJECT TO CH'HILL

Mysore, May 5- Minister for Heavy and Medium Industries Murugesh R. Nirani has announced that the work on the project of providing a ropeway to Chamundi Hill would commence within a year.

Addressing the gathering at the Zonal Investors Meet here yesterday, he said "A few persons have come forward to execute the ropeway project and with their help the work will commence withina year."

It may be recalled that the ropeway project is pretty old envisaged a few years ago but consequently shelved owing to intervention of environmentalists fearing danger to the environment. Then it went under wraps and Nirani's plan to revive the project if executed will surely be a boost to tourism, say citizens of city.

pnvijoo

May 5th, 2012, 05:49 PM

Bangalore-Mysore flights may resume

District Minister S A Ramadas said that the state government wants to restart flight operations between Bangalore-Mysore and held talks with private operators in this regard.
He told media persons here on Thursday that Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda who is interested in restarting flights to Mysore, is likely to hold talks with operators and take a final decision in a couple of days.
He said SpiceJet and Indigo are willing to start services provided the government assures 20 seats per flight for the first four months.http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bangaloremysore-flights-may-resume/254918-60-115.html

s.yogendra

May 5th, 2012, 06:33 PM

Vishwamanava Double Road, Mysore

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s.yogendra

May 5th, 2012, 06:42 PM

Vishwamanava Double Road, Mysore

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s.yogendra

May 5th, 2012, 06:51 PM

Jhansi Lakshmi Bai (JLB) Road, Mysore

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May 5th, 2012, 07:27 PM

Ramavilas Road, Mysore

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May 5th, 2012, 07:46 PM

Bogadi Road, Mysore

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May 5th, 2012, 10:08 PM

University library goes hi-tech

With On-line Public Access Catalogue (OPAC), public can access more than 2.5 lakh bibliographic records on UoM library’s URL. The library patrons can search for any book available in the university library and any of UoM constituent colleges,Centres,PG Centres, writes S Shivaranjini

In spite of having a rich collection of books and records, the library of University of Mysore at Manasagangothri has been a bit late in adopting new technologies, but promises of providing quality services to students.

With On-line Public Access Catalogue (OPAC), public can access more than 2.5 lakh bibliographic records on UoM library’s URL. The library patrons can search for any book available in the university library and any of UoM constituent colleges/Centres/PG Centres. OPAC provides a glimpse of books available on either side of the book selected by providing virtual shelf.

OPAC is searchable on mobile at URL http://mopac.mysore-univ.org, the UoM has become one of the few universities in the country to adopt the mobile technology for library services. Probably this is the first university library in the country to use cloud hosting facility for automation related activities of all its constituent libraries situated in different cities that too by creating union catalogue.

The University of Mysore has nurtured its library with rich document collection since its establishment in 1916. The library building measuring 1,15,000 sq. feet on Manasagangotri campus was formally declared opened in 1966 by S Radhakrishnan who was the then President of India.

Apart from the main library, the UoM Library system has more than 50 libraries including University Graduates Library at Maharaja’s College campus, libraries at three post-graduate centres, different college/institutes and departmental libraries.

More than a million documents including books, journals, thesis, reports, apart from rare and specialised collections covering history of Mysore, Administrative Reports of the Princely State of Mysore and contemporary collections like Ambedkar, Gandhi, etc are housed here.

Vice Chancellor of UoM Prof V G Talawar, himself with Library Science background has taken initiative of providing necessary technological-based services to students of UoM and public. Ex-scientist and head of information centre at National Aerospace Laboratories of Bangalore I R Nagana Goudar who serves as a advisor to the library said, “The Varsity has worked out a mechanism to allow public, especially the senior citizens to use these resources owned by its library by collecting a nominal fees.”

Digital Information Resource Centre (DIRC), set up in June 2010 has around 120 computers and more than 500 users per day. In-charge librarian Ramashesh claims that it has brought an IT awareness among majority of students with rural background.

“Apart from searching the e-resources, students can prepare their project reports and power point presentations. This increasing popularity of DIRC has encouraged the University authorities to construct another floor on the library building,” he said.

The ultimate aim of student community is to make up a bright career. With the fore-thought Career Information Resource Centre (CIRC) is set up separately within the library premises. It holds the collection of books on general knowledge, general aptitude, functional English and question bank series apart from specific to different career related examinations which include resources for competitive examinations.

‘Special’ grant

Learning Resource Centre for visually handicapped and partially sighted persons is being set up and would be complete within a month, says Talawar.

The Library is in the process of acquiring a variety of technology and software including JAWS Pro-Talking software, a screen reader that works with a computer to provide access to software applications and the Internet.

“The useful library and information technologies along with necessary infrastructure to facilitate and deliver information services to the user community have been implemented innovatively and appropriately by UoM Library.

Thus the library has taken a big leap in realising its informally defined vision and mission in providing seamless access to information to users in a networked environment by creating and acquiring digital content useful for its patrons to support and enrich their research, teaching and learning activities,” said Goudar.

Explaining his further ventures regarding library, Talawar told Deccan Herald that second floor of library would be coming up in few days extending of DIRC with more than another 250 computers. Affiliated colleges and hostels of University would be made avail of using OPAC. Undergraduate library would be upgraded and priority would be the text books for students. Regarding the funds allocated for books and journals in UoM budget, he said, more than Rs one crore has been made use for journals, textbooks, e resources etc.http://www.deccanherald.com/content/246976/university-library-goes-hi-tech.html

s.yogendra

May 6th, 2012, 06:17 AM

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engineer.akash

May 7th, 2012, 08:08 PM

Bird enclosure, children’s park to open tomorrow (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/247692/bird-enclosure-childrens-park-open.html)

Mysore, May 7, 2012, DHNS :

New attractions at Karanji Lake Nature Park in city

Newly constructed bird enclosures and children park will be inaugurated on May 9 at Karanji Lake Nature Park.

The event has been scheduled to be held at 11am by M Nanjundaswamy, chairman, Zoo Authority of Karnataka., R S Suresh, additional principal chief conservator of Forests and Member Secretary, Zoo Authority of Karnataka, would be present on this occasion.

New enclosure

The visitors to Karanji Lake Nature Park will enjoy seeing the birds in the new enclosure where perching, water facilities, enrichment, ventilation and nesting facilities are ensured, according to a press release from the executive director, Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, B P Ravi.

R S Suresh, additional principal chief conservator of Forests and member secretary, Zoo Authority of Karnataka, will be present on this occasion, said the release.

The Karanji Lake Nature Park was acquired during 1976. The total area of tank is 90 acres with 50 per cent of the water spread area.

The tank was restored and developed with the assistance of Asian Development Bank during 2003-04.

It was opened to the public in the year 2004.

Facilities such as walk through aviary, natural birds watch tower, Butterfly Park, lush green lawns, boating and walking path etc are attracting the visitors.

Slowly, the Karanji Lake Nature Park has emerged as one of the tourist centers with nature conservation concept as integral and core theme.

Miniature bird sanctuary

Now Karanji Lake Nature Park serves as a miniature bird sanctuary, where birds are taking shelter and breeding.

To further improve the habitat of migratory birds, strengthening of islands has been initiated.

As part of the master plan, some of exotic and indigenous pheasants and birds are going to be exhibited and housed in the premises of Karanji Lake.

Varieties

New bird enclosures have been built and ready for release of pheasants like Lady Amherst Pheasant, Chinese Pheasant, Silver Pheasant, Golden Pheasant, Yellow Golden Pheasant, and Red Jungle Fowl to be housed in three main enclosures having six partitions measuring 8’ x 16’ provided with toughened glass for viewing by the visitors.

One more facility is being added to the visitors particularly for children below 12 years to enjoy and play with the equipments installed in the children park like four-seater arc swing, A to B net scrambler, multi-seater see saw, spiral slide and many more attractive items for children, said the release.

engineer.akash

May 7th, 2012, 08:10 PM

MyZIM rakes in investments to the tune of Rs 11,263 crore
(http://www.deccanherald.com/content/247687/myzim-rakes-investments-tune-rs.html)
Mysore, May 7, 2012, DHNS :

Mysore district leads with Rs 9,835 crore

Six districts of Mysore, Mandya, Hassan, Chamarajanagar, Chikmagalur and Kodagu have raked in investments to the tune of Rs 11,263.99 crore with projected employment of 63,327 at the Mysore Zonal Investors Meet (MyZIM) held here recently.

Disclosing this at media conference here on Monday, Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) president Sudhakar S Shetty said 658 new investors have come forward to set-up shop in these six districts.

Waiver

Shetty said processing charges by Karnataka Udyoga Mitra would be waived off for the new industries, which have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at MyZIM.

While Mysore district has garnered the lion’s share of investments (Rs 9835.01 crore), the least investment was made in Kodagu district (Rs 3.04 crore).

Variety of industries

Investments have been made in a range of industries including agrotech and food processing, automobiles, energy and environment, health, ICT, electronics and hardware, infrastructure, education, textiles, tourism and others.

The maximum investment has been made in health (Rs 3002.17 crore) followed by agrotech and food processing (Rs 2361.42 crore) and infrastructure (Rs 1344.15 crore).
Investments in micro and small enterprises is Rs 2794.34 crore and in medium and large enterprises is Rs 8469.62 crore.

Single window

Shetty revealed that single window has been extended to projects with investment up to Rs 10 crore. He said the deputy commissioner would be the authority to provide permission to such projects.

Shetty said majority of the industries, which were part of MyZIM, would start operations within the next two years.

Review meeting

Mentioning that MCCI had complete details of all projects, he said a review meeting would be held after two months regarding the progress made by the investors.

Also, the government has planned several schemes for the benefit of investors including construction of an international convention hall, ropeway project and re-starting flights from Mysore airport.

Bullet train

Replying to a query on the proposed bullet train to Mysore, Shetty opined that MCCI would emphasise on completing the double track between the city and Bangalore.

engineer.akash

May 7th, 2012, 08:20 PM

Health receives max attention at meet (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/247686/health-receives-max-attention-meet.html)

Mysore, May 7, 2012, DHNS :
With health consciousness gaining ground in the country, health industry has witnessed a spurt of investments in Mysore district.

According to the statistics revealed by the Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), health industry would receive investments to the tune of Rs 3,002.17 crore from 24 investors.

Of this, Mysore alone would be receiving Rs 2,982.05 crore investments, followed by Rs 20 crore in Chamarajanagar and Rs 0.12 crore in Kodagu. The districts of Mandya, Hassan and Chikmagalur have failed to attract investors in the health industry.

However, all six districts have found investors to promote agrotech and food processing.

While Mysore (Rs 1705.01 crore) received boatloads of investment, Mandya (Rs 248.02 crore), Hassan (Rs 27.11 crore), Kodagu (Rs 0.58 crore), Chikmagalur (Rs 110.75 crore) and Chamarajanagar (Rs 269.95 crore) have also found favour with the investors.

Infrastructure companies have earmarked Rs 1,344.15 crore for three districts excluding Mandya, Kodagu and Chikmagalur.

Having already been known to be a pensioner’s paradise, Mysore is set to receive Rs 1,338.9 crore by infrastructure firms, Hassan would receive Rs 4.25 crore and Chamarajanagar would get Rs one crore.

Investors are preparing to capitalise on tourism sector by pumping in Rs 234.94 crore.

Mysore would receive Rs 202.9 crore followed by Rs 12.82 crore for Chamarajanagar, Rs 7.6 crore in Mandya, Rs 1.5 crore in Hassan, Rs 0.12 crore in Kodagu and Rs 10 crore in Chikmagalur.

Admirer of mysore your take on this? :cheers:

engineer.akash

May 7th, 2012, 08:39 PM

Mysore zoo proposes setting up ‘African savannah zone'

It is part of a project on establishing theme-based displays

The zoo plans to conduct studies on the behaviour of animals and birds such as wolves and African hunting cheetahs.

Even as the Mysore zoo management is set to table its draft master plan before an expert panel from the Central Zoo Authority of India (CZA), the zoo authorities are contemplating grouping animals from the African savannah and putting them in uniquely designed enclosures, defining the area as ‘African savannah animal zone'.

According to zoo sources, the proposal is part of a project to establish theme-based display of animals and birds following a “suggestion” from the committee, which visited the zoo recently.

The main aim of this is to educate visitors on protection of wildlife and conservation.

The other themes proposed at the zoo include grouping and display of birds found in Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary in an aviary. Crocodiles too may be displayed in this zone since the sanctuary is home to crocodiles too.

Captive breeding

Speaking to The Hindu , Executive Director of the zoo B.P. Ravi said the expert committee had advised the zoo to take up captive breeding of endangered species considering the zoo's “impressive” track record.

He said the Mysore zoo had the maximum number of exotic species. “Nearly 47 per cent of the collection comprises exotic species though the zoo has been categorised as a medium zoo and is supposed to house less than 30 per cent exotic species. However, an exception has been made for Mysore zoo since it has a long history and reputation,” he said.

He said the zoo planned to conduct studies on the behaviour of animals and birds, particularly hornbills, dholes, lion-tailed macaques, wolves and African hunting cheetahs.

Mr. Ravi said the draft master plan was almost ready and the layout (with plans on enriching the theme-based enclosures within the available space) of the zoo was being readied to be tabled before the CZA.

“Once the draft gets clearance, we shall incorporate changes as suggested by the panel and the master plan will be submitted for approval.”

Work on improvement

He said work on improving the zoo premises (as per the master plan) would be taken up after getting the green signal from the CZA.

The Karanji Lake Nature Park would also be included in the master plan. The park would have a quarantine facility in addition to a separate enclosure to house pheasants, he said.

engineer.akash

May 8th, 2012, 07:41 AM

Investors eye health, education sectors (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3396019.ece)

Rs. 2,982-crore investment expected in health; 1,174 crore in education

The health and education sectors attracted attention from investors at the Mysore Region Business Development Summit held here on Friday. A total of 658 MoUs were signed at the summit and as per the details provided by the Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), an investment of Rs. 2,982.05 crore is anticipated in the health sector, while an investment of Rs. 1,174.4 crore is anticipated in the education sector.

An investment of Rs. 1,705 crore is expected in agro-tech and food processing and infrastructure, including housing, is expected to receive an investment of Rs. 1,338.9 crore.

Statistics compiled by the MCCI indicate that the investment in the health sector itself is expected to generate around 13,000 jobs, while 5,000 jobs are likely to be created in the education sector.

Hospitals springing up

Though medical infrastructure in Mysore did not keep pace with technological advancements in the field till 10 years ago, there has been a spurt in the number of hospitals in recent years.

Work is in progress on the Mysore branch of Narayana Hrudayalaya, while the super-specialty hospital of JSS Institutions is taking shape on Ooty Road. Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Research is establishing a 350-bed hospital in the city.

An ayurveda city has been proposed by JSS Institutions while a pharmaceutical park has been envisaged for Mysore.

Schools being set up

With regard to schools, Mysore is witnessing a proliferation of new institutions set up to meet the growing aspirations of the middle class.

N.N. Prahallada, retired professor of Regional Institute of Education, NCERT, Mysore, told The Hindu that Mysore was witnessing a mushrooming of good schools with state-of-the-art facilities..

“The scenario with regard to schools is entirely different from what it was five years ago. Some of the new schools score well on quality and infrastructure and have adopted Information Communication Technology tools to impart education with emphasis on e-learning, ” said Prof. Prahallada.

A consequence of this development is that even existing schools are catching up, which is a positive development in the context of the city's development and growth, he added.

Critical factors

If the MoUs take concrete shape, it will act as a catalyst for the growth of Mysore as quality healthcare and quality education are two critical factors that draw investors and a skilled migrant population to a city. But this has to be backed up by good connectivity, which is taking shape by way of the track-doubling work between Mysore and Bangalore with electrification expected to be completed by December 2013.

The track-doubling work till Mandya is expected to be completed by the end of 2012 and the work between Maddur and Mandya is expected to gather pace in June this year. The Mysore airport is already in place and efforts are on to resume commercial flights.

Though Mysore draws more than 3 million visitors every year, the tourism sector managed to draw an investment of Rs. 202 crore from the hospitality sector, which is reckoned to be low.

Textiles, electronics and hardware, energy and environment and automobile are the other sectors, which investors have evinced interest in.

Mysore is witnessing a mushrooming of good schools, hospitals

If MoUs take concrete shape, it will act as a catalyst for the growth of Mysore

engineer.akash

May 8th, 2012, 07:43 AM

658 MoUs signed at summit for investments of Rs. 11,261 crore
(http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3396018.ece)
This has potential to create 55,000 jobs, the bulk of which will be in Mysore
As many as 658 entrepreneurs and investors signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to bring in investments of Rs. 11,261.48 crore, at the Mysore Region Business Development Summit held here on Friday.

This has the potential to create 55,000 jobs, the majority of which will be in Mysore.

The summit was jointly organised by the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), the Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and the Department of Industries and Commerce.

Disclosing this here on Monday, MCCI president Sudhakar Shetty told presspersons that 440 MoUs had been signed for Mysore district and the bulk of the investment — Rs. 9,836 crore — was for the district.

In other districts

As many as 45 MoUs were signed to bring in an investment of Rs. 558 crore for Mandya district, 44 MoUs with an investment of Rs. 299.49 crore for Hassan district, 48 MoUs with an investment of Rs. 373.02 crore for Chamarajanagar district, 63 MoUs with an investment of Rs. 191.66 crore for while Chikmagalur district, and 18 MoUs were signed with an anticipated investment of Rs. 3.04 crore for Kodagu district, said Mr. Shetty.

Women entrepreneurs had a sizeable presence, with 64 MoUs being signed by them, he added.

Satisfied with response

Expressing satisfaction over the response to the summit, Mr. Shetty said that the government took proactive measures by announcing a slew of infrastructure projects, including a high-speed ‘bullet train' between Mysore and Bangalore and an international convention hall for Mysore. This was expected to stand Mysore in good stead in the years to come.

Mr. Shetty said that the delegates had received an oral assurance from the government that an exemption would be made in the processing fee levied for projects cleared under the Karnataka Udyog Mitra.

Minister for Large- and Medium-scale Industries Murugesh R. Nirani has promised to reserve 20 per cent of the land acquired by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Authority (KIADB) for Small Scale Industries (SSIs), according to Mr. Shetty.

Schemes showcased

The business summit helped showcase various government schemes and financial assistance available to potential entrepreneurs.

Similar business development and investors summits held in Mangalore and Hubli earlier this year met with a good response. While Hubli region is expected to receive an investment of Rs. 4,555 crore, Mangalore is expected to receive an investment of Rs. 1,800 crore.

97,000 jobs expected

“The financial commitments made during the three business development summits and establishment of industries as envisaged by the MoUs are expected to generate nearly 97,000 jobs in the State,” according to Mr. Shetty.

Review meeting

A review meeting will be held after a few months to assess the progress of implementing the projects. The MCCI has expressed confidence that the MoUs will materialise into concrete industries in two years.

440 MoUs signed to bring in investment of Rs. 9,836 crore for Mysore district

‘Nirani has promised to reserve 20 per cent of land acquired by the KIADB for SSIs'

Admirer_Of_Mysore

May 8th, 2012, 08:24 AM

Akash,
I am happy that the M-ZIM meeting was a hit. I am gladdened that finally the International quality Conventional Center is taking shape in Mysore, which is a must for any city to progress. MICE attracts lots of business men to the city and with a slew of 5 Star hotels which are coming up, this will make a killing to attract the outside businesses giving Mysore a cosmopoliton tinge. Such is the importance of an international class convention center for any city to see the progress.:banana:

I only hope that, government will act fast on this and let the private players like L&T to build, own and operate it.

Another point to note is that, there were few Electronic hardware manufacturing proposals, which if materializes, will add to the Mysore's inherent strength making it the HUB for electronic related manufacturing. This will employ lots of local people, so local economy will get the boost.:applause:

A small discontent is that other centers like Chamarajanagar, Hassan, Mandya and others could not cash in on much in M-Zim. These cities too have ideal environment, for at least manufacturing. Companies could have been encouraged with lots of incentives to go and invest there so that, local people in those cities too would have equally benefited. Take away from M-Zim for them is pea nuts for them.

Government's lopsided policies is to blame for this.

It may be too early to say cheers, we have to wait and see how many will really materialize.

engineer.akash

May 8th, 2012, 08:30 AM

Akash,
I am happy that the M-ZIM meeting was a hit.
It may be too early to say cheers, we have to wait and see how many will really materialize.

I am sure most of them would take off,education and health are something which are independent of slowdown and most of them being small and medium based investments,the time for them to start operating is minimal,also the resource requirements like land,electricity and water are not significant which can be met with ease.Unlike the mega steel plants etc.Such small and medium industries provide rather more jobs locally.

International convention was the best decision taken by the mysore legislators.Wish mysore aiport becomes a parking bay for small aircrafts which otherwise parked at BIAL.That would in turn be a blessing for mysore.

engineer.akash

May 8th, 2012, 08:35 AM

I am gladdened that finally the International quality Conventional Center is taking shape in Mysore, which is a must for any city to progress.

Infosys Mysore campus has one of the best convention center in India.This new international convention would be a shot in the arm for MICE,as you said it 5 star hotels are mushrooming in Mysore which would further back up MICE.
Not to forget the doubling and electrification of Mys-Blr.Can Mysore-Bangalore do something better in terms of twining/urban planning in comparision to the emerging Mumbai -Pune urban corridor? I am very positive on this.Mys-Blr has a better ecosystem to emerge as a planned urban corridor a point we score over mumbai-pune.:) but Mys-Blr state Highway is choked these days,time to 6 lane it or develop an alternative link via malvalli

Admirer_Of_Mysore

May 8th, 2012, 08:50 AM

Akash,
What you said is right. Double line electric railway network will ease the travel time between Bangalore and Mysore. More the easiness to travel, more is the possibility of Mysore becoming a distant locality of Bangalore. Twin cities in true sense.

Incidentally the Chennai-Bangalore Infrastructure Corridor (CBIC) , which Japanese government proposing to build, has plans to connect to Mysore too. It is them who are seeing the advantages of having Mysore is the loop as there is a huge barren land and water which can be utilized for building factories. Itseems, Japan is proposing to build self contained futuristic intelligent cities all along such corridor, be it DMIDC corridor between Mumbai and Delhi or CBIC corridor.
In this connection only, the proposal to build and operate Bullet train has emerged. Let us wait and see how far these ambitious project will really materialize on the ground.

engineer.akash

May 8th, 2012, 08:53 AM

The positives of Mysore-Bangalore double electric track would be visible very soon,Imagine even a 100 kmph engine can do mys-blr non stop in 1.5 hrs,isn't that something amazing?

Metro is getting expanded to Kengeri under phase two.What more can mysoreans ask for? :banana:Seamless travel in the days to come

engineer.akash

May 8th, 2012, 12:59 PM

MUDA TEAM INSPECTS PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN CITY

http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=28804&type=news

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Any updates?Any pics of vijayanagara sports complex?

engineer.akash

May 8th, 2012, 02:38 PM

INAUGURATION OF NEW BIRD ENCLOSURES AT KARANJI NATURE PARK 'MORROW

http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=32116&type=news

Mysore, May 8- The newly-built bird enclosures and children's park at Karanji Nature Park will be inaugurated by M. Nanjundaswamy, Chairman, Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK) at 11 am tomorrow.

R.S. Suresh, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Member Secretary, ZAK, will be the chief guest.

B.P.Ravi, Executive Director, Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysore will be present.

The new bird enclosures have been built for Lady Amherst Pheasant, Yellow Pheasant, Chinese Pheasant, Silver Pheasant, Golden Pheasant and Jungle Fowl in 3 main enclosures having 6 partitions measuring 8’ x 16’ provided with toughened glass for viewing by the visitors.

The islands at the lake are also being developed to facilitate nesting and breeding of migratory birds which visit the lake often.

A children's park for kids below 12 years, which is also constructed to attract kids, has four-seater arc swing, A to B Net Scrambler, Multi Seater See Saw and a Spiral Slide.

The Karanji Lake Nature Park was acquired during 1976 with a total area of 90 acres with 50% of the water spread area. The tank was restored and developed with the assistance of Asian Development Bank during 2003-04. It was opened to public in the year 2004. Facilities such as walk through aviary, natural birds watch tower, Butterfly Park, lush green lawns, boating and walking path etc., are attracting the visitors.

Mutha108

May 8th, 2012, 03:39 PM

Spicejet Got Q400 bombardier planes..
Recently had travelled on Bangalore - Vizag route. Flight was good enough. Far better than ATR's.

Mysore shouldnt be connected to Bangalore. Its an meaningless route.

The best routes these companies can make good profits are:

Mangalore- Mysore- Chennai
Kochi- Mysore- Hyderabad
Coimbatore- Mysore- Mumbai

On these 3 routes Mysore can be connected to 6 Destinations.

Hope for the best..!!!!

s.yogendra

May 8th, 2012, 07:15 PM

Infy mysore

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s.yogendra

May 8th, 2012, 07:19 PM

Jaya Lakshmi Vilas Palace

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s.yogendra

May 8th, 2012, 07:21 PM

^^

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s.yogendra

May 8th, 2012, 07:24 PM

KR Circle

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s.yogendra

May 8th, 2012, 07:57 PM

MYSORE'S 2-YEAR-OLD HORTICULTURE COLLEGE TO GET ITS OWN BUILDING

Horticulture Minister S.A. Ravindranath will lay the foundation stone for the Horticulture College at Yelachanahalli near Yelwal in city at 11 am tomorrow.

On the occasion, District in-Charge Minister S.A.Ramdas will lay the foundation stone for Boys Hostel while Opposition Leader Siddharamaiah will lay the foundation stone for Girls Hostel.

MLA M. Sathyanarayana will preside. Bagalkot Horticulture University Vice-Chancellor S.B. Dandin will be the chief guest.

A seminar on Integrated farming practices for sustainable income will be held after the foundation stone laying ceremony.

Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Horticulture College Dean Dr. J. Venkatesh said that the college, which began two years ago, was functioning in the premises of Govt. Silk Farm at Thandavapura in Nanjangud. This college comes under the Horticulture University at Bagalkot and is one among the nine such colleges in the State.

He said that priority would be given to protect and preserve Nanjangud rasabale, a variety of banana grown in and around the temple town, Mysooru Mallige (jasmine flower known for its fragrance) and Mysore betel leaves. Apart from preserving and promoting local horticultural varieties, the college is also aiming to bring new varieties which are suitable for local climatic conditions, he added.

Dr. Venkatesh said that as Mysore was a prominent area of horticulture, a lot of plans for the promotion of horticultural varieties will be taken up. There are some issues concerning the horticultural growth, especially the pest menace etc. Research on these issues will start once the campus is ready, he added.

Stating that the course was started in the year 2010 with 40 students for the four-year undergraduate course in horticultural sciences, the Dean said that at present 72 students were pursuing the course. The College has plans to increase the intake to 60.
http://www.starofmysore.com

engineer.akash

May 9th, 2012, 03:47 PM

3 FLIGHTS TO CITY FROM JUNE

Mysore, May 9 - Three new flights will be operating from the Mandakalli Airport in Mysore from June 2012, announced District In-Charge Minister S.A. Ramdas.

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Horticulture College today, Ramdas said that the three flights, to be operated by three different airlines, will be connecting Chennai, Hyderabad and Goa via Bangalore.

Cold Storage

Ramdas also announced the construction of a cold storage facility near the Horti culture College at a cost of Rs. one crore, to store horticultural products and export them to foreign markets, which would fetch premium prices for the farmers.

Via Bangalore is a fail

engineer.akash

May 9th, 2012, 04:05 PM

Rain Water Harvesting Project for Zoological Park, Mysore

Project regarding water management through surface and rainwater harvesting at Sri Chamarajendra Zoological gardens has been approved for Mysore city under Urban Infrastructure & Governance (UIG) Sub-Mission of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) with approved cost of Rs.330.00 lakhs and Additional Central Assistance (ACA) commitment of Rs. 264.00 lakhs.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Urban Development Shri Saugata Roy in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

AC/J – PQ3 – usq 3710
(Release ID :83458)

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=83458

engineer.akash

May 9th, 2012, 04:08 PM

MINISTER LAYS FOUNDATION STONE FOR HORTICULTURE COLLEGE

http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=32120&type=news
Horticulture & Sugar Minister S.A. Ravindranath (second from left), who unveiled the plaque to mark the foundation stone laying ceremony for the new building of Horticulture College at Yelachanahalli near Yelwal in city this morning, is seen with District in-charge Minister S.A. Ramdas, Opposition leader Siddharamaiah, MLA M. Satyanarayan, Bagalkot Horticulture University Vice-Chancellor S.B. Dandin and others. Picture right shows an architect's design of the new building.

Mysore, May 9 - Horticulture Minister S.A. Ravindranath laid the foundation stone for the Horticulture College at Yelachanahalli village near Yelwal in city this morning.

Bagalkot Horticulture University Vice-Chancellor S.B. Dandin was the chief guest.

Mysore Horticulture College Dean Dr. J. Venkatesh, who read out the report, said that the building with an area of 42,900 sq ft would come up with a computer lab, library, examination cell, administrative block, conference hall and Dean’s chamber on the ground floor and laboratories and classrooms on the first floor.

He said that cashew and mango saplings were planted on the 74 acre land given to the college and four borewells have been drilled to provide water to the building and for irrigating plants.

Stating that only 74 acres of land had been given to the college as against the requirement of 100 acres, he urged the authorities to transfer the remaining 26 acres to the college soon.

He also urged the authorities to provide drinking water and electricity. The Dean said that the course at the Horticulture College was started in the year 2010 at Government Silk Farm premises in Thandavapura, Nanjangud. This is one among the nine colleges in the State which comes under Horticulture University, Bagalkot.

The Dean said that the college aims to bring different horticultural varieties which are suitable for local climatic conditions and also to protect and preserve the famous Nanjangud Rasabale, Mysore Mallige and Mysooru Veelyadele (betel leaves). He added that research on issues, especially the pest menace would be taken up once the campus is ready.

A seminar on integrated farming practices and sustainable income will be held.

TP President Nethravathi, GP President Yogamurthy and others were present.

engineer.akash

May 9th, 2012, 04:21 PM

BIRD ENCLOSURES, CHILDREN'S PARK INAUGURATED AT KARANJI

http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=32125&type=news
M. Nanjundaswamy, Chairman, Zoo Authority of Karnataka, is seen cutting the ribbon to inaugurate the newly-built bird enclosures and children's park (pic. right) at Karanji Nature Park this morning. R.S. Suresh, Addl. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, who was the chief guest and others are seen. [Pic. by Pragathi Gopalakrishna]

engineer.akash

May 9th, 2012, 04:36 PM

Head for Karanji park for a very ‘pheasant' time (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3399301.ece)

The new bird enclosures and the children's park at the Karanji Lake Nature Park here will be inaugurated on Wednesday.

The park is controlled by the Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK), and the Mysore zoo has been looking after its management.

As part of the Mysore zoo master plan, the zoo management decided to shift some exotic birds and pheasants to the new enclosures in the park.

Pheasants such as Lady Amherst's Pheasant, Chinese Pheasant, Silver Pheasant, Golden Pheasant, and Red Junglefowl will be housed in three main enclosures, according to B.P. Ravi, executive director, Mysore zoo.

In a press release here, Mr. Ravi said the nature park had emerged as a tourist destination, with nature conservation as the core theme. “The park now serves as a miniature bird sanctuary,” the director stated.

Work has also been initiated on improving the habitat for migratory birds on the islands in the lake.

Just for children

Children, particularly those aged below 12, can have fun at the children's park where various facilities have been set up such as the four-seater arc swing, A to B net scrambler, multi-seater see saw and spiral slide.

“Visitors to the nature park will enjoy seeing the birds in the new enclosures where perching, water facilities, enrichment, ventilation and nesting facilities have been ensured,” the release said.

M. Nanjundaswamy, chairman, ZAK, will inaugurate the new facilities.

s.yogendra

May 9th, 2012, 05:45 PM

s.yogendra

May 9th, 2012, 05:46 PM

Cold Storage

Ramdas also announced the construction of a cold storage facility near the Horti culture College at a cost of Rs. one crore, to store horticultural products and export them to foreign markets, which would fetch premium prices for the farmers. http://www.starofmysore.com

rocky23

May 10th, 2012, 12:49 PM

Air services likely by early June
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MYSORE: The air connectivity to the tourist hub could be restored by early June.

The state government is expecting two operators, SpiceJet and Indigo, to come back to it with fresh proposals this week and plans to relaunch the air services by June, district minister S A Ramdas said on Wednesday.

This follows a meeting last week at the Mysore Airport attended by representatives from air operators and other stakeholders.

Deputy commissioner P S Vastrad, who attended the meeting, had conveyed to the minister that the two operators are working out the flight plans and will come with fresh proposals.

"We expect the fresh plans to be submitted by this week and plan to relaunch the operation by early June. The air operators are working out details based on the availability of mid-sized aircraft," he told The Times of India.

The plan is to link Mysore with Hyderabad, Chennai and Goa via Bangalore and operate flights early in the morning and evening to facilitate both inbound and outbound the passengers.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city

rocky23

May 10th, 2012, 12:57 PM

MYSORE: The state government is looking to utilize services of Horticulture College to promote cultivation of Nanjangud variety banana and Mysore variety jasmine.

The government has allotted 74 acres at Yelachanahalli on the outskirts of the city to house the college, which is now operating from Thandavapur near Nanjangud. District minister S A Ramdas launched works to construct a building to house the college on Wednesday.

Referring to shrinking of Nanjangud variety banana, which has a Geographical Identification (GI) tag, Ramdas said: "The horticulture college should focus on the problem and promote its cultivation. There is also crisis when it comes to Mysore variety jasmine (Mysore Mallige) which Mysore was known for a few years back. We will promote cultivation of these and also provide market linkage. These products will also be displayed at the proposed heritage park which is planned to be developed in the city."

Dean of the college J Venkatesh asked the district administration to allot 26 acres of land it had sought. He said they had planted cashew and mango saplings in part of the 74-acre land allotted. He said the college aims to experiment in different horticultural varieties suitable for local weather conditions. Our focus will be to protect and preserve famous local varieties of banana and jasmine. We will also work for the promotion of Mysore variety betel leaves.

Ravindranath, who laid the foundation stone for the college, asked the farming community to grow horticulture crops without depending heavily on commercial crops. He said Rs 6 crore is released for the construction of the college building and hostels for boys and girls and pledged more. The horticulture university V-C S B Dandin said the college has reserved 23 per cent seats to localites. Preference will be given to children of farmers and labourers. The new facility will house classrooms, computer lab, library, administrative block and a conference hall.

s.yogendra

May 10th, 2012, 05:01 PM

Monitoring of solid waste collection to go hi-tech

The monitoring of solid waste collection in the city is set to go hi-tech with the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) deciding to make installation of electronic chip devices in all houses mandatory.

Workers engaged in door-to-door collection of waste will be given a handheld chip-reading device. This will help in tracking the number of houses that they visit.

This was disclosed by Suresh Babu, Superintending Engineer, MCC, at a workshop on Mysore Vision 2020, organised by the Alert Citizens Team (ACT) and the district administration, here on Wednesday.

Mr. Babu said that the technology had been demonstrated to contractors, and that tenders would be invited by the end of May. The project would be implemented across the city within four months.

He said that Mysore would be the first city in the country to adopt such a system to monitor solid waste collection. He said the cost of installing the chip devices and providing the reading devices had to be borne by the contractors. The chip devices would have to be installed in all 1.80-lakh housing units in the city, he said.

Presentation

Making a presentation on future plans for Mysore, Mr. Babu said that the authorities had fine-tuned a blueprint for the city with a 35-year horizon, which entailed creating infrastructure worth Rs. 2,000 crore.

‘Citizen-centric'

Shivaram Malavalli, one of the founders of ACT, and a technocrat, said that the Vision 2020 plan was conceived to promote “citizen-centric development”, which, he said, would be sustainable.

“It should not follow the chaotic development pattern of Bangalore,” he said. He stressed the need to develop Mysore into a knowledge city apart from promoting it as a tourism and heritage centre.

The workshop had technical sessions on issues related to tourism promotion, knowledge city and industrial development. Experts, including K.S. Nagapati, director, Mahajana Tourism Development Institute; Shalini Urs, director, International School for Information Management; and Ashok Rao, former Chairman of CII, Mysore, spoke.http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3402876.ece

s.yogendra

May 11th, 2012, 06:54 AM

VTU-Bosch Rexroth Centre to be upgraded

The VTU-Bosch Rexroth Centre of Competence in Automation Technology in the city will be upgraded into a world-class facility to meet the exacting standards of the industry.

Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) Vice-Chancellor H. Maheshappa told mediapersons here on Thursday that there were plans to open a similar centre in Bangalore to upgrade the faculty, students passing out of engineering colleges, and working professionals.

In a significant departure from the norm, the centre, which trains graduates in engineering and working professionals, would also train diploma students and those passing out of ITIs, he said.

The Mysore centre was established in 2007 and has helped bridge the gap between the industry and the academia. Over 2,000 students and 600 faculty members from different technical institutions in the State have availed themselves of the facilities here, according to Dr. Maheshappa.

He said the demand for skilled professionals in the automated age was immense, but there was a shortage of trained manpower. Hence the VTU and Bosch Rexroth have joined hands to provide programmes in automation technology to meet the requirements of the industry.

He said the VTU had braced up to meet the requirements of the industry through tie-ups with the later and had introduced courses that obviated the need for industries to train freshers. Expanding the facility required greater investment from the industry.

However, he said, none of the bigwigs in the information technology sector, including a few home-grown ones, had bothered to invest in the universities to help upgrade skills of students.

Rajkumar, executive vice-president, Bosch Rexroth India, Bangalore, said the Mysore centre had laboratories in hydraulics, pneumatics, robotics and mechatronics. A laboratory for imparting training in electrical drives and controls would also be established soon.

Commenting on the demand and supply situation in the field of automation industry, Mr. Rajkumar pointed out that only 6 to 8 per cent of the nearly 5 lakh engineering graduates passing out in the country every year were deemed employable.

Peter Gorzya, head of Drive and Control Academy, Bosch Rexroth, Germany, and K.R. Prakash, Special Officer, VTU-BR Centre, Mysore, were present.

It will also train diploma students and those passing out of it: VTU Vice-Chancellor

There is a plan to open a similar centre in Bangalorehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3406993.ece

engineer.akash

May 13th, 2012, 10:05 AM

Good rainfall in April spurs farming in Mysore district (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3414300.ece)

Sowing completed in over 1.24 lakh ha of dryland; target is 3.12 lakh ha
Good rainfall during April and intermittent showers in May have resulted in agricultural activities picking up in Mysore district, with 40 per cent of sowing being completed in dryland.

As against the target of completing sowing in 3.12 lakh hectares of dryland during the year in Mysore district, sowing has been completed in more than 1.24 lakh ha. Joint Director of Agriculture Krishnaiah told The Hindu that the rain had not only reduced the impact of dry season but had also helped agricultural activities.

‘Will meet target'

“The department is confident of meeting its target of completing sowing in 3.12 lakh ha,” said Mr. Krishnaiah.

As against the average rainfall of 64.9 mm in April, Mysore district received 112.5 mm. The rainfall was widespread across all taluks, he added.

The bulk of the crops taken up for cultivation were pulses, such as black gram and green gram, besides tobacco, jowar and cotton.

The authorities dispelled any fears of seed and fertilizer shortage during the current season.

Adequate stock

Mr. Krishnaiah said there was adequate stock of seeds, which were being made available to farmers through the Raitha Samparka Kendras and cooperative societies.

“The projected requirement of seeds for all varieties of crops in the district is 30,900 quintals. We have a stock of 22,000 quintals to meet the farmers' immediate requirements. The seed stock will be replenished as and when the existing stock begins to deplete when the sowing area increases,” Mr. Krishnaiah said.

Seeds for pulses

About 1,000 quintals of seeds for all varieties of pulses had also been distributed, he said.

The projected requirement of fertilizer is around 24,000 kg and there was adequate stock to meet the requirements of the district.

The seed availability this year — especially with regard to cotton — is in contrast to the situation last year when cotton cultivators in Mysore district took to the streets due to scarcity.

The majority of the cotton-cultivating area in the district is under genetically modified cotton and the major companies withheld seed supply in a bid to pressure the government to increase the cost of seeds.

Cotton is mainly cultivated in H.D. Kote and parts of Mysore. Hunsur and Periyapatna are the major tobacco cultivating taluks, while pulses are grown across the district.

Moderate to heavy rain

Meanwhile, the composite agro-meteorological advisory for the Southern Dry Zone and Southern Transition Zone comprising Mysore, Mandya and Chamarajanagar issued by Meteorological Centre, Bangalore, and the Agriculture Department indicates moderate to heavy rain for Mysore, Mandya and Chamarajanagar.

A relief

The pre-monsoon showers will help farmers in Mysore and Chamarajanagar districts, which is mainly rain-fed.

Mysore district received 112.5 mm rainfall in April as against the average of 64.9 mm

‘Projected requirement of seeds is 30,900 quintals; we have stock of 22,000 quintals'

engineer.akash

May 13th, 2012, 02:16 PM

Something big is coming up in nazarbad on the road towards mini vidhan soudha..I guess it a big big hotel? :)

http://i45.tinypic.com/oa6nw6.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/53p6v6.jpg

Admirer_Of_Mysore

May 13th, 2012, 02:21 PM

Akash, It could be Hilton Hotel-Mysore. It will be 250 rooms big and it is long due

engineer.akash

May 13th, 2012, 02:22 PM

Akash, It could be Hilton Hotel-Mysore. It will be 250 rooms big and it is long due

wow..Structure is already 3-4 floors done,complete tight barricading done all over.Admirer of mysore can you please confirm it somehow..:banana:

engineer.akash

May 13th, 2012, 02:49 PM

Hyatt Hotels to expand in 15 Indian cities over next five years

Source (http://www.4to40.com/newsat4/index.asp?p=Hyatt_Hotels_to_expand_in_15_Indian_cities_over_next_five_years)

Source (http://www.travelindustrydeals.com/news/2889)

Old news what is the status?Hilton is going to come up in Metagalli (http://www.travelmasti.com/hilton_garden_inn_mysore.asp)

^^http://www.snjassociates.com/Main/hiltonmysore.jpg

Source (http://www.snjassociates.com/architect_spazzio_design.html#)

Could it be Hyatt?

s.yogendra

May 13th, 2012, 03:12 PM

RS. 50 LAKH AID FOR DRINKING WATER PROJECT NOT UTILISED

Drought continues to haunt Mysore district

Mysore, May 13- Despite the drought situation in the district remaining grim with drinking water problems being faced by people throughout the district, the Rs. 50 lakh grant sanctioned by the government to the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) for implementation of projects to provide drinking water has gone unutilised and Nanjangud taluk stands as an epitome for the gross neglect of ZP officials.

The government, which had considered a proposal from representatives of Zilla Panchayat for grant of funds for the projects, had released the said amount on Dec. 27, 2011 for undertaking drinking water projects to the ZP.

The government had released Rs. 1027.50 lakh for implementation of emergency works at 189 rural drought-hit areas, and the same had been released for emergency works in drinking water projects depending upon the extent of the drought and the same had been released under certain conditions. The conditions included drilling of borewells in really drought-affected areas, installation of pumps, extension of pipelines and other small works.

One of the conditions was that borewells should be dug under the guidance of geologists and ensure proper utilisation and on recommendation from Task Forces formed under Presidentship of legislators, report given to the CEOs of respective ZPs.

Rs. 50 lakh for N'gud

The government had released Rs. 50 lakh for drinking water projects in about 70 drought-affected villages in Nanjangud taluk and the Mysore ZP has so far utilised only Rs. 15 lakh of the allotted amount in a period of six months which reflects the negligent attitude of the ZP officials on the needs of the common man. http://www.starofmysore.com

Admirer_Of_Mysore

May 13th, 2012, 06:01 PM

s.yogendra

May 13th, 2012, 06:54 PM

^^
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7119/6996549526_e11bb2419e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6996549526/)
Nazarbad, Mysore (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6996549526/) by mysoreone.com - One City Infinite Admirers...!!! (http://www.flickr.com/people/mysoreone/), on Flickr

this is the spot you can see those blue construction sheets in the left

wikimapia link:- http://wikimapia.org/#lat=12.3081826&lon=76.6640038&z=19&l=0&m=b

s.yogendra

May 13th, 2012, 07:06 PM

one more pic of that road

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7245/7189612874_6306be6d60_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/7189612874/)
Nazarbad - Mysore 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/7189612874/) by mysoreone.com - One City Infinite Admirers...!!! (http://www.flickr.com/people/mysoreone/), on Flickr

engineer.akash

May 13th, 2012, 08:23 PM

Akash,
Ownership of Hilton Garden INN has changed hands from DLF to one company in Kolkata and they are developing it as a pure luxury cum business hotel. If I am not wrong, the formalities are more or less completed. Construction may start by last quarter of 2012.

The site you are mentioning may be Hyatt. Is this very big site? OR you are jus guessing after seeing it in the google maps?

Can you mark it off on the map so that I can view it easily?

Thanks for the info AOM,Yogendra has put up the wikimapia link thanks to him as well,who has provided us pics of the road.

AOM from what I could see the structure looked big for sure.It was not looking like apartment in any angle to me,I saw it during night but still I am sure it is not a residential structure.

Junior Engineer

May 14th, 2012, 09:06 AM

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8010/7194149834_2cd521ef02_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/78252829@N06/7194149834/)
Ticket Counters at CFTRI side (http://www.flickr.com/photos/78252829@N06/7194149834/) by Junior Engineer (http://www.flickr.com/people/78252829@N06/), on Flickr

we can buy tickets here, avoid standing & waiting in long queues and getting late at main entrance.

2nd entrance - works going on

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8028/7194148248_cb8ea3d8c5_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/78252829@N06/7194148248/)
DSC01411 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/78252829@N06/7194148248/) by Junior Engineer (http://www.flickr.com/people/78252829@N06/), on Flickr

s.yogendra

May 15th, 2012, 05:10 AM

K.R. Hospital and Cheluvamba Hospital to get new lifts

It is part of an infrastructure development project

Five new lifts will be installed at K.R. Hospital and two at Cheluvamba Hospital as part of infrastructure development. The Mysore Medical College and Research Institute has entrusted the work to the Public Works Department and tenders would be floated soon.

The State government had sanctioned a special grant of Rs. 22 crore to improve facilities at these hospitals, of which Rs. 15 crore had been released, sources told The Hindu .

Other works

“The infrastructure development project includes modernisation of operation theatres, laying of express feederline and purchase of hi-tech medical devices and equipment (worth Rs. 5 crore) for surgeries, diagnosis and treatment. At present, K.R. Hospital has four lifts and of them, three are defunct. Cheluvamba Hospital has one lift, which breaks down often. All the existing lifts will be removed,” the sources said.

Facilities

Six operation theatres at K.R. Hospital and two at Cheluvamba Hospital would be upgraded.

They would have state-of-the-art facilities and best air-conditioning systems. Revamping the water distribution network and underground drainage network in the two hospitals had also been proposed. “The MMCRI may get the remaining grant after the start of these works,” the sources said. Nearly 1,000 people are treated at K.R. Hospital and about 500 at Cheluvamba Hospital as outpatients every day.

Five new elevators will be installed at

K.R. Hospital and two at Cheluvamba Hospital

The government has sanctioned Rs. 22 crore to improve facilities at these hospitalshttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3420432.ece

s.yogendra

May 15th, 2012, 05:11 AM

Two railway projects in city to be commissioned soon

Two important railway infrastructure projects are likely to be commissioned in the next few months in the city.

While the warehouse at the Mysore New Goods Terminal is expected to be handed over to the Railway authorities for commissioning by June 15, civil works for the Multi-Functional Complex (MFC) at the city railway station have been completed. Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Anup Dayanand Sadhu told The Hindu that a review meeting on the progress of works on the warehouse was held here Monday.

The Railways has leased out 20,000 sq metres of land for 30 years for the warehouse being constructed by the Central Warehousing Corporation. It is expected to help Railways provide logistic solutions to the business community, industrialists and other customers for ferrying goods. The memorandum of understanding for the project was signed in October 2009. It has been constructed at a cost of Rs.8 crore.

Mr. Sadhu said a major portion of the work was over and the construction of merchants' room and labourers' room was in progress. Once commissioned, it would have a storage capacity of nearly 12,500 tonnes. Civil works for the MFC at the city railway station have been completed. The MFC was announced in the Railway Budget 2009-10. .

The project aims at providing a one-stop facility for passengers and the work was taken up by IRCON on behalf of the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA). Mr. Sadhu said government land could not be leased without Cabinet approval and hence the RLDA had moved a note to the government on this. “Though there has been some delay in commissioning, the civil works are complete and the MFC at Mysore is most likely to be inaugurated in a few months,” Mr. Sadhu said.

The basic lease agreement will be for 45 years and there will be a book stall, medical store, restaurant, ATM and a general store – each with a 40 sq. metre area. The MFC complex, adjacent to platform number 1, is spread over 700 sq. metres.

Warehouse at the Mysore New Goods Terminal is expected to be commissioned by June 15

Civil works for the Multi-Functional Complex at the city railway station have been completedhttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3420435.ece

s.yogendra

May 15th, 2012, 05:24 AM

Buy Automotive Axles; target of Rs 575: Firstcall Research

Firstcall Research is bullish on Automotive Axles and has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target of Rs 575 in its May 10, 2012 research report.

“Automotive Axles Limited (AAL) established in the year 1981, is a joint venture of Kalyani Group and Meritor Inc., USA (formerly the automotive division of Rockwell International Corporation). With manufacturing facilities located at Mysore, the company is currently the largest independent manufacturer of Rear Drive Axle Assemblies in the country. Over the years, AAL has developed an impressive domestic OEM clientele that includes Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, Asia Motor Works, Vehicle Factory-Jabalpur, BEML, Man Force Trucks Pvt. Ltd., Mahindra Navistar, Volvo India and SML Isuzu Ltd., VE Commercial Vehicles, Corona Bus Mfrs., and Godrej. Automotive Axles Ltd exports its parts to USA, France, Italy, China, Brazil, and Australia.”

“The infrastructure at AAL spans highly specialized manufacturing processes involving Friction Welding, CO2 Welding, CNC Machining, Flexible Machine Centres and a range of specially built machines for production of Axles and Brakes. The facilities also comprise Gleason Gear Manufacturing Equipment backed by a modern Heat Treatment Shop including Continuous Carburizing and Sealed Quench Furnaces. Wide range of Rear Drive Axles catering to commercial vehicles ranging from 6 Tons to 35 Tons GCW, S-Cam Actuated Quick Change Air Brakes for commercial vehicles, and Trailer Axles for 10 Tons to 13 Tons GVW. Automotive Axles Ltd a Quality Management System that is certified to ISO/TS 16949:2009 standard and also Environmental Management System that is certified to ISO 14001:2004 standards.”

“Automotive Axles Ltd has reported net profit of Rs 192.56 million for the quarter ended on March.31, 2012 as against 97.65 million in the same quarter last year, an increase of 97.19%. It has reported net sales of Rs 2995.34 million for the quarter ended on March 31, 2012 as against Rs 1794.64 million in the same quarter last year, a rise of 64.68%. Total income grew by 65.49% to Rs 2971.27 million from Rs.1795.45 million in the same quarter last year. During the quarter, it reported earnings of Rs 12.74 a share.”

“At the current market price of Rs 500, the stock is trading at 10.14 x FY12E and 8.37 x FY13E respectively. Earning per share (EPS) of the company for the earnings for FY12E and FY13E is seen at Rs.49.31 and Rs.59.74 respectively. Net Sales and PAT of the company are expected to decrease at a CAGR of 31% and 27% over 2010 to 2013E respectively. On the basis of EV/EBITDA, the stock trades at 5.25 x for FY12E and 4.43 x for FY13E. Price to Book Value of the stock is expected to be at 2.37 x and 1.85 x respectively for FY12E and FY13E. We expect that the company will keep its growth story in the coming quarters also. We recommend ‘BUY’ in this particular scrip with a target price of Rs 575 for medium to long term investment,” says Firstcall Research report.

Public holding more than 90% in Indian cos http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/recommendations/buy-automotive-axles-targetrs-575-firstcall-research_704250.html

engineer.akash

May 15th, 2012, 03:47 PM

MAYOR INSPECTS JNNURM WORKS

http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=32183&type=news
Instructs officers to maintain quality, time schedule; Shows concern for safety of workers sans helmets

Caption: JNNURM Superintending Engineer Suresh Babu is seen explaining about the ongoing JNNURM works at Town Hall to Mayor Rajeshwari Puttaswamy during a spot inspection this morning. Deputy Mayor Mahadevappa and others are seen. [Pic. by Pragathi Gopalakrishna]

Mysore, May 15- Mayor M.C. Rajeshwari Puttaswamy went round the city today making a spot inspection of works taken up under the JNNURM.

Heritage zone: Going around the periphery of the Palace area which is being remodelled as Heritage Zone, Rajeshwari observed that the work was going on at a snail's pace but contended that it would pick up once the funds were released. She instructed JNNURM Superintending Engineer Suresh Babu and other officers accompanying her not to compromise on quality in the process of expediting the work. She however appealed to get the zone ready before Dasara.

Town Hall: Moving on to the Town Hall, Rajeshwari inspected the ongoing renovation of the auditorium and other works at the premises. Upset at observing a few construction workers not wearing safety helmets, she instructed the concerned Engineers to strictly abide by safety norms.

Rajeshwari was shocked to see a few 'kids' employed by the contractor, but heaved a sigh of relief when it was made known that they were adult dwarfs.

Sewage farm: The Mayor later inspected the Solid Waste Treatment Plant at Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram and instructed the officers to complete the work on schedule as it was a health-related issue, needing top priority.

Deputy Mayor Mahadevappa, JNNURM engineers and others were present.

:lol:

engineer.akash

May 15th, 2012, 04:12 PM

After Metro phase 2, reach Mysore 45 mins faster (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/249581/after-metro-phase-2-reach.html)

Bangalore, May 14, 2012, DHNS:
Namma Metro has some good news for regular commuters to Mysore. Once the phase 2 of the project is up and running - as part of which the East-West line will be extended upto the Kengeri satellite town - one can reach the City of Palaces 45 minutes earlier than usual.

This was disclosed by N Sivasailam, Managing Director of the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), while delivering a talk on ‘Namma Metro’ at the Rotary House of Friendship on Monday.

Sivasailam said, currently, passengers to Mysore and beyond, from the heart of the City, had to pass through dense traffic. Once the Metro line to Kengeri is completed, these passengers could take KSRTC buses from Kengeri onwards.

About the progress on phase 1, Sivasailam said tunnelling work between Central College and Vidhana Soudha was expected to be completed by October.

Tunnel boring work on this stretch was coming across pure granite and at Central College, the accumulation of granite was two-metre deep, he said. Sivasailam said phase 1 is expected to get over by the end of 2013. He said, two-level station works at Majestic may take four more months to complete.

Longest tunnel in India

Sivasailam said as part of phase 2 of Namma Metro, BMRCL is set to dig the longest tunnel in the country - upto 12 km long. He said the tunnel is part of the arterial line between Gottigere and Nagawara.

Since the stretch is densely populated, Metro will go underground to save demolition of structures and land acquisition costs. This line will connect crucial zones like MG Road and Cantonment Railway station.

Volvo can do it in flat 1:45 mins to mysore from kengeri.Saarigae add another 25 mins.That makes it roughly 2 hrs from kengeri to mysore.not bad at all.

And if SWR introduces a non stop super fast train in the morning and evening,that will make these two cities so closer.

A 80 km/h averaged train can do Mysore-Bangalore in 1 hr 40 min easily.That would help a lot.

rsrikanth05

May 15th, 2012, 04:35 PM

^^ Non stop train will require a double track right?

engineer.akash

May 15th, 2012, 04:44 PM

^^ Non stop train will require a double track right?

Yes,double track plus electrification works will be over by 2013 early :banana:

rsrikanth05

May 15th, 2012, 05:08 PM

^^Have they sorted out the Tipu's Armoury issue??

engineer.akash

May 15th, 2012, 05:11 PM

^^Have they sorted out the Tipu's Armoury issue??

Not yet,but that is not going to affect much as it is close to srirangapatna station and non stop rains anyway halt for sometime,scheduling can be worked out

rsrikanth05

May 15th, 2012, 05:44 PM

Not yet,but that is not going to affect much as it is close to srirangapatna station and non stop rains anyway halt for sometime,scheduling can be worked out
Err.. the track needs to be laid, which is the problem right?
Whether trains stop or not is immaterial.

rahulsetia9

May 17th, 2012, 07:39 AM

mysore projects are running with a great speed ...good work..

Admirer_Of_Mysore

May 17th, 2012, 08:34 AM

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bangalore-mysore-expressway-to-get-additional-pe-fund/474510/

After being in the works for nearly an year, the second round of private equity fund raise by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited (NICE) which is executing the much delayed Rs 4,000 crore Bangalore-Mysore expressway, is close to being finalised.

Global private equity majors Goldman Sachs, 3i Group, Standard Chartered are among the few funds which are understood to be in discussion for this round of funding which is expected to be in the range of Rs 300-400 crore. Funds under the control of J P Morgan already has invested more than $100 million in to this project besides another private equity fund 2i Capital.

The controversial project which has been in the making for nearly 16 years, raised $100 million from a private equity fund owned by J P Morgan for the first phase of the project, involving building a total of 62 kilometres, including the 56 kms of peripheral roads linking onto the Bangalore-Mysore Expressway. The cost of the first phase is Rs 2,000 crore and the IDFC is understood to be involved in the debt part to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore besides involvement from New India Insurance. The 56-km peripheral project itself took almost a decade to build with the idea to alleviate the problem of the commercial traffic travelling on the busy NH 4 and NH 7 (linking Chennai in the south to Mumbai in the west) without crossing central Bangalore by a fast, grade-separated peripheral road.
NICE is effecting the phase I of this project through a special purpose vehicle Nandi Economic Corridor Enterprise (NECE). NICE is majorly-owned (close to 80 per cent) by B F Utilities of Kalyani Group while the rest is held a company owned by Ashok Kheny who has been spearheading the day to day activities of the project. Anil Ambani, chairman, of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, who was an early investor in this project, recently exited his stake to a fund also owned by J P Morgan.

The second and third phase of the project involving around 36 km and 60 km respectively is understood to be costing another Rs 2,000 crore. Bankers close to the deal indicate that NICE has detailed plans to raise a total of $200 million from private equity players besides the $100 million already raised through J P Morgan. Ashok Kheny, MD, NICE, confirmed to Business Standard that the second round of funding is close to being finalised, but declined to name the funds.

engineer.akash

May 17th, 2012, 06:48 PM

Any updates on the vijayanagar sports complex?Hockey turf @ mysore univ grounds and karanji lake aquarium?

engineer.akash

May 17th, 2012, 07:16 PM

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May 17th, 2012, 07:17 PM

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May 17th, 2012, 07:18 PM

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Copyright Junior engineer :-)

engineer.akash

May 17th, 2012, 07:19 PM

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engineer.akash

May 17th, 2012, 07:30 PM

No intro required

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engineer.akash

May 17th, 2012, 09:18 PM

Funds released for Kalamandira repairs: official

The State government has released funds to take up renovation and repair of Kalamandira here, according to a press release.

The Assistant Director, Kannada and Culture, Mysore district, said the Public Works Department had been entrusted with the job. The process of inviting tenders to initiate the work was on.

The statement follows a dharna organised by artistes at the Kalamandira recently over the poor state of the building.

Funds have been granted to take up repairs of screens and seating, and install fire alarm systems, among others. However, there were no funds for the construction of a canteen on the premises, although there was provision for one, the official said.

On the demand of artistes that no programmes be organised at the venue till the renovation was completed, the note said organisers were being warned about the existing conditions before the premises were rented out.

The Department of Kannada and Culture had no power to appoint a manager for the Kalamandira, as demanded by the artistes. Employees were hired through agencies and some taken on as daily wage labourers.

Besides, the construction of a mini theatre for which Rs. 30 lakh was given by the government was under way, the release added.

engineer.akash

May 18th, 2012, 08:27 PM

From defence to civilians with love

Participation
Several events have been organised by DFRL to mark its golden jubilee, it is also keen on showing people how its research would help them in day-to-day life, finds out T R Sathish Kumar

The Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) in Mysore is gradually shedding its image as a military fortress and encouraging participation of the civilian society in its activities.

The DFRL is opening its premises for the public and allows them to see the progress made in processing and packaging food. This is the golden jubilee year for the premier defence food research institute and it is time to celebrate. And, it understands that celebration has no meaning if it stays aloof.

As part of the year-long celebrations, DFRL had organised an exhibition to showcase its achievements on the occasion of national technology day last week. People from all walks of life – especially students participated in large numbers and enjoyed the organisation’s hospitality.

P M Parameshwaraiah, senior technical officer, in-charge of the national technology day celebration, said the objective behind the exhibition was to make people aware of the latest developments in food technology and to showcase the achievements of DFRL. “We also want to bring technology nearer to the people. We want to market our technology to the needy and enterprising people. We want to show how technology can be used in day-to-day life, economically,” he said.

He said the technology was cost-effective and also simple. “Entrepreneurs can borrow technology and sell their products to us or market it privately. If they have any problem, they can get back to us anytime. We are always there to help them,” he said.

Parameshwaraiah said the retort process technology, which is used in ready to eat food, has been shared with 59 companies over the past 30 years. Some of them have been successful in capturing the market. “DFRL is also concerned about conservation of nature and hence has synthesised bio-degradable packaging materials,” he added.

Senior scientific assistant Sunil Kumar said the research of DFRL in developing various test kits related to food and detection of a few infections was incredible. “The fungicide, pesticide detection kit helps find out if food is contaminated or not, whether food is toxic or not. It also helps detect if the pesticides used by farmers during cultivation for a crop is within permissible limits,” he said.

He said the aloe vera low calorie juice developed by him showed good results on diabetic and hypertension patients. He said, after consumption of 200 ml of the juice everyday, for three months, there was considerable improvement in the health of people. “Although the juice has been developed for the use of defence personnel suffering due to ailments, the same can be consumed by civilians if private entrepreneurs take up production and market the product, he added.

He said he was an expert in developing several products from seabuckthorn, a type of fruit grown in Leh, Ladak and Jammu and Kashmir. “The fruit has several proven benefits like healing effects, so if the products are manufactured by industries, it will help the people a lot,” he hoped.

Any updates on DFRL second campus coming up in yelwala?

engineer.akash

May 20th, 2012, 07:37 AM

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engineer.akash

May 20th, 2012, 08:00 PM

Love this

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rocky23

May 21st, 2012, 01:32 PM

Mysore, May 21- A team of Mysore City Corporation (MCC) officials led by MCC Zone 9 Asst. Commissioner Mahesh accompanied by Dhanush squad, demolished an illegally built bus shelter at Nazarbad Circle in city yesterday night.

When asked as to who had built the bus shelter and why was it being demolished, it was found that advertisement contractor Prashanth had built the same and had failed to produce the permission letter, said Mahesh.

He added that a similar bus shelter which had been built by Prashanth besides the compound of Mysore Zoo had also been demolished.

Stating that he came to know about the illegal bus shelters only through a report published in Star of Mysore on May 19, Mahesh clarified that though the area came under Zone 7, he had undertaken the demolition work as the Zone 7 Asst. Commissioner was on leave.

Even if the MCC had given permission for construction of such shelters, the contractor should undertake the work after bringing it to the notice of the Asst. Commissioner, he said and alleged that Prashanth had violated set norms which clearly states that the shelters should be built after inspection and permission by Traffic Police ACP.

Contractor clarifies

Meanwhile, contractor Prashanth said that the MCC on Feb. 21, 2012, had per-mitted him to build 15 bus shelters in city to implement ITS and he had already built nine bus shelters at various locations including Kuvem-punagar Complex, Kalyanagiri RTO, T.K.Layout and Siddartha Layout.

He added that the bus shelter was built after due inspection by KSRTC Divisional Traffic Controller M.N.Srinivas and AEE Kumar.

Stating that his aim was to promote public interest and products, he asked as to how anyone can object to it saying the shelter is located in front of their house? He also clarified that he had consulted MCC Commissioner regarding the issue.

Prashanth further said that he would lodge a complaint with the Police against the Asst. Commissioner for demolishing the shelter built at Shanthaveri Gopalagowda Circle in Nazarbad despite having prior permission from the MCC.

rocky23

May 21st, 2012, 01:35 PM

MYSORE: The government is considering to set up a separate unit to focus on engineering issues related to the supply of drinking water in rural Karnataka. This will be created on the lines of engineering wing attached to Zilla Panchayats which manage the civil works like building of roads and bridges.

Principal secretary (rural development and panchayat raj) Amita Prasad said the proposal to set up drinking water engineering wing is with the government and is likely to be okayed. Interacting with ZP CEOs from eight districts in Mysore division during a review meeting, the secretary said the proposed unit will focus and manage the drinking water needs in rural areas.

This came in response to a request by the CEOs, who specified lack of dedicated engineers to attend to water problems in villages. There are various problems attached to multi-village drinking water scheme, which are affecting the delivery of service. This can be effectively tackled if there is a dedicated team, they told the secretary.

"The property management system is being implemented at gram panchayat level to create database of properties created under various schemes," she stated. This will help in keeping track of the properties, which will eventually cut down corruption by denying the scope to spend for works which are through.

The secretary reviewed the performance of the works taken up by eight ZPs in the region, a first such initiative to review works at the divisional level. She told the meeting that government has spent more than 35% of the funds compared to last season to attend to the drinking water needs of the villagers this summer.

engineer.akash

May 21st, 2012, 03:07 PM

MCC NETS ADDITIONAL RS. 13 CRORE PROPERTY TAX

Mysore, May 21- The Mysore City Corporation (MCC), which had embarked on a massive property tax collection drive by offering various discounts to those who paid taxes in advance, has succeeded in its efforts by collecting Rs. 13 crore additional property tax, thus reviving its financial status.

MCC, which had set the target for collection of property tax at Rs.70 crore for the year 2011-12, had collected Rs. 63 crore by the end of April from 1,68,831 of the 1,73, 851 property holders in city.

During April alone, Rs. 23 crore had been collected. The civic body had collected only Rs. 50 crore last year.

MCC in-Charge Revenue Officer A. V. Sudha has urged property owners to pay their taxes before June. The civic body had provided 5% rebate for those who paid their taxes before the end of April besides exempting those who paid their taxes before the end of June from penalty and imposed a 2% penalty on those paying taxes from July 1.

The Zone-wise break-up of tax collection is as follows:

Zone-1: Rs. 4.74 crore from 11,361 tax payers

Zone-2:Rs. 6.75 crore from 27,131 tax payers

Zone-3: Rs. 11.50 crore from 27,061 tax payers

Zone-4:Rs. 6.62 crore from 13,432 tax payers

Zone-5: Rs. 3.63 crore from 17, 318 tax payers

Zone-6:Rs. 14.28 crore from 11,578 tax payers

Zone-7:Rs. 4.70 crore from 11,722 tax payers

Zone-8: Rs. 3.63 crore from 22,608 tax payers

Zone-9:Rs. 7.02 crore from 26,518 tax payers

Kudos to Sudha

The Acting MCC Revenue Officer A.V. Sudha is presently discharging duties of three posts in the civic body which is devoid of the services of a regular Revenue Officer and Council Secretary besides her designated duty as the Planning Officer.

The post of Revenue Officer is lying vacant in the civic body following the transfer of S.N. Balachandra so also is the post of Council Secretary which has been vacant following the transfer of Gayathri.

It is commendable that Sudha, despite the huge burden of managing the three posts, has succeeded in achieving the target of collecting property taxes much to the relief of the MCC which faced financial problems.

Please develop footpaths with that money

Junior Engineer

May 21st, 2012, 04:35 PM

engineer.akash

May 21st, 2012, 04:44 PM

It will look nice, if slope next to lakshmipuram police station (front of RTO), planted with some flowering shrubs and lawn.
I remember, read some news about this in local paper when Ayub Khan was Mayor.

I have always dreamt that :ohno: Please god make some visionary guy the MCC commissioner or the mayor.

Junior Engineer

May 21st, 2012, 04:50 PM

^^present mayor Rajeshwari seems to do some work.
doing lots of inspections, raid...... or she is doing like a kannada saying (agasa hosadaralli goni yeth vogeda.)

engineer.akash

May 21st, 2012, 04:54 PM

^^present mayor Rajeshwari seems to do some work.
doing lots of inspections, raid...... or she is doing like a kannada saying (agasa hosadaralli goni yeth vogeda.)

Yes she is dynamic.....:cheers:

BTW any news of this NH212 Four laning?

Parts of NH 212 to be widened

The Rs. 434-crore project will be taken up under PPP model
‘Proposal to convert Nanjangud-Chamarajanagar road to national highway being considered'

A Rs. 100-crore proposal to develop tourist spots will be submitted: Chamarajanagar MP

Mysore: The Government of India has approved a Rs. 434-crore project to develop National Highway 212 and for related works under a private-public partnership (PPP) initiative, Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayana said here on Saturday.

Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Dhruvanarayana said that of the approved sum, Rs. 30 crore had been released. The process of demarcation of land, removal of electricity poles and other works were on. The national highway covered areas including Mysore, Gundlupet, T. Narsipur, and Kollegal, and the Mysore-Nanjangud road would be made a four-lane road, widened up to 9 metres. A bridge would come up on the stretch in addition to the existing one.

The Mysore-T. Narsipur road and the T. Narsipur-Kollegal road would also be widened to 9 metres, Mr. Dhruvanarayan said. The process of inviting tenders for private participation would be done within a month. A proposal to convert the Nanjangud-Chamarajanagar road from a State highway to a national highway was under consideration, he added.

http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/06/stories/2011030659400500.htm

rocky23

May 22nd, 2012, 04:28 AM

Mysore City Corporation survey to remove unscientific bus shelters

MYSORE: Following an uproar over unscientific bus shelters in the Mysore City Corporation in early March, civic body officials decided to set up a committee to inspect them. With the committee yet to take its first steps, the laxity of officials is giving room for unlawful activities.

Recently, a bus shelter on Vasantha Mahal Road near Nazarbad police station was replaced overnight. An old shelter was removed and a new shelter put up before dawn, flouting rules and regulations.

Petrol and Diesel Dealers' Association president S K Dinesh said the shelter, adjoining his house compound on Vasantha Mahal Road, was removed overnight and people who did it allegedly threatened their housekeeper Sathyanarayan when he asked them what they were up to. Sathyanarayana had intervened when the work was in the finishing stage around 4am Friday.

"What was the need to install the shelter at that hour?" was Dinesh's query.

Later, he registered a complaint with Nazarbad police. The shelter was removed the next day as it was not in accordance with legal requirements. Dinesh says he's not against putting up a shelter. "The rule is clear that bus bays should be created before shelters are put up. Here, the violation was evident and the shelter covered the footpath. The officials are silent about it," he added.

MCC executive engineer C Krishna Bhovi told TOI some agencies are putting up shelters at places which are not identified by the civic body. One such shelter is on JLB Road near Mayura Palace. MCC will soon do a survey to identify unscientific bus shelters and remove them. Bhovi said they're verifying records to get details of agencies which have been given permission to put up shelters. The official claimed the cost for installing shelters is borne by advertising agencies as per an agreement, but the civic body gets the ad revenue. It will investigate if some agencies have misused the arrangement.

Bhovi said the city police commissioner has given them a list of unscientific shelters. A meeting of all nine zonal assistant commissioners will discuss the issue. Mayor Rajeshwari Puttaswamy said she'll initiate steps to remove unscientific shelters.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/

s.yogendra

May 23rd, 2012, 06:11 PM

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engineer.akash

May 24th, 2012, 07:52 PM

Puravankara's Mysore foray

Q: Just wanted an update with regards to your affordable housing project. We understand that volumes were lower in FY12 because of delay in approvals with regards to your affordable housing project. Can you give us an update on that and what sort of guidance do you have for FY13 on the volume front?
A: You are right. Our performance in Provident was hinged, basically, the way we planned our business for the three year entity. One of our larger projects which is going to be of 6 million square feet has taken quite some of time in terms of getting approval.
In the premium affordable range for Provident itself, we are going to enter new cities like Coimbatore. We are looking at Mangalore and Mysore in this fiscal along with that big launch that we were waiting for, which should happen maybe in a month's time from now. From a guidance perspective, we are targeting to sell 3 million square feet this fiscal.

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/puravankara-aims-to-sell-3-m-sq-ft-projectsfy13_708589.html

rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 06:49 AM

Mayor clarifies on water tariff

MYSORE: Here is a good news to water consumers. They can continue to pay water bill at old rates.
Mayor M C Rajeshwari on Thursday told reporters that consumers need not worry about the revised water tariff, and that they can continue to pay the bill at the existing rates till further notice. Even corporation commissioner K S Raykar said they will allow people to pay water charges at the same rate.

Water tariff was revised from May 1, and the consumers were supposed to pay as per the revised rates in early June.
Rajeshwari said the issue came up in the council meeting after the government ordered to revise the tariff in urban local bodies across Karnataka. The council, however, didn't approve of it. She justified the decision, saying that water revenue target was increased in the budget keeping in view move to regularize all unauthorized connections. They expect regularization of connections to help in meeting the target, "and not the increased tariff".

"It is the government which has revised the tariff, and not the corporation. Even the slab rates were fixed by the government and the council doesn't have any role in the revision of water tariff," the mayor clarified, giving a copy of the government order.
Corporators P Devaraj, Ayub Khan and B L Byrappa, who were present, accused district minister S A Ramdas of misleading the public, saying that the tariff was fixed by the council because the Congress, in alliance with JD(S), is ruling the civic body.

The mayor said the issue will be discussed in the next council meeting, that is after the lapse of model code of conduct imposed till June 16 in the wake of elections to south teachers' constituency. The council will pass a resolution seeking the government to reduce the revised tariff.

When contacted, Raykar said district minister Ramdas has sent a letter to him, asking to revise the tariff and the same has been sent to the mayor. "Being a government representative, I'm bound to implement its orders," he said. To a query, Raykar claimed the corporation will not take any decisions like disconnecting lines if people do not pay the bill as per the revised rates. However, he stated they will accept water fee even if consumers pay at the old rates.

rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 06:52 AM

ಗಣಕೀಕರಣ:

ಮೈಸೂರು ಮಹಾನಗರ ಪಾಲಿಕೆಯು ಜನನ ಮರಣದ ದಾಖಲೆಗಳನ್ನು 1-1-91 ರಿಂದ ಈಗಿನವರೆಗಿನ ದಾಖಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ಗಣಕೀಕರಿಸಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲು ಹರ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಕನ್ನಡ, ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ಎರುಡೂ ಭಾಷೆಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಪ್ರಮಾಣಪತ್ರವನ್ನು ಕೊಡಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಕಟ್ಟಡ ರಹದಾರಿ, ನೀರಿನ ತೆರಿಗೆ ಬಿಲ್ಲು, ಉದ್ದಿಮೆ ರಹದಾರಿ ಗಳನ್ನು ಗಣಕೀಕರಿಸಿದೆ. ನಿರ್ಮಲನಗರ ಯೋಜನೆಯ ಆಸ್ತಿ ತೆರಿಗೆ ಗಣಕೀಕರಣ ಕಾರ್ಯವು ಅಂತಿಮ ಹಂತದಲ್ಲಿದೆ

Computerization:

We are immensely happy to proclaim the citizens of Mysore City that we have computerized the birth and death data from 01/01/1991 to till date are computerized and issuing computeriuzed caertificate both in kannada and english. Certificate issued within two minutes of receipt of application. Trade license, Building License are computerized and get will trade license renewal within five minutes. Water Supply billing also computerized and spot billing facility is also available.Collection centres are also computerized. SMS integrated public Grivences and Redressal centre(Call Centre) facilities are available.We are in final step to computerise property tax collection under Nirmal Nagar Scheme

ಘನತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯ ವಸ್ತು ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆ:

ಮೈಸೂರು ಮಹಾನಗರ ಪಾಲಿಕೆಯ ಎಲ್ಲಾ 65 ವಾರ್ಡ್ ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮನೆ ಮನೆಯ ಕಸ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಣೆಯ ಕಾರ್ಯವು ಪ್ರಗತಿಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದು, 60ವಾರ್ಡ್ ಗಳ ಘನ ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯವಸ್ತು ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊರ ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆ ನೀಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಹಾಗೂ 5 ವಾರ್ಡ್ ಗಳ ಘನ ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯವಸ್ತು ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಯನ್ನು ' ಫೆಡರೇಷನ್ ಆಫ್ ಮೈಸೂರ್ ಸಿಟಿ ವಾರ್ಡ್ ಪಾರ್ಲಿಮೆಂಟ್ ' ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ.

Solid Waste Management:

In Mysore City, out of 65 wards all wards, door to door garbage collection is in progress.60 wards are handled by outsourced labours and 5 wards are by federation of Mysore City wards parliament.72 autotippers, 396 pushcarts deployed for the waste collection.Chicken and mutton market waste are collected separately. In addition to this 168 numbers of 2 compartment, auto tippers procured under JnNURM to collect the dry and wet waste form households.

Source:http://www.mysorecity.gov.in/

rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:19 PM

The New SS Layout

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:21 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:22 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:23 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:23 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:24 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:24 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:25 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:26 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:27 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:37 PM

Krishna Layout

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:38 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:38 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:39 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:39 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:40 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:42 PM

Yelawala Satellite Bus Stand

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:43 PM

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rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:43 PM

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engineer.akash

May 25th, 2012, 04:43 PM

rocky23

May 25th, 2012, 04:56 PM

Lovely tooo...

s.yogendra

May 25th, 2012, 06:55 PM

rocky23

May 26th, 2012, 03:15 AM

:lol:

this layout is located towards TN pura road right

yup. Can reach from ooty road too...

rocky23

May 26th, 2012, 03:18 AM

Admirer_Of_Mysore

May 26th, 2012, 08:31 AM

http://www.expresshospitality.com/20120531/market01.shtml

Enters into strategic partnership with APG

HEENA MAHAJAN - Delhi

Lemon Tree has entered into a strategic partnership with the Dutch pension fund asset manager APG to develop a portfolio of 35 mid-market hotels in India in four years. APG has taken six per cent stake in Lemon Tree Hotels and formed a joint venture to set up a hotel development cum owning joint venture company Fleur Hotels. All the proposed hotels in this joint venture will be branded as Lemon Tree Hotels, Lemon Tree Premier or Red Fox Hotels. Confirming the developments to Express Hospitality, Saurabh Nandi, chief marketing officer, Lemon Tree said, “We are looking to build inventory further in the National Capital Region, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata. Additionally, Srinagar, Goa, Nasik, Guwahati, Raipur, Ranchi, Bhubaneshwar, Puri, Vishakapatnam, Vadodara, Surat, Gwalior, Mysore, Patna, Jamshedpur, Madurai, Puducherry, Lucknow and Amritsar.” These will be full service hotels and will offer 24x7 services, a range of food and beverage outlets including a 24x7 coffee shop, recreational bar, specialty restaurants, business facilities including WiFi, meeting rooms and recreational facilities including fitness centre, swimming pool and health spas.

APG manages about 299 billion Euros ($393 billion) on behalf of Dutch pension funds. Fleur Hotels will invest over Rs 2,000 crore to develop and own 4,500 rooms by end of 2016. It holds 47 per cent shareholding in the joint venture-Fleur Hotels, while Lemon Tree holds the balance 53 per cent. APG’s combined investment in the joint venture and Lemon Tree Hotels is Rs 650 crore.

“The hotel industry in India is not comprehensively segmented yet and is in the process of evolution. The non-five star/deluxe market is now seeing a number of brands entering the space and is getting further segmented into upper upscale, upscale, midscale and budget/economy. We see significant unmet demand in the upscale and upper upscale segment and supply being added in these segments will lead growth for the entire hotel industry. On completion of these proposed hotels, Lemon Tree will be a dominant player in the mid-market hotel segment,” added Nandi. Global private equity group Warburg Pincus also has a 25 per cent shareholding in the company, but Nandi informed that Warburg Pincus will continue to be invested in Lemon Tree.

engineer.akash

May 26th, 2012, 06:57 PM

Mysoreans upset with 'lack' of Dasara preparations (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Mysoreans-upset-with-lack-of-Dasara-preparations/articleshow/13504311.cms)

MYSORE: Every year, the government claims that it will begin Dasara preparations well in advance, maybe in the summer itself. The summer is coming to end, but the authorities are yet to begin the preparations. The government is yet to constitute high-power committee empowered to look after Dasara preparations and festivities.

Though government and officials claim to have made a beginning, traders, businessmen, philanthropists and people refuse to accept their word. People feel delayed preparations make the festival only an annual formality. According to them, the festivity, being monotonous, fail to attract tourists on a large scale. "The failure to hardsell the event will only end up wasting public money," they feel.

"It's time to begin the preparations for Dasara celebrations. But the authorities seem to be in deep slumber in this regard," said N Raghavan, a philanthropist. According to him, civic works like putting up infrastructure, working out the contents of the events, and selection of artistes require time. "It has become a habit for the authorities to postpone road repairs and city-beautification works, citing rainy season as the reason," he said, charging the authorities with failing to tap the tourist potential of the festival.

Another city-based businessman S Dandapani said the authorities' alleged failure to complete the Raja Marga (procession route), which started two years ago, itself shows the lack of seriousness on their part. "The authorities never plan the events scientifically," he said, adding that government and the authorities waste public money in the name of Nada Habba.

However, MCC commissioner K S Raiker denied that the administration is sleeping over the matter. "We have already begun Dasara preparations by identifying and finalizing the estimates of civil works," he said, claiming that Raja Marga will be completed in the next two months. "Even asphalting of major roads in the core area of the city, and Palace has been complete. Only minor repair works will be taken up in the surrounding areas," he added.

Meanwhile, the government is planning to constitute a special authority exclusively to look after Dasara celebrations. Disclosing this to TOI, district minister A S Ramdas said: "In principle, the chief minister has agreed to the proposal. A final decision on this count will be taken in a day or two. Most probably, the proposal will get the cabinet nod in next couple of days."

According to the minister, the authority will henceforth look after the preparations, and "there is no question of constituting a high-power committee". However, sub-committees will be constituted by the authority itself, he added. "The constitution of the committee is delayed for this reason," he said, adding that authority will be headed by a senior official.

One of the worst commissioner Mysore has ever seen in its history

s.yogendra

May 27th, 2012, 06:07 AM

Proposed library at People's Park opposed

Environmentally concerned citizens here have opposed the plans of constructing a public library at the People's Park here.

They will assemble at thepark here on Sunday to register their opposition to the move.

The Mysore Grahakara Parishat said in a release the government had recently laid the foundation stone for a public library at People's Park although the use of a park for non-park uses was prohibited under the Karnataka Parks, Play Fields and Open Spaces Act, 1985.

When a similar project was undertaken in 2000, the MGP filed a writ petition before the High Court and the project was dropped.

“Then there were plans to convert the same park into a private bus-stand, but widespread public protests stopped it,” B.V. Shenoy of MGP said in the release.http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3461488.ece

engineer.akash

May 27th, 2012, 07:45 PM

Inner roads in Mysore are in darkness....Hopeless lighting mysore city roads have

engineer.akash

May 28th, 2012, 05:42 PM

WILL KARANJI LAKE AQUARIUM BECOME A REALITY BEFORE THIS DASARA?

Revised plan for Community Park * 2-year wait for Court order
http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=32323&type=news
Mysore, May 28 - Even after a lapse of good four years, the MCC dream project of developing an aquarium at Karanji Lake on the lines of the one at Hussaini Sagar in Hyderabad still remains a distant dream besides there being no possibility of the completion of works before this year's Dasara celebrations.

The project of linking Karanji Lake with the Zoo to boost tourism, which had remained in coma for over two years, has now been taken up on a war-footing and the citizens are excited over the possibility of the project getting completed before this Dasara and emerge a 'star attraction' for tourists.

About the project: Construction of a Community Park and setting up of a 40 feet long aquarium spread over an area of 500 meters under CM's Rs. 100 crore grant. A complex on 1,725 meters and a 17-meter bridge for which the works are in progress now.

The work on the Rs. 4.98 crore project was launched on Oct.26, 2009. The work on construction of ticket counters at the complex has been completed and the officials are now gearing up to ensure completion of remaining works, including the bridge, in a month's time.

Glass House: With the works on the first phase having been completed, the work on the second phase is pending. The work is estimated to cost Rs. 3.25 crore and the amount is yet to be released. All other works could be completed on release of required funds by July.

Meanwhile, the work of fixing glass panes and release of fishes are being done by contractor S. Srinivasa Raju of Bangalore, who has been instructed to complete the works expeditiously.

Community Park: The work on the construction of the proposed project of a community park on the bund of Karanji Lake is pending. Previously, the stretch of the road had been closed for vehicular traffic and the plan has since been changed with the idea to broaden the area of the Park from Rana Pratap Circle to the area where Circus tents are pitched. However, the creation of a lake view-point and the project of installing statues of the Maharajas have been shelved.

A proposal for release of Rs. 3.25 crore for the same has been sent to the Government and the project may be through if funds are released before this Dasara.

Why the delay?

The major cause for the delay in these works is the irresponsible decisions taken by the MCC authorities who blundered at the planning stage itself.

It was proposed to close the Karanji Lake Road for construction of a park but the project hit a roadblock as several voluntary organisations opposed the closure of the stretch which had affected the entrance to the Anjaneya Swamy Temple nearby and the court took two long years to pronounce the order that the road should not be closed.

Following this, the works under revised plans are to be taken up for completion before July end and by that time, all construction works will be completed following which the work on installing glass panes for the aquarium will be taken up.

—MCC Zone-9 Asst. Commissioner Mahesh

Useless MCC

rocky23

May 29th, 2012, 07:13 PM

WORKSHOP ON SOLAR ENERGY FOR WOMEN IN MCC

Devaraj of Indus Engineers explaining about solar lamps to Mayor Rajeshwari Puttaswamy, MCC Commissioner K.S. Raiker and IEI Chairman A.S. Sathish. Picture right shows Power Consumption and Renewable Association faculty Bhaskar explaining about solar cooker

Mysore, May 29- A day-long workshop on Solar and Renewable Energy organised by Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) in association with Mysore City Corporation (MCC) commenced at the Institution of Engineers on JLB Road here this morning.

About 150 women Corporators and women employees of MCC are participating in the programme which also includes tips on proper utilisation of LGP.

Mayor Rajeshwari Puttaswamy inaugurated the programme.

Presiding over the programme, MCC Commissioner K.S. Raikar said, "India stands third in good utilisation of renewable energy across the world. It is good that Hubli-Dharwad and Mysore have been chosen as cities for the five-year pilot project of solar city. Solar lights will come up on the road leading the Chamundi Hill and also on the steps to the Hill. Traffic signal lights have been already functioning on solar power."

rocky23

May 29th, 2012, 07:16 PM

MCC DEMOLISHES 6 ILLEGAL HOUSES

Mysore, May 29- In its continued tirade against illegal constructions, a team of Mysore City Corporation (MCC) officials, accompanied by JCB and Dhanush Squad, this morning demolished six houses illegally built at PD Block of Kesare II Stage in city.

It is reported that the six houses were demolished as builders of these illegal houses had failed to comply with the MCC notice given a month ago to vacate the premises.

MCC Zone-5 Zonal officer and his staff took part in the demolition operation.

In another incident, MCC officials led by Zone-8 Assistant Commissioner Parvathi demolished three illegally built houses at OD Block in Subashnagar besides demolishing two huts which had been built below a high tension wire. N.R. Police provided security for the demolition operation.

10 houses razed yesterday

It may mentioned that the district administration yesterday had razed ten illegal houses built in the land coming under Metagalli Survey Nos. 155/1 and 159/1, at Hebbal's Byraveshwaranagar in the city.

The Mysore Taluk Tahasildar had earlier served notice for evacuating houses built unauthorisedly on government land. But despite the notice, the house owners failed to evacuate, following which the district administration demolished the 10 unauthorised houses.

The demolition operation was led by Tahasildar B.S. Manjunathswamy and other officials. Metagalli Police provided tight security.

s.yogendra

May 29th, 2012, 07:26 PM

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:cheers:

s.yogendra

May 30th, 2012, 04:43 AM

MCC plans to burn midnight oil the solar way

Implementation of solar city project to begin in June

Work on the ambitious solar city project approved by the central government will start rolling out in June, said Mysore City Corporation (MCC) commissioner K S Raykar.

He made the announcement at a workshop on renewable energy usage and proper utilisation of LPG gas in association with Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) and Institution of Engineers (IoE) here on Tuesday.

The city was among the 10 in the country chosen as model solar cities by the central government. Due to the selection, Mysore would receive 50 per cent grants to implement the project.

Raykar said MCC had submitted a proposal to the central government indicating that the urban local body would be able to reduce 10 per cent of consumption in the next five years from non-renewable energy sources including fuels and electricity.

Following this, the government has approved Rs 1,612 crore for implementing the projects, which would cut down on non-renewable sources of energy. At the same time, he said it is essential that the Amba Vilas Palace with more than one lakh bulbs should be completely run on solar. This would ensure that the lights of the palace could be turned on each day instead of just on Saturday and Sunday. While plans are on to ensure that steps to Chamundi Hill are completely run on solar lights, cow dung at Pinjrapole, which offers shelter to 3,600 cattle, could be used to provide gas for cooking. Even households can contribute by using kitchen waste to gas converters, which would provide gas for at least two hours. Such projects would ease the burden on households while at the same time reduce dependency on non-renewable energy sources.

Observing that Karnataka was a power scarce state, Raykar stressed on the need for women to help in popularising the use of solar and other renewable energy sources.With the MCC offering subsidy of up to 30 per cent

Mayor M C Rajeshwari on a whirlwind visit inaugurated the programme and left immediately. KREDL project engineer Dinesh Kumar D K, IoE chairman A S Satish and Cesc director (technical) Bhagyanaik were present.

Pourakarmika colony to light up

Raykar mentioned that MCC is implementing a project to completely provide energy to a Pourakarmika Colony using renewable energy sources.

The scheme taken up under Rajeev Awaas Yojana would connect the electricity generated by solar to the power grid.

Excess supply provided to the power grid would be paid for by Cesc.

It would act as an additional income generator for the residents. Gujarat which has already implemented a similar project is offering residents Rs 15 per unit of electricity generated. Cesc at present is offering Rs 5.80 per unit, he added.http://www.deccanherald.com/content/253086/mcc-plans-burn-midnight-oil.html

rocky23

May 30th, 2012, 07:09 PM

MCC looks up to illuminate palace on all days of week

MYSORE: Mysore City Corporation is looking to tap solar power in a big way. If it has its way, the Mysore Palace will be illuminated using solar power, while other tourist spots will switch over to eco-friendly
energy sources.
The civic body, which is the nodal agency for the implementation of ambitious JnNURM projects, has approached the Centre with a proposal to utilise solar energy to illuminate the palace.

It also plans to set up a solar power grid at a site where houses for economically poor are under construction and plans to sell additional energy to power utilities. MCC commissioner K S Raykar on Tuesday said the Centre has pledged financial assistance to the city, which is marked as Solar City. According to him, assistance to the tune of Rs 16,012 crore will flow into the city over the next five years, and the people and agencies, which switch to use solar energy, will get help.

MCC is starting with its properties by switching over to solar energy at its headquarters and nine zonal offices. "They will be replicated at some of the vintage spots which are now dependent on hydro or thermal power," Raykar, an expert in urban management, said at a workshop on renewable energy hosted by Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL).

Ahead of implementing projects under the Solar City, KREDL has opened its Mysore office at Devaraja Market and spreading awareness about its mission. Mayor Rajeshwari Puttaswamy inaugurated the meet. Raykar said the proposal to generate solar power to illuminate the palace is with the Union government and in case it is approved, the palace can be illuminated on all days of the week. Now, the palace is illuminated on weekends, during 10-days Dasara festivities, and on national holidays. The mandate of Solar City project is to adapt to eco-friendly energy source.

Referring to Gujarat where 640 MW of solar power is generated, he said: "In all, 77 houses funded by the Centre are under construction in the city, which will have mechanism to generate solar power. The energy produced will be pooled in a grid, and the additional power is planned to be sold and the money will be passed on to the owner of the property," he stated.

As part of strategy for optimal use of renewable energy sources, MCC is planning to set up mini-biogas plants at some 2,000 houses wherein biodegradable waste will be used for energy generation. "We are also supplying biodegradable waste generated daily at the main markets to Pinjarapole Society and using the cow dung to generate power," Raykar added.

Admirer_Of_Mysore

May 31st, 2012, 08:09 AM

Friends, this is just the old story but trying to revisit it. I see a huge potential for Mysore to transform into a serious BT Hub in Neutri/Netraceutical and phytopharmaceutical space.
We will see a lot of activity in this space in the coming months and with JSS Institute being the implementing agency known for their professionalism in whatever they do, we can be all the more optimistic about the future of this project and that of Mysore turning into a knowledge HUB for IT/ BT industries.

PS:- It would be fantastic if any one can visit the place, take snaps of this important project and upload a few of them here. Itseems place is near Varuna. I do not know where exactly it is located

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/202991/bt-park-make-city-research.html
BT park will make city a research hub
Preethi Nagaraj, Mysore, Nov 6, DHNS:
New vistas
After a long lull, the city seems to be whipping up a good storm in the race to progress in the recent years after some of the IT biggies set up world class campuses here.
A biotechnology park (BT Park) par excellence will be set up under Public Private Partnership few kilometers away from the city at Varuna.
JSS Institution has bagged the project to set up Neutri/Netraceutical and phytopharmaceutical (N2P2) park around the city. Anticipation is that the infrastructure related works would be completed in six months time.

The facility, which would be located across 51.5 acre would have an incubator, a research facility which can be used by other players in the industry to carry out their works, on rent, and other neccessary amenities.

JSS Seer Shivaratri Deshikendra as the guiding force, the project wil have experts such as former CFTRI director Dr V Prakash -- currently Professor Emeritus CSIR at JSS Mahavidyapeetha, along with JSS University Vice Chancellor Dr V Suresh spearheading the project, joined by Director Research Dr Balasubramaniam and
Nagannachar, the project got the nod recently.
Estimated to cost Rs 103.27 cr, the project will be partly funded by the state government.

Boost to industry

Speaking to Deccan Herald, Dr V Suresh said this park will provide boost to the growth of the related industry by over 10 - 12 per cent. “International players are also interested in this project. Herbal farming and neutraceutical farming will arrive big time through this project.

This will also put Mysore on par with serious players in the business arena,” he added.

Adhereing to the parameters set by Karnataka Vision Group for Bio Technolgy, which is headed by Biocon head Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Dr Balasubramaniam, one of the key persons on board, said:

BT hub
“The park will turn into a BT hub with the unit concentrating on exploring the bioresources available in western ghats plant-based medicines, synthetic chemicals etc. Private players in the sector are interested in knowing more about neutroceuticals which are widely used in health drinks these days, to add energy efficiency into the combinations.”

This apart, the unit will also look at employing cutting-edge technology to preserve nutrients in foods, new-age packaging methods and increasing shelf-life of food and related materials, in order to meet the food challenges of future.

With home-grown expertise available in abundance from Pharmacy college run by the institute in Ooty, the park also aims at opening new vistas for experts in the area. The project will be completely operational in two years’ time, heralding new wave of research in BT.

engineer.akash

May 31st, 2012, 08:12 AM

rocky23

May 31st, 2012, 11:25 AM

Builders’ dream for growth

With Bangalore’s haphazard, unplanned growth staring us in the face, the concern of the Mysoreans is to see that it does not go the Bangalore way. It is heartening to see that one of the biggest stakeholders in the city, the builders, are also thinking of the heritage city first and then the selling of the apartments, finds out N Niranjan Nikam, even as the four-day My Realty 2012, is on at the Maharaja’s College grounds.

M y friend Sarojini was in Bangalore to visit her daughter recently. She went to a shop on Avenue Road and the shopkeeper, a Marwari, was pleasantly surprised the way she was talking to him. He asked her where she was from and she said Mysore. “Amma, no wonder you have so much of patience and time.

Here no one has time for a pleasant talk. Please see that you preserve Mysore and do not allow it to become another Bangalore,” was the reaction of the concerned Marwari shopkeeper.

It is that time of the year again, where the builders try to bring the buyers on a common platform to showcase the properties they have at one place and this is the seventh edition of the My Realty 2012 show on at the Maharaja’s College grounds, is a proof of this.

“The Builders Association of India, Mysore chapter and the Confederation of the Real Estate Developers of India (CREDAI) have come together, wherein; all are credible and authenticated developers, where the Credai code of conduct is strictly followed.
Here the buyer has the choice to see the different projects like the fruits in a basket,” said My Realty 2012 chairman S Prakash.

There are about 25 participants and some of the big names in the real estate field like Prestige, Shoba, Brigades, Fortune, Shriram properties from Bangalore and Mysore’s Sankalp, Premier, Pramur are participating. The financial institutions like ICICI, HDFC, Axis are also participating, Credai, Mysore president M B Nagakumar told City Herald.

Apartments

Asked how many apartments had been built till now in Mysore, Nagakumar said that there were nearly 2,000 flats built out of which 1500 had already been sold. The demand is there with a 20 per cent growth every year.

With the penchant for individual houses that a traditional Mysorean still has, is it not a challenge to change the mindset? Here the members of the organising committee including BAI Mysore chairman A V Sridhar, My Realty secretary S R Swamy, Prakash and Nagakumar are unanimous in their opinion that if Mysore has to be preserved and should not go the way of Bangalore, then the core area, the heritage part of the city has to be maintained and development has to happen in the periphery of the city.

“It is better to encourage joint ventures (JVs) with the public private partnership model where for instance a public transport like a bus can pick up 100 people from one place than to go around different parts to pick up others. Also the laying of pipes for water, cables for electricity can all be minimised with high rise buildings,” said Prakash.

What is the profile of a buyer in Mysore? In Bangalore if one visits a project site, it is the young family crowd and sometimes even a young lady with her parents visiting the mockup flat who takes a decision to purchase a flat. “Here it is slowly changing. The elderly are moving from individual houses to flats as they have realised that many issues like safety, security, availability of house maids are all taken care of,” said Sridhar.
Sea change

Just one company the TVS set up in Nanjangud industrial area nearly two decades ago made a sea change in the whole area. The ITC is coming up, Nestle is expanding and many of these companies are buying flats for their company guest houses in JP Nagar, said Swamy.

However, there are lot of concerns the builders in Mysore have which the government is promising to address and nothing much has been done so far. It is first the high taxation and the floor area ration (FAR).

A commercial space in Bangalore Jayanagar is Rs 25 per sq ft whereas in the KSRTC bus stand in Mysore it is Rs 38 per sq ft. The committee members said that it was simply because of the clear advantage in FAR, Bangalore has and unless the ratio is increased from the present 1.5 to 2 to at least 3 the problem will continue, they said.

It is sad that the government has only misplaced priorities and with the building industry being one of the largest employers if the building boom has to sustain then the government must act. “Either there should be VAT or stamp duty it cannot have both, the tax policy should be simplified, “ is the demand of the builders.

What is the going rate of the flats? It is anywhere between Rs 1,500 per sq ft in the outskirts of the city to Rs 2,500 per sq ft in JP Nagar to Rs 3,000 to Rs 3,200 in the heart of the city like Jayalakshmipuram, Vontikoppal, Lakshmipuram, said Nagakumar.

My Realty is expecting an optimistic footfall of anywhere between 25,000 to 30,000. “We have issued 10,000 passes to the clubs and our previous buyers and we hope to do a good business of at least Rs 30 crore in air condition comfort,” said Prakash and Nagakumar.

The only fervent wish of every Mysorean is that, as one of the headlines in My Realty 2012 brochure says, ‘Mysore forward gracefully.’

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/250512/builders-dream-growth.html

rocky23

May 31st, 2012, 06:18 PM

Luxurious apartments will be constructed in Mysore lamp land

Its old news but the renders seems cool..

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7099/7308930052_a223728ee9.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/7308930052/)
hill-port1-e1333620144338 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/7308930052/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

The Chief Minister of Karnataka directed the BDA to take over the land of the Mysore lamp and start construction of residential apartment.

According to the home ministry, the abandoned land can be utilized for revenue generation after construction of apartments in Mysore.

About 39 acres of lands are there in the location, and a luxurious apartment could generate good amount of revenue.

Government is planning to compensate the losses of the Mysore lamp with the generated revenue from the location.

More related story:

Infrastructure growth a mad rush in Mysore city

rsrikanth05

May 31st, 2012, 06:20 PM

^^BDA?
Or MUDA?

rocky23

May 31st, 2012, 06:29 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7094/7308990618_fb51dee4ec_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/7308990618/)
redwood_en (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/7308990618/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

rocky23

May 31st, 2012, 06:30 PM

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8143/7308993912_a98f0f65e3_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/7308993912/)
paradise_pic (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/7308993912/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

rocky23

May 31st, 2012, 06:31 PM

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8026/7308994618_293e2e0e14_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/7308994618/)
metropolisr9 (1) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/7308994618/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

what is the status of the above appartment??

rocky23

May 31st, 2012, 06:32 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7089/7309030954_c817a60820_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/7309030954/)
33_en (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/7309030954/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

rocky23

May 31st, 2012, 06:38 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/7309039484_6c676d6d76.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/7309039484/)
brigade-point_1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41343108@N04/7309039484/) by rakeshsr_2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/41343108@N04/), on Flickr

rocky23

May 31st, 2012, 06:39 PM

^^BDA?
Or MUDA?

dont know.Thats the confusion here

engineer.akash

May 31st, 2012, 07:54 PM

WILL FLIGHTS TO CITY GET WINGS?

Mysore, May 31- District In-charge Minister S.A. Ramdas had assured some time ago that flights would resume operations from and to the city from June 3.

However, with the State BJP government in turmoil, it appears there is no one to take up the issue and initiate process to resume the flights to city.

It was informed that Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda had held discussions with three private airlines, with the latter agreeing to fly the aircraft from first week of June.

Deputy Commissioner P.S. Vastrad too had held a round of discussion with no decision taken.

During the Mysore Zonal Investors Meet held in city recently, it was reportedly urged that flights should be resumed from city to facilitate industrialists and also to move the cargo. It was reportedly suggested to operate flights from city to Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Goa.

Airlines' demand

The private airlines were learnt to have placed a demand with the government to ensure a minimum of 25 seats on each flight and continue it for four mon-ths. They were learnt to have said that the flight network would be developed and standardised after four months utilising the potential of tourism and industrial sector. The DC was said to have held talks with Indian Airlines too regarding the issue.

However, government sources feel that the private airlines should first operate the flights without setting any pre-conditions. They also say that offering subsidy on aviation fuel was a national issue which cannot be complied by the State Government as demanded by airlines.

Minister assures

Setting aside all doubts and speculations, District Minister Ramdas continues to maintain that the government has discussed the issue of restarting air traffic with the managements of Spice Jet and Indigo and an assurance of a minimum of 20 seats for the first sour months has been given to them.

The Minister contends that only an official announcement is due from the State government for resumption of flights to Mysore.

s.yogendra

May 31st, 2012, 09:19 PM

Olivea starts services to Mysore, Now Travel to the Royal city in Uber Luxury Coaches by Olivea..

http://www.olivea.net/

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pic source:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/badlapur/7296466782/sizes/z/in/photostream/

s.yogendra

May 31st, 2012, 09:21 PM

^^
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pic source:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/badlapu...n/photostream/

s.yogendra

May 31st, 2012, 09:22 PM

^^
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pic source:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/badlapu...n/photostream/

AHA7j3T1kiM

rocky23

June 1st, 2012, 03:54 AM

wow what a bus!!

rocky23

June 1st, 2012, 03:55 AM

Railway counter to open from 5am

MYSORE: Mysore railway authorities have rescheduled the timing of unreserved ticket counter at the west-end entrance of the station from June 1. This is expected to benefit early-morning passengers.

SWR senior divisional commercial manager Anup Dayanand Sadhu said the counter will be open between 5am and 9pm on all days from Friday. Earlier, the counter used to be open between 5.30am and 9.30pm.

rocky23

June 1st, 2012, 04:00 AM

BlackBerry phones to assist cops manage traffic better

MYSORE: Habitual traffic offenders, take note. Henceforth, you can't go scot-free for subsequent traffic violations as city traffic police are going hi-tech to crack down on offenders.

Nearly two years after their counterparts in Bangalore started using BlackBerry-assisted traffic enforcement system, Mysore cops are going in for that. Mysore will be the second city in the state to adopt a paperless system of traffic enforcement.

Traffic police officers will start using BBs in the next two weeks. This cuts manpower, reduces paperwork, stores data in centralized server. Moreover, they help police get the details of any previous offences by the violators in no time. Even, the system reduces time in serving notices to offenders and puts brake on the possible manipulation by police.

Devaraja traffic inspector Mohammed Irshad, who underwent training along with 17 other officers from the city at Bangalore Traffic Training Institute recently, told TOI that once they start using BB handsets, the vehicle owners will have to own up for their previous offences. Each violation will be recorded, and details will be stored in the server. Policemen, armed with the gadget, can get details of previous violations at their fingertips.

There is no chance for violators to go scot-free for repeat offence. Presently, police are collecting Rs 100 towards fine for helmetless driving. As there was no proper system to check whether the violator was booked earlier, police were collecting the same amount of fine even for subsequent offences. But hereafter, police will not face any such glitch as they will get to know the "history of violation" by keying in to BB handsets either the DL number or the vehicle registration number of violators.

For subsequent traffic rule violations, the fine amount will be enhanced. For helmetless driving, police can collect Rs 300 for second or third offence. Moreover, they will have a record to write the to court, seeking cancellation of the errant motorists' driving licences.

Each BB handset will have Bluetooth-enabled printers to issue notices to violators on the spot. The present system is time consuming as the officers have to write details of violation, place, and date and vehicle number on 'check report receipts' (CRR). But with the latest gadget, officers can issue receipts in less than a minute, Irshad explained.

Earlier, the offenders used to question the officers for using old CRR books printed two-three years ago to issue notices. They were at the receiving end because public were suspecting the police for using books printed in 2009/10 (the reciepts were being used to clear the stock). But there will be no such confusion henceforth.

According to Irshad, nearly 80 types of traffic violations have been stored in the gadget. They can also videograph the offence using the handset, if need be. "Violations like helmetless driving, triple riding, reckless and underage driving are rampant in Mysore," the inspector said, adding that people will see a change in traffic management.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore

rocky23

June 1st, 2012, 04:09 AM

Mysore witnesses near-total bandh

MYSORE: Mysore joined the rest of the cities in India in the nationwide protest against hike in petrol prices by shutting down businesses on Thursday. The bandh, which was near total and peaceful, inconvenienced people here.

Almost every business establishment on Devaraja Urs Road, Sayyaji Rao Road and Ashoka Road, and those in the heart of the city were shut. There was mixed response to the protest from residential extensions in northeast of the city. All cinema halls had suspended morning and matinee shows, while fuel stations remained closed. Public transport services too were suspended, following damage to buses in northern Karnataka.

There was a drop in the number of visitors to Mysore zoo, the popular tourist destination. Authorities said they received just over 1,200 visitors as against the daily average of 8,000. However, Mysore Palace's parking lot was full. The strike did not affect medical stores, milk booths, hospitals, shops and government offices. But the banks remained shut.

Meanwhile, all the 21 trains operated as per schedule from Mysore city. But passengers who came to Mysore faced difficulty in the absence of public transport.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore

engineer.akash

June 1st, 2012, 11:38 AM

Besides, Mysore City Corporation Commissioner Raikar has been transferred and posted as General Manager (Administration), Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation, Bangalore.

The government also appointed Kanteerava Studio Managing Director N R Vishukumar as the Director of Information department.

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Good this incompetent officer is out of Mysore :banana::banana::banana::banana:

rsrikanth05

June 1st, 2012, 12:01 PM

^^He's now for Urban Infra.
We're screwed.

engineer.akash

June 1st, 2012, 12:10 PM

^^He's now for Urban Infra.
We're screwed.

I know we are screwed,he did his masters in urban planning from some foreign univ.

rsrikanth05

June 1st, 2012, 12:41 PM

^^Really?

sudhikg

June 2nd, 2012, 12:54 PM

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Good this incompetent officer is out of Mysore :banana::banana::banana::banana:

:cheers:Cheers, Hope some good officer takes this position!!

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 10:15 AM

Admirer of Mysore,

Can you name one big large scale industry that has been setup in mysore due to BJP govt's effort? Any industrial estate developed during BJP's regime? All nanjangud,thandya,kadkola,habbal owe a lot to Congress.

Yet some guys jump in here to support the most corrupt bparty.

Admirer_Of_Mysore

June 3rd, 2012, 10:41 AM

Akash,
BJP has not done anything different than what their predecessors (JDS+ BJP, JDS+ Congress) did. That is just announce the projects during and KUM meeting and go to sleep.

Project realization is not even 10 percent. If you go to any of the Industrial estates in Mysore, though the estate seem having lot of open land, but when you enquire, you find out that all have been bought quite along ago using benami names. Neither land is available for serious Industrialist nor they themselves develop it.

As a result, many projects like IBM, TCS, Akzo Nobel, Luxe Hotels and few more IT park development projects by big developers are yet to take off though project approval signing was done more than 10 years back.

There is no concentrated effort by these bureaucrats to see the projects are realized. They are not interested as they got their share of bribe :bash:

So. moral of the story is that, It is not party that can develop any city, but the Individual leaders. Only during Krishna was CM, there was substantial infrastructure progress in Bangalore and Mysore.

If congress wins with majority (which is unlikely) and if Krishna becomes CM, may be, we can see some serious developments.
But flip side is that, he may neglect Northern part of Ka as he is "Mandyada mannina Maga"

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 10:54 AM

But flip side is that, he may neglect Northern part of Ka as he is "Mandyada mannina Maga"

One cannot forget North karnataka these days,which is resource rich,limestone is wooing cement industries and ofcourse the iron ore is caught up in a mess as of now,else that would attract more steel mills,Many high grade steel mills are coming up around bellary especially those of JSW.Sugarcane produce is on the rise inviting more sugar industries in belgaum.What North KA needs is infra boost which will pull up the development activities.

In general drought and floods have demoralised the farming fratenity with absolute zero support.At the times of floods these bjp monkeys played musical chair and during drought they did the same,JDs or congress need not campaign next elections they will come on their own. :-)

Junior Engineer

June 3rd, 2012, 12:00 PM

Whats news about Mini Vidhan Soudha?
Inagurated or yet to be......?

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 02:51 PM

Whats news about Mini Vidhan Soudha?
Inagurated or yet to be......?

Held up due to political reasons

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 03:10 PM

Saraswathi puram 14 th main road a short stretch is getting doubled from Vishwamanava road to Hanuman temple.

Will this road be doubled till TK layout?

http://i46.tinypic.com/15n6r0z.jpg

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 03:11 PM

http://i49.tinypic.com/2w65og4.jpg

well done shakarlinge gowda MLA

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 03:11 PM

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engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 05:47 PM

Why cannot they develop this road in Ramkrishna nagar? the stretch in Kuvempunagar is ok

This is the stretch in kuvempunagar

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8146/7327033670_eb3522db60_b.jpg

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 05:48 PM

Stretch in Kuvempunagar

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7242/7327039510_a292df9e2c_b.jpg

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 05:49 PM

Stretch in Kuvempunagar,Vishwa manava road

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7216/7327043728_c65d52154c_b.jpg

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 05:55 PM

Vishwa manva road in Ramkrishna nagar :bash::bash:

Is MUDA taking care of this road? MCC upto kuvempunagar and then MUDA?

Where are the traffic police,they spoke too much about road adoption and stuff...Looks like they have no vision too like our MCC

http://i47.tinypic.com/n346c0.jpg

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 05:57 PM

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engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 06:01 PM

Vishwa manava road in Kuvempunagar promises broken by many MCC,Traffic Police,local corporator,cescom...No landscaping near A2Z shopping complex,the median has literally gone to the dogs near Kukrahalli junction

:bash:

The footpath is present only in patches,most of this road lacks footpath,Cescom with its ugly wires and dirty transformers has made this stretch look ugly...Check out the ugly electric poles in the median

Like zero tolerance road we can call this Zero Maintenance road

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7218/7327027728_9c682e9659_b.jpg

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 06:02 PM

Footpath on vishwamanava road is in stretches that too of poor quality...In this pic below footpath is not present on the other side

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7099/7327049850_51edbc7027_b.jpg

Manjunath kasigavi

June 3rd, 2012, 06:07 PM

Ramakrishna nagar and Kuvempu nagar looks cool:cheers:
btw as usual nice pics akash:D

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 06:09 PM

Ramakrishna nagar and Kuvempu nagar looks cool:cheers:
btw as usual nice pics akash:D

We are not satisfied with the works and maintenance of vishwa manava road.We want a pucca perfect road.

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 06:11 PM

Krishnaraja Boulevard - This Heritage Road needs lane marking, foot path and good street lighting.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8005/7325934636_142c3a160d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/78252829@N06/7325934636/)
DSC01460 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/78252829@N06/7325934636/) by Junior Engineer (http://www.flickr.com/people/78252829@N06/), on Flickr

^^Krishnaja boulevard a cousin of vishwa manava road too lacks Footpaths it is poorly lit and slightly better maintained.

Is the MCC watching this thread..?

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 06:28 PM

My favorite Sarawathi pura mains

http://i50.tinypic.com/160xz43.jpg

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 06:30 PM

Saraswathi pura main road,again a gross neglect by the authorities,this road lacks paved footpaths,when gullies of bangalore have nice tiled footpaths why can't mysore have it on main roads? This shows the bangalore centric attitude of Karnataka government

Mysore is no different from other T2 cities of the state,Many jump in saying GOK promotes only Bangalore-Mysore,we know how GOK treats mysore.

http://i49.tinypic.com/1zfn7tl.jpg

See that ugly transformer blocking pedestrians way.

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 06:35 PM

A new showroom coming up on Saraswathi pura main road

http://i45.tinypic.com/2h2i1xh.jpg

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 06:36 PM

A road should look like this :cheers:

Chamrajendra double road

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s.yogendra

June 3rd, 2012, 06:47 PM

^^

i don't agree with you

in the name of footpath they are killing all those trees :bash: MCC should remove all those cement blocks

engineer.akash

June 3rd, 2012, 07:19 PM

^^

i don't agree with you

in the name of footpath they are killing all those trees :bash: MCC should remove all those cement blocks

Agreed,this was reported earlier in newspapers,but now they have removed couple of tiles around the trees.

The best way is to develop spaces around trees,just like the one being developed on Sarawathipura 14th main.

s.yogendra

June 5th, 2012, 07:14 PM

Infy

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Source (http://locnerist.blogspot.in/2011/11/beautiful-mysore.html)

engineer.akash

June 5th, 2012, 09:40 PM

New passenger train may start services by July end

Chamarajanagar, June 5, 2012, DHNS:
Despite several long-pending demands of the people of the district remaining unfulfilled, the introduction of a new passenger train to the district headquarters from Mysore is a respite.

The train, announced in the last Railway budget, is expected to start chugging by July end.

The residents of Chamarajanagar and surrounding areas have been demanding extension of Shimoga-Mysore and Dharwad-Mysore trains up to Chamarajanagar — for a long time.

The demand for laying of a railway line from Chamarajanagar to Mettupalyam is the oldest of all the demands. Apart from that there has been a demand for doubling of the Chamarajanagar-Mysore track. However, the district has not got any sops in any of the railway budgets so far. The mention of the new train this time has come as a big relief.

Several persons commute to Mysore from Chamarajanagar and surrounding areas for work and education. Most of them belong to the economically backward classes. Over 3,800 persons have availed Izzat railway pass under the Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency. The commuters had been pressing for new trains and additional coaches for existing trains.

The commuters have also been complaining that due to shortage of staff in the railway station they were facing hardships. Due to shortage of staff, only one ticket counter operates, whereas the queue is usually long. So, tickets are being issued till the last minute before the train departs.

Passengers have a hard time catching the train. It is even more difficult if the train is on the second platform. Even MP Dhruvanarayan has written a letter to the south-western railway, urging it to post adequate staff at the railway station.

The MP has got a reply that necessary staff would be posted before the new train starts operating.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/254833/passenger-train-may-start-services.html

s.yogendra

June 7th, 2012, 05:34 AM

Ropeway, four-lane road at Chamundi Hills opposed

The proposed four-lane road and ropeway to the Chamundi Hills have drawn opposition from environment and social activists here who are arguing that the two projects could be detrimental to the ecology of the hills.

“A proposal to build a ropeway on the western end facing the city was in the news for nearly a decade. Recently, the Minister in-charge of Mysore district announced that a four-lane road will be built from the foothills to the top. Both the projects will be detrimental for the environment,” said R. Chandra Prakash of the Mysore Grahakara Parishat.

Traditional steps

Even today, thousands of devotees, particularly on Tuesdays and Fridays, climb 1,000-plus steps as early as 4 a.m. These steps symbolise the heritage of the hills. These devotees don't look for another way to reach the hill temple. Some devotees travel to the temple by road, Mr. Prakash said in a press release.

“If this is the case, whom will the ropeway serve,” he asked. Tourists come either in a public bus or by their own transport; so why would they waste time and money on the ropeway, he questioned.

Plenty of alternatives

Mr. Prakash also sought to know the reason for planning a four-lane road. According to him, there were several roads going down from the hills on either side of it.

In any case, the high density of traffic to Chamundeshwari temple during peak season cannot justify road widening by removing the trees and increasing risk of landslips, according to the release.

Projects could be detrimental to the ecology of the hills, say environment

and social activistshttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3499645.ece