Mysore's pride Bangalore's envy :D

Yes Mysore rocks!!!We have footpaths as wide as the carriageway :happy: These are not just the ones there are hundreds of such streets in Mysore

Temple Road--Connecting KRS road and Hunsur road shot near SJSS,Jayalakshmipuram. A Nice locality away from the CBD

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MG Road,Near Mysore mail

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Jhansi Lakshmi bhai road :)

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Ina sikapatae roads cover aagbaeku, Mysore jana gale swalpa alasya inthra achae banni nimma orralli pride thogoli, intha orru yallu illa..... :)

Can anyone provide what percent of track doubling work completed between Bangalore & Mysore? I am aware that Bangalore - Ramanagaram section is completed not sure beyond it.

Can anyone provide what percent of track doubling work completed between Bangalore & Mysore? I am aware that Bangalore - Ramanagaram section is completed not sure beyond it.

Mysore to Naganahali is double tracked

Core heritage area to be developed

R. Krishna Kumar

MYSORE: Work on developing the core heritage area of Mysore comprising surroundings of the palace, Town Hall and other structures will be launched in February at a cost of Rs. 39.45 crore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

The Mysore City Corporation (MCC) is implementing the project, which was conceived by the Tourism Department and prepared in association with STUP consultants, Bangalore. Once completed, it is expected to enhance the ambience in the city centre, which is also the core tourism zone in Mysore.

Tenders

K.S. Raykar, Commissioner of the MCC, told The Hindu that the financial evaluation of the second round of tenders called for the same will be taken up on Monday. The work will start by February, he added. He said the first round of tenders was cancelled as figures quoted were on the higher side.

“The deadline for completing the core heritage area development was December 2012. Once completed, Mysore's main tourism zone will sport an embellished appearance complete with heritage-style lamp posts and underground cables around the palace,” Mr. Raykar said.

The Government of India has already released Rs. 8.87 crore in this connection. Out of Rs. 39.45 crore, the Centre will contribute Rs. 31.56 crore and the State Government will chip in with Rs. 3.94 crore as contribution. The remaining Rs. 3.94 crore has to be met by the MCC, Mr. Raykar added. The former Assistant Director of Tourism N. Jayaram said that the project will help shore up tourism traffic to Mysore, which is nearing the 3 million mark. He said the master plan will give a facelift to the public space around Mysore Palace and the Town Hall befitting the heritage tag of these two monuments.


http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/03/stories/2011010360700300.htm

Can anyone provide what percent of track doubling work completed between Bangalore & Mysore? I am aware that Bangalore - Ramanagaram section is completed not sure beyond it.

Doubling over upto Channapattana and commissioned. Mysore Naganahalli some works left.
Channapattana and further, earth work going on........

I know the Bangalore to Kengeri is electrified(saw a electric loco heading towards Kengeri Summer of 2009). What about Kengeri and beyond?

^^ kengeri to ramanagar to recently chennapatna commisioned, see above :doh:

Tourist inflow: Mysore Palace races to match Taj

January 4th, 2011
DC

Jan. 3: Ignoring potential terror threats and growing global economic concerns, more than 31 lakh tourists visited Amba Vilas Palace, popularly known as Mysore Palace, during 2010, which could make it the first ever tourist attraction or monument in the country, to receive 30 lakh or more tourists in a year.

Reckoned the biggest and the most popular palace among all, the Mysore Palace could possibly beat the world-famous in terms of number of tourists received this year. Auradi, deputy director, Palace Board, said that the tourist inflow was increasing every year. “The 30 lakh benchmark was for the calendar year. It will be interesting to see the fiscal year statistic that will be released in April, and compare it with that of the Taj Mahal”.

In 2006-07, Mysore Palace nearly surpassed the Taj Mahal. As many as 25,25,687 tourists visited the Mysore Palace, while 25,39,471 visited the Taj Mahal, according to official records of Union ministry of tourism and culture.

This uptrend in the number of tourists visiting the Mysore Palace has been a phenomenon observed from 2003-04, when tourism in the region was given a push. The resilience in the economy, and the fact that number of domestic tourists has increased, had a spill over effect, and benefited the local tourism industry.

Another encouraging factor was the foreign tourist inflow which also increased considerably of late. As many as 74,000 international tourists visited in 2010, while in 2009 it was 64, 859, and 45,000 in 2008. For the fiscal year 2010-11, the Mysore Palace has already received 25,02,180 tourists, generating a revenue of `5.44 crore. In 2009-10, the palace received 27,59,257 tourists, while the Taj Mahal received over 29 lakhs.


http://www.deccanchronicle.com/bengaluru/tourist-inflow-mysore-palace-races-match-taj-147


South India's answer :banana:

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2011/01/04/stories/2011010452560300.htm

ITC arm opening hotel in Mysore soon

To run it on management contract.
Anil Urs

Hubli, Jan. 3

Fortune Park Hotels, a subsidiary of ITC Welcom Group, is to open its Mysore hotel, Fortune JP Palace, shortly.

According to a senior company executive, the Mysore property is positioned in the mid-market to upscale segment and will cater to the new-age traveller.

“There are a total of 108 rooms, including 99 standard rooms and Fortune Club rooms and nine suites.”

“The hotel, apart from landscaped gardens, has a magnificent view of Chamundi Hills and offers a range of services and facilities,” the executive said.

Fortune Park Hotels has made no investment on the property but has taken the operation and marketing route. JP Group has provided the land, building and Fortune Park Hotels is expected to bring in personnel and operate the hotel.

“No investments – Fortune Park Hotels Ltd (FPHL) works on a management contract with a prescribed service fee agreement,” the executive explained.

Tier I/II cities

Talking about the company's strategy for tier II and III cities, he said: “Presently, Fortune Hotels has 62 signed alliances and 35 operational hotels across 46 cities. The properties are being set up in major metros, mini metros, state capitals and business towns.

“As each property takes root, it opens up possibilities at another level in a neighbouring hub of development.”

“Fortune Hotels plans to maintain its leadership position in the mid-market to upscale segment by following a balanced approach towards growth, expansion, brand extensions and providing the same assured quality of product and service across all extension brands,” he added.

Damden Solarium
Under construction
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CORE TOURISM AREA AROUND PALACE TO BE DEVELOPED

Third Biennial Conference of Indian Heritage Cities Network from Mar. 13 -16

Mysore, Jan. 5 (JP)-The Mysore City Corporation (MCC) is developing a Core Tourism Area of around 3 kms around the Amba Vilas Palace under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) component at a cost of Rs. 39.45 crore, according to MCC Commissioner K.S. Raikar.

The work on the project will commence in February and is scheduled to be completed by Dec. 2012.

The Centre has allocated Rs. 8.87 crore from its total share of Rs. 31.56 crore while the State Government will contribute Rs. 3.94 crore. MCC will bear an equal amount of the cost, he said.

Tourist traffic is expected to go up with the creation of the Core Tourism Area from the current 30 lakh per annum, said Raikar.

Sources in MCC said that the seriousness of implementing the core tourism area project have assumed an urgency in view of the Third Biennial Conference of Indian Heritage Cities Network (IHCN) being held from March 13 to 16 in the city. The conference is being organised by UNESCO, New Delhi, Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation and the MCC.

Sources in IHCN told SOM that the UNESCO team of Nicole Bolomey & Takahiko Makino (Programme Specialists) and Paromita De Sarkar & Shalini Mahajan (Project Managers), which had visited the city last year, had submitted a comprehensive planning and implementation report to IHCN Secretariat.

The Conference will have international experts presenting the aspects of heritage-friendly mobility, along with the Indian experts presenting their experiences and best practices in heritage conservation.

Manjunath Shekar, partner, Bangalore-based Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kar-nataka) Ltd. [IDCK], empanelled for JNNURM, said that the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) of the city heritage project had been submitted through JNNURM to the State Government several months ago but no action had been taken.

JNNURM sources said the CDP envisages a pedestrian path around the Palace, which will be lit up with heritage lamps.

Aesthetically designed barricades inspired by the patterns in the main Palace will be erected and over 130 lamp posts and seating arrangements will be made, given the high tourist inflow. An underground parking facility to reduce traffic congestion around the Palace and open-air amphitheatre in the Town Hall premises will also be taken up. It also envisages 'tonga' tracks.

SOM

LANSDOWNE BUILDING TO GET FACELIFT, DC INSPECTS


http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=27061&type=news
Mysore, Jan. 6 (KCU&MTY)- The District Administration has come forward to renovate the Lansdowne building in KR Circle, one of the century-plus old heritage structures in city.

As a preliminary inspection, Deputy Commissioner Harsha Gupta, along with Corporation officials, visited Lansdowne building yesterday and took stock of the situation.

The dilapidated structure houses several shops and offices. The District Administration will submit a proposal to the State government for the complete renovation of the building.

During inspection, the DC observed that a few shops were functioning unauthorisedly and the passage between shops were encroached upon. The alley behind the building was also found occupied illegally.

Harsha Gupta suggested to Corporation Superintending Engineer Mahesh that developing the building was not the sole criterion. "The unauthorised structures should be evicted and the alley behind the building should be cleared for movement of pedestrians," said Gupta instructing Mahesh to issue notices to traders concerned.

Speaking to the press persons later, Harsha Gupta said "Lans-downe Building will be developed either under JNNURM or CM's Special Grant of Rs. 100 crore. To accomplish the mission, traders occupying the building should also co-operate."

SOM

Mysore, Jan. 6 (KCU&MTY)- The District Administration has come forward to renovate the Lansdowne building in KR Circle, one of the century-plus old heritage structures in city.

As a preliminary inspection, Deputy Commissioner Harsha Gupta, along with Corporation officials, visited Lansdowne building yesterday and took stock of the situation.

The dilapidated structure houses several shops and offices. The District Administration will submit a proposal to the State government for the complete renovation of the building.

During inspection, the DC observed that a few shops were functioning unauthorisedly and the passage between shops were encroached upon. The alley behind the building was also found occupied illegally.

Harsha Gupta suggested to Corporation Superintending Engineer Mahesh that developing the building was not the sole criterion. "The unauthorised structures should be evicted and the alley behind the building should be cleared for movement of pedestrians," said Gupta instructing Mahesh to issue notices to traders concerned.

Speaking to the press persons later, Harsha Gupta said "Lans-downe Building will be developed either under JNNURM or CM's Special Grant of Rs. 100 crore. To accomplish the mission, traders occupying the building should also co-operate."

I had been to to LANSDOWNE building last weekend, the century old building is really in a bad shape and needs urgent attention to avoid any mishaps. The DC very correctly says that shopkeepers need to cooparate in this effort.
Not many many know that it houses a very old and famous icecream parlour called "Palamrutha", its still there and still many people throng to that tiny parlour.

Mysore aerial

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cc the real rock n roll

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Great to hear news about Lansdowne Building! :)

Great to hear news about Lansdowne Building! :)

A right step taken by the disctrict authorities.Also the road leading to jagan mohan palace is now seeing nice revamp in the form of new checkered tiles being laid on footpaths and road tarring works.Thanks to BJP govt for sanctioning the amount.:)

CITY CORPN. SERVES NOTICES TO LANSDOWNE BUILDING OCCUPANTS

Mysore, Jan. 7 (KMC&KK)- The Mysore City Corporation today issued notices to the occupants of Lansdowne building at K.R. Circle, directing them to remove all structures, billboards, furniture and other structures appended to the original building, within 24 hours.

Notices were issued to 52 occupants on the ground floor and 32 occupants on the first floor.

This step is taken by the City Corporation following the District Administration's move to renovate the 127-year-old building, one of the heritage structures of the city.

Deputy Commissioner Harsha Gupta, along with MCC officials, had visited the building on Wednesday for a preliminary inspection and took stock of the situation. Many of the shops were found to be illegally occupied while some paid paltry sums as rent to the MCC, amounting to approximately Rs. 50,000 per annum.

The passages between shops are encroached upon and the alley behind the building has also been occupied illegally.

There are also instances of the original tenants selling their shops to a third party, as though it were their inherited property.

One Vijay Rao is said to have sold his shop to one K. Nagesh Rao for Rs. 5 lakh while another portion earlier rented by Qureshi has been sold to one Shivakumar for Rs. 12 lakh.

Several traders have installed rolling shutters which is against the norms as it endangers the building itself. Such cases will be considered as encroachments and evicted, said MCC officials.

SOM

Lansdowne Building to be restored

Special Correspondent

Corporation has completed a detailed study of the structure

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FACELIFT:The Lansdowne Building in Mysore
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MYSORE: The Lansdowne Building here will be taken up for restoration without altering the profile of the original structure.

A detailed study of the structure has been conducted by the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) which will take up the restoration work at a cost of Rs. 1.1 crore. Corporation Commissioner K.S. Raykar told The Hindu that experts examined the profile of the Lansdowne Building and had pointed out that the heritage building can be conserved and restored without damaging the profile. “The plan is to confine the intervention work to a minimum and conserve the building,” he added.

The Lansdowne Building was inspected by the Deputy Commissioner and senior officials and it transpired that a passage has been blocked at many places as certain shops had cropped up for business operations. The authorities called for clearing the block and removing the encroachments from Lansdowne Building. Spot inspection also led to the identification of three more buildings that have cropped on the backside of the building. The authorities have also noted that the back lane of the market needs to be improved by providing sufficient lighting, drainage, asphalting. The inspecting team also noticed that certain buildings adjoining the structure have encroached upon public space and the heritage structure had been masked by the new constructions.

Meanwhile, the corporation issued a warning to a few tenants who were found to made encroachments and asked them to clear the encroachments themselves. Located adjoining the K.R. Circle and opposite the city bus stand, Lansdowne Building is close to major landmarks, including the Mysore Palace and the Jaganmohan Palace.

Similarly, officials inspected Niranjan Math on Narayan Shastry Road which is in dilapidated condition. Though it has potential to be developed to highlight a slice of culture and Mysore's association with Swami Vivekananda, the math is languishing in neglect.

The State Government also sanctioned Rs. 5 crore for developing the place into a Vivekananda memorial and monument of national importance but there has been no progress. The Deputy Commissioner and other officials visited the Niranjan Math and noted that the Commercial Tax Office building had encroached upon a portion of the math and was using it to park vehicles. It has been suggested that they be provided land for construction and the Government's proposal for the development of Niranjan Math be examined. A meeting of officials will be held on January 10 to examine these issue

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/08/stories/2011010852330300.htm)

Lake to be developed

Staff Correspondent

MYSORE: Lingambudhi Lake may soon be developed into a prominent spot for recreation.

Deputy Commissioner Harsh Gupta has directed the authorities concerned to develop the garden in the lake vicinity incorporating all facilities for visitors, mostly morning walkers and joggers.

Mr. Gupta visited the lake and inspected the encroachments around it here on Friday. Officials from the Forest and other departments accompanied him. Recommending overall development of the lake, the Deputy Commissioner told the officials to give a facelift to the garden which is under the Forest Department.

The place should become a lung space for residents in the lake surroundings.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/08/stories/2011010852360300.htm)

For purposes of comparison, here is the Lansdowne Building seen in 1890 (from the British Library):
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It would be great if they could bring it back to its original condition.

4-lane project cuts into airport expansion plan
TNN, Jan 9, 2011, 05.51am IST

MYSORE: A workable plan for the expansion of the Mysore airport will have to wait some more.

After the Karnataka government's missive to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to put on hold Phase-II of the Mysore Airport, it is the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) that is putting in a spanner in the works. It is going ahead with its plan to upgrade a stretch of National Highway 212 connecting Mysore and Nanjangud. This means that the four-laning of the stretch will force land the AAI's expansion plan as it cuts across the proposed runway.

The other bad news for airport expansion came from district minister S A Ramadas when he said on Saturday that the four-laning is on. Will it not derail the AAI's expansion plans? "We still have to acquire land required for airport expansion and it is time-consuming. So we will go ahead with the upgradation of the highway," he said.

About a month after the infrastructure development department asked the AAI to put on hold its Phase-II plans indicating the state government's thinking, the district minister advocated that there is no need to hurry to acquire land for the airport expansion. It will take at least a year or so, he said reasoning as to why the NHAI should and is going ahead with its plans.

The AAI prepared the master plan factoring in the requirements for the airports expansion and has already built the air traffic control to cater to wider-bodied aircraft. This followed the state government's request to it to upgrade the airport.

The government has acquired 188 acres land and handed over it to AAI and has completed formalities for acquisition of another 179 acres but has not taken physical possession of the land.


Read more: 4-lane project cuts into airport expansion plan - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/4-lane-project-cuts-into-airport-expansion-plan/articleshow/7244352.cms#ixzz1AVFt69vG
i could not understand what he is talking :lol:

How about travelling to Chamundi Hills in a Meredes Benz? Obviously, most, especially who are quick in grabbing the opportunity to drive in luxury wouldn’t dare to miss the chance.
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But, here the swanky wheels we are speaking about is not a car, but a bus, KSRTC, Mysore urban division has introduced to enable public transport users, travel in air-conditioned coach. Said KSRTC, Mysore Urban, Divisional Controller, M N Srinivas: “Currently, two buses of Benz make are being operated on an experimental basis from City Bus Stand to Chamundi Hills and Infosys (one bus on each route), from the past one week. The fare is similar to Volvo buses plying on both the routes- ` 17 for Chamundi HIlls and ` 20 for Infosys”. Features wise, it is 38 seater, having machine operated doors, electronic board inside that informs the passengers about the stops. Cost wise, the vehicle is priced above ` 90 lakh.

Encouraging

If not overwhelming, the response is quite encouraging with already about 300people opting for Benz rather than other types of buses, to the hills alone. In the case of Infosys, it may have reached about 400 during the period. The buses are being run in 10 trips on both the routes, only during general shift that starts from 9.30 am stretching up to 7.30 pm. Srinivas exuded confidence that Benz would be added to the existing fleet of buses in the coming days, if taken into account the success stories of the past. If it happens, Mysore city would be second after Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) to introduce the hi-tech facility on city routes.What made the Mysore division to go for Benz is the increasing number of tourists besides growing industries, especially Information Technology. It’s evident with the routes of a popular tourist spot like Chamundi HIlls and Infosys, that has been drawing young engineers from different places, selected even for experiment too. The successful run of Volvo buses is also another reason. According to Srinivas, when Volvo buses entered city in 2007, only five were rolling on the roads.Now, after three years, 33 such buses are being operated. Among them, eight are offering regular services to Chamundi Hills and 12 for Infosys.This apart, 150 buses have been added under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) programme, followed by 79-semi low floor, 41-Tata Marcopolo and 25 normal buses.So what are you waiting up to? If you wanna feel the experience, better board the bus becoming one more reason for the transport corporation authorities to run the facility on permanent lines for new year.

Source:http://www.deccanherald.com/content/127593/swanky-benz-may-year-gift.html

Foreigners visiting mysore will feel it no different from the one in their countries...

4-lane project cuts into airport expansion plan

MYSORE: A workable plan for the expansion of the Mysore airport will have to wait some more.

After the Karnataka government's missive to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to put on hold Phase-II of the Mysore Airport, it is the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) that is putting in a spanner in the works. It is going ahead with its plan to upgrade a stretch of National Highway 212 connecting Mysore and Nanjangud. This means that the four-laning of the stretch will force land the AAI's expansion plan as it cuts across the proposed runway.

The other bad news for airport expansion came from district minister S A Ramadas when he said on Saturday that the four-laning is on. Will it not derail the AAI's expansion plans? "We still have to acquire land required for airport expansion and it is time-consuming. So we will go ahead with the upgradation of the highway," he said.

About a month after the infrastructure development department asked the AAI to put on hold its Phase-II plans indicating the state government's thinking, the district minister advocated that there is no need to hurry to acquire land for the airport expansion. It will take at least a year or so, he said reasoning as to why the NHAI should and is going ahead with its plans.

The AAI prepared the master plan factoring in the requirements for the airports expansion and has already built the air traffic control to cater to wider-bodied aircraft. This followed the state government's request to it to upgrade the airport.

The government has acquired 188 acres land and handed over it to AAI and has completed formalities for acquisition of another 179 acres but has not taken physical possession of the land.

Read more: 4-lane project cuts into airport expansion plan - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/4-lane-project-cuts-into-airport-expansion-plan/articleshow/7244352.cms#ixzz1AWYsGbg9

Foolish

MYSORE: The much awaited modernization of Chamundivihar Stadium will begin soon. "Chief minister Yeddyurappa has released Rs 3 crore for the project," said district minister Ramdas.

Speaking after inaugurating the two-day district-level sports meet for state government employees, he said the government has sanctioned Rs 12 crore for development and modernization of Chamundivihar Stadium. In the first phase, the government has released Rs 3 crore, and another Rs 3 crore will be sanctioned in March.

He called upon the employees to inculcate sportsman spirit. "In Vidhana Soudha, we are all politicians but when we come out we are good friends. Even opposition leader Siddaramaiah and I are good friends outside Vidhana Soudha," he said.

Opposition leader Siddaramaiah said employees must take victory and failure in the same spirit. "Today's losers will be tomorrow's winners," he said.

The two-day event will feature events like athletics, swimming, weight-lifting, football, basketball, cricket, shuttle badminton and volleyball.

Read more: New look for stadium - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/New-look-for-stadium/articleshow/7248972.cms#ixzz1AYjiU7VJ

Mysore to get a mega park

TNN, Jan 11, 2011, 10.10pm IST

MYSORE: In a move to develop Lingambudi lake as a major tourist attraction, plans are afoot to develop a mega park on the lines of Lal Bagh at Bangalore. But the park, projected to spread over 20 acres, could impinge on the activities of winged guests that flock to the lake during winter.

However, DC Harsh Gupta has stated that the green cover at the spot will be protected when they develop the lake area as a park. According to him, chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and district minister S A Ramadas are interested in developing the lake as a major tourist attraction to give impetus to tourism.

The lake, which is badly choked owing to encroachment of feeder canals, has a small park at its tank bed.

Gupta said there are no big parks at the tourist hub, which the project aims to extend to Mysore. The plan is to get 20 acres from the forest department, the custodian of the lake and hand it over to the horticulture department. The horticulture director has written a letter to the district administration, seeking funds for the project in the upcoming budget.

Read more: Mysore to get a mega park - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Mysore-to-get-a-mega-park/articleshow/7262008.cms#ixzz1AkcJD2Aj

^^Mysore may soon have its own ‘Lalbagh' (http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/12/stories/2011011250980300.htm)

Staff Correspondent

Garden planned on 20 acres of land around Lingambudhi lake

‘B.S. Yeddyurappa and S.A. Ramdas have shown interest in the project'

‘Project will serve a dual purpose: of developing tourism and protecting the environment'

— PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM
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Looking ahead:Our vision is to give Mysoreans a garden that will serve as a prominent lung space, says Deputy Commissioner Harsh Gupta.

MYSORE: A garden on the lines of the Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bangalore may soon take shape on nearly 20 acres of land around the Lingambudhi lake in Mysore.

Retained

The existing park, presently maintained by the Forest Department, and the trees in the surrounding area will be retained to develop the garden.

Deputy Commissioner Harsh Gupta, who inspected the lake recently, told a meeting here on Monday that Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and Minister in-charge of Mysore district S.A. Ramdas had shown interest in the project.

“There is an opinion that Mysore, despite being the State's cultural capital, lacks a garden such as Lalbagh. Therefore, the State Government has taken an interest in developing the lake surroundings into a Lalbagh-type garden,” the Deputy Commissioner said.

Nearly 20 acres of land under the Forest Department will be sought for developing the garden. The project will serve a dual purpose: of developing tourism and protecting the environment, he said.

Mr. Gupta said that the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) and the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) had also come forward to support the initiative.

“Our vision is to give Mysoreans a garden that will serve as a prominent lung space,” he said.

^^ only difference would be that it is a 20 acre park while lalbagh is 240 acre :lol:

A prominent heritage structure in the city; ` 1.5 crore proposal forwarded
Facelift for Lansdowne Building (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/128412/facelift-lansdowne-building.html)
Mysore, Jan 11, DHNS

A ` 1.5 crore proposal has been sent to the State government for the total remodelling of the historic Lansdowne Building situated in heart of the city. Need of the hour is to protect the heritage structure.

This was disclosed by the deputy commissioner at a meeting held here on Tuesday.
He said while protecting it as a heritage structure, it would be reserved for commercial purposes.

It would be done only after rehabilitating the existing traders who are doing business in the same building for the last so many years.

At the time of constructing this building there was no need for space for parking of vehicles. However, in the changed time, there is a need for parking place for which necessary arrangements would be done.

Gupta noted that the building is in dilapidated condition and this may post problems for traders and general public. In the wake of this, the district administration is seriously considering giving a facelift for the entire structure.

The road behind the building is very narrow and three to four traders were doing business by encroaching the space. If any four wheeler goes, no vehicle can come from the opposite direction.

There are quite a lot godowns in that building and trucks come there daily for unloading goods. If trucks are parked not a single vehicle can either move front or back. The problems would be serious in case of any mishaps including fire. There is a thinking to ban traffic on this road after total remodelling of the building.

The meeting was attended by Police Commissioner Sunil Agarwal, SP Manish Karbikar, MCC Commissioner K S Raykar, Additional Deputy Commissioner Dr C J Betsutmutt, MUDA Commissioner P C Jayanna and others.

KRS ROAD LIKELY TO OPEN BY MARCH END

Mysore, Jan. 13 (KMC)-The KRS Road stretch from Dasappa Circle near the City Railway Station to Akashavani Circle in Yadavagiri, which had been closed down since June 2010 following the Railway under-bridge repair work, will be open for public use by the end of March, according to a press release issued today by Dr. Anup Dayanand Sadhu, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, South Western Railway (SWR).

As several complaints were received from road-users about the 'slow progress' of the repair works, Dr. Sadhu has clarified as follows:

The work on widening the under-bridge as well as increasing the width of the road was taken up by the SWR in coordination with the Public Works Department (PWD) and Mysore City Corporation (MCC) from June 1, 2010, with a targeted completion period of 9 months, that is till the end of Feb. 2011.

Based on a request made by the Deputy Commissioner, the work was temporarily suspen-ded during Dasara to enable the large number of tourists to use the road, which partially affected the work's progress.

On Jan. 5 and 6, the old bridge was replaced by a tempo- rary girder bridge. The balance work of abutment and placement of concrete girder for the three lines towards Chamarajanagar has now been taken up on a war-footing.

A mega block for two days (on Feb. 25 & 26) is planned by the SWR when this temporary girder bridge will be replaced by a final concrete bridge. Thus the bridge work will be completed by Feb. 26.

The lowering of road as well as construction of retention walls and drainage arrangement has been taken up jointly by the PWD and MCC. If all the water supply pipeline works are completed by the end of Feb. 2011, the road work can then be taken up by PWD including the under-bridge area and can be completed by March with a time overrun of one month. "The matter will be taken up with DC Harsha Gupta and MCC Commissioner K.S. Raikar so as to complete this work within the target and reopen the road by March 31," Dr. Sadhu assured in the press release.
SOM

Guys which road is this?? :? Gokulam is the area.Is it Aditya Hospital road?

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Guys which road is this?? :? Gokulam is the area.Is it Aditya Hospital road?

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Akash,

Where is the Road? I could see only trees. :lol: (on lighter note)

Awesome to see Mysore roads covered with shaddow of trees. :applause:

Akash,

Where is the Road?


Ananda it is gokulam area,not sure of the road name but I guess it is the one which leads to vikram hospital or aditya hospital?

MYSORE: After the property tax revision, Mysoreans have to brace to pay more for management of solid waste.

The Mysore City Corporation on Thursday decided to double the cess collected for the solid waste management. The cess has been doubled equally for domestic, commercial and industrial establishments except for the property measuring less than 1,000 sq ft where the hike will be 75%.

Though there were opposition to double the taxes, the council gave its assent after a downward revision of rates for the property measuring less than 1,000 sq ft. The House got the proposal forwarded by the health, education and social justice standing committee after it okayed the move.

The basis for the civic body's sudden move is the rising cost for management of solid waste. Presently, the city is generating some 400 tonnes of waste a day and the MCC spends Rs 27.81 crore a year for its management. Rs 4 crore is what public are paying for the services they are getting. The hike is to factor in the mounting gap.

As per the MCC, it is paying Rs 16.78 crore to the contractors who are assigned the solid waste management in 48 of 65 wards. The MCC spends Rs 8.91 crore towards its civic workers and another Rs 81 lakh for vehicles handling solid waste. It is said the Centre has asked to collect the operation and maintenance costs from the public as required under JNNURM for upgradation of the solid waste facilities.

Corporation commissioner K S Raykar justified the hike saying handling the waste has become a challenge and there was a need for revision and pointed out that 338 tonnes is generated from residential areas alone.

The MCC council shot down a proposal to introduce the pay and park scheme on the D Devaraj Urs Road and decided to scrap tenders invited for the purpose. The members objected saying the House was not consulted before the tender process. It has now decided to refer the issue to standing committees and take a call on it later.

The Times of India (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Solid-waste-management-cess-doubled/articleshow/7279495.cms#ixzz1AwOm7qaR)

@ Ananda

Nice to know that you love tree lined avenues,Mysore has many such roads.Few of my friends from Belgaum visited Mysore and guess what they said belgaum is way more modern than Mysore-they felt Mysore is kind of boring.:D
Mysore lacks modern buildings alongside such roads all it has is huts huts and old mansions :)

Sankranthi gift for Mysoreans! MCC revises SWM cess
Multi-level system to address parking problems at Zoo
Mysore, Jan 13, DHNS:

Mysore City Corporation (MCC) council on Thursday here resolved to construct multi-level vehicle parking complex near Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens popular as Mysore Zoo, at an estimated cost of ` 2,200 lakh.
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Demand: A section of the corporators trooping into the well of the house demanding for the development of Jodi Thengina Mara burial grounds, at MCC council, in Mysore on Thursday. Dh PhotoPresiding over the council, Mayor Sandesh Swamy said that the work would be taken up under Build Operate Own and Transfer (BOOT) system at the existing parking lot opposite to the Zoo. However, 25 per cent provision would be made for commercial purposes in the complex. Apart from the parking space, the project includes subway to the Zoo, besides other minor works.

Following a debate on sharing the revenue, as provision for commercial purposes would also be made, the mayor assured to discuss the issue while awarding the contract.

The Mayor said, it has become inevitable to go for multi-level parking system owing to the increase in number of visitors and their vehicles, aggravated by regular traffic on the particular stretch. The road connects national highway, besides other important roads in the immediate vicinity calling for urgent need to go for hassle free parking system.

According to statistics given by Police Department, in the year 2005 alone 1,00,616 vehicles ferrying tourists to the popular tourist spot had been parked there, followed by 1,23,168 in 2006, 1,02,110 in 2007, 1,43, 201 in 2008 and 1,10,902 in 2009.

Hike in cess

Another important decision that was taken at the council was to hike the existing Solid Waste Management (SWM) cess charged for domestic, commercial buildings, hotels and industries. For domestic sector, it was decided to revise the existing tariff from the current ` 10 to ` 17.50 for the premises measuring less than 1,000 square feet per month.

Likewise for the properties beyond 1,000 sq ft and less than 3,000 sq ft it was decided to increase from ` 30 to ` 60 and from ` 50 to ` 100 for those premises exceeding 3,000 sq ft. For commercial buildings, depending upon the generation of solid waste per month, it was decided to charge ` 100 (previous ` 50) for buildings measuring less than 1,000 sq ft, followed by ` 200 (` 100) between 1,000 sq ft and 5,000 sq ft and ` 400 (` 200) above 5,000 sq ft.

Hoteliers have to cough up ` 600 (previous ` 300) for less than 10,000 sq ft, followed by ` 1,000 (` 500) between 10,000 sq ft and 50,000 sq ft and ` 1,200 (Rs 600) for above 50,000 sq ft. Industries have to pay ` 200 (previous ` 100) for below 1,000 sq ft, followed by ` 400 (` 200) between 1,000 sq ft and 5,000 sq ft and ` 600 (Rs 300) for above 5,000 sq ft.

Earlier, a section of Corporators exhorted for hiking the cess further than the revised rate for commercial and remaining sectors, instead of burdening the common man.

Following this, the proposal for ` 20 was reduced to ` 17.50 in domestic sector, while for the remaining sectors it was decided to add five per cent extra on the revised rate.

MCC Commissioner K S Raykar explained that the civic body is spending ` 27.81 crore per annum on operation and maintenance in the realm, against the meagre ` four crore garnered in the form of revenue. It has overburdened the city corporation, forcing to revise the cess.

Earlier, as soon as the council convened, cutting across party barriers, Corporators T Devaraj, S M Nandakumar, R Sunandakumar and Shantu Nesan trooped into the well of the house demanding development of Jodi Thengina Mara burial grounds in Bannimantap.
The fellow corporators who supported their demand, instead urged the mayor to take up development works of burial grounds irrespective of religions.

Deputy Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath was also present.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/128998/multi-level-system-address-parking.html)

MULTI-STOREYED PARKING FACILITY TO COME UP IN CITY

Mysore, Jan. 14 (BRS)- The visitors to Mysore Zoo who come to the city in large numbers need not face hardship for parking their vehicles in future. If all goes well, a multi-storeyed parking facility will come up to provide the much-awaited relief to vehicle owners.

Approval for construction of the parking facility was accorded in the Mysore City Corporation Council meeting held yesterday in Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Hall of the civic body.

Having recognised the urgency of meeting the need for parking facility near Mysore Zoo, which has been attracting visitors in in-creasing numbers year after year, it was felt that it could be achie-ved by constructing a multi-storeyed parking facility.

Mayor Sandesh Swamy proposed the construction of a multi-storeyed building for facilitating parking of vehicles near the Zoo. The Council members, cutting across party lines, expressed their approval unanimously to the proposal tabled by the Mayor.

It was further approved to construct a four-storey building including the cellar on 9,290 sq.m. area of land, with 16,527 sq.m. built area, with a provision of 25 per cent reserved for commercial complex in order to bring revenue to the Corporation.

It was decided to take up the issue of meeting the cost of the construction — Rs. 2,200 lakh —under a specific head of account from the grants at the Council meeting next month.

The step planned for construction of 71 bus shelters at various locations in the city to serve the city bus services under JNNURM was not approved in the Council meeting. It was also decided to take up the issue in the next meeting of the Council.

Taking part in the discussions, former Mayors K.N. Srikantaiah, Purushotham and Ayub Khan, Corporators Nagendra, M.V. Ramprasad and others pointed out that KSRTC was constructing bus shelters on land belonging to the Corporation.

As the bus shelters are constructed with funds coming under grants from the Centre, steps should be taken to get the revenue from the project to the Corporation, they suggested.

SOM

Guys which road is this?? :? Gokulam is the area.Is it Aditya Hospital road?

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This road leads upto doctor's corner in gokulam. this is v.v.moholla nalpak in the background.

This road leads upto doctor's corner in gokulam. this is v.v.moholla nalpak in the background.

Thanks yashas

MCC night cleaning drive-Yet Mysore looks dusty

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Mysore Palace

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Mall of Mysore as seen from the hills

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Brigade Horizon

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What is the construction going on??

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Central part of mysore.

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Central Park as seen from the hill..it is about 5km in a straight line..14km by road..

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Brigade Horizon

awesome pics catchshas loved this one :cheers:

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What is the construction going on??

JSS super specialty hospital

can you all notice one thing? Only old areas are seen while rest of the residential areas are under the trees :cheers: One can't even see Kukrahalli lake,forget jayalakshmipuram,gokulam etc etc

^^
Wow, it's great to see new developments built keeping green cover.
:cheers:

^^
Wow, it's great to see new developments built keeping green cover.
:cheers:

yep...this is how new layout roads will look 10 years from now given the great afforestation drive launched by MCC some years ago,I expect ramakrishnanagar,kuvempunagar and the rest to follow lakshmipuram,saraswathipuram when it comes to greenery

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How about this one??

Mysore's pride Bangalore's envy

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CM OPENS FIRE STATION AT HEBBAL INDL. AREA
http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=27159&type=news
Mysore, Jan. 16 (KMC&RK)- The much-needed Fire Station in Hebbal Industrial Area in city, built by Infosys Technologies Ltd. at a cost of approximately Rs. 5 crore, was inaugurated by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa at 12 noon today.

The ultra-modern Fire Station has been established by Karna-taka State Fire and Emergency Services, about a km away from Infosys campus, on a 0.75 acre plot of land provided by Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB).

The fully equipped Fire Station boasts of five garages (989 sq. mts. total floor area), two officers' quarters (87 sq.mts.) and 12 staff quarters (71.5 sq.mts. floor area each). All quarters are well-furnished. Computers and other facilities have also been provided by the Infosys.

Earlier, the Fire Station was temporarily located in the Note Mudran Nagar in Metagalli area.

The new Station has a Water Bowser vehicle of 16,000 litres capacity, two Water Tenders of 12,000 litres capacity, a Varuna (four-wheeler fire fighter) and an Agni (fire-extinguishing gear fitted onto a two-wheeler costing Rs. 12 lakh). This is the 3rd Fire Station in the City and the 8th in the district.

After cutting the tape to formally launch the Fire Station, Yeddyurappa also performed puja to the new vehicles and planted a sapling at the premises.

On behalf of Infosys, Chief Executive Officer Kris Gopalakrishnan and Director Mohandas Pai were present.

District In-Charge Minister S.A. Ramdas, DGP (Home Guards, Civil Defence & Fire Services) Jija Madhavan Hari Singh, IGP (Fire Services) N. Shivakumar, Director (Fire Services) B.G. Chengappa, Deputy Director (Technical) Basavaraj Hampagol, City Police Commissioner Sunil Agarwal, DCP (Law & Order) Basavaraj P. Malagatthi, DCP (Crime & Traffic) P. Rajendra Prasad and others were present.


CM FLAGS OFF MYSORE-SHIMOGA INTER-CITY TRAIN

http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=27158&type=news

Mysore, Jan. 16 (KMC&RK)- The much-awaited inter-city train from Mysore to Shimoga was inaugurated by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa at 1.20 pm today at the City Railway Station here.

As per the schedule, the train will leave Mysore at 6 am every day and reach Shimoga at 11.40 am. On its return journey, the train will leave Shimoga at 4.50 pm and reach Mysore at 10.40 pm. The train will halt at Bhadravathi, Birur, Arasikere, Hassan and K.R. Nagar.

Railway Minister Mamta Ba-nerjee, during her 2010 budget speech, had announced this much-demanded train. The train timings were finalised by the Railway authorities at the Divisional Users' Railway Consultative Committee meeting of South Western Railway (SWR) held at Mysore last year itself and it was earlier scheduled to be flagged off during July last. There was a demand that the train service commence from Shimoga side. However, owing to technical problems, the flag off was delayed and commenced from Mysore.

Meanwhile, the ongoing broad gauge conversion work between Shimoga and Taluguppa has been completed up to Anandapur station, covering 50 kms out of total 82 km stretch. Authorities have already tested the track-worthiness by running a test train between the two stations.

According to sources, the train between the two stations may also commence this month.

Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa, MP H. Viswanath, District in-charge Minister S.A. Ramdas, Forest Minister C.H. Vijayashankar, Mayor Sandesh Swamy, Dy. Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath, MLAs Tanveer Sait and M. Satyanarayana, MLCs Thontadarya and Siddaraju, KHB Chairman G.T. Devegowda, SWR Gen. Manager Chaturvedi and other officials were present.

SOM

Mysore dint get any goodies from CM :(

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Road will be lowered by 3 to 4 feet (front of CFTRI)
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Status of bridge building
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Looks like 6 bridges will be built for 6 lines(6 platforms).
Road widened under the bridge. Double road.

^^Awesome pics thanks Junior engineer..:cheers:

I wish the road is thrown open to traffic as early as possible,Hunsur road and valmiki road are getting choked coz of this work

@Junior Engineer

You mean the road will be lowered in front of CFTRI main gate too??How is that possible I think the road will gain gradient to come at grade with the entrance gate

No not in front of CFTRI main gate. 100 mts down the road (towards bridge)
i also think it will come at grade with entrance gate/may be a foot lower. (exactly not known).:ohno:

According to reports road will be thrown open for traffic on 31 March.

CM OPENS FIRE STATION AT HEBBAL INDL. AREA



CM FLAGS OFF MYSORE-SHIMOGA INTER-CITY TRAIN



SOM

Mysore dint get any goodies from CM :(
all things related to shimoga are lobbied by cm himself. so train credit goes to yeddy :banana:

all things related to shimoga are lobbied by cm himself. so train credit goes to yeddy :banana:

I wanted another 100 cr CM grant for Mysore :( I was expecting him to gift that.BTW can someone update us with urban oasis mall,mall of mysore,garuda mall and brigade vantage??

The Times of India (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Solid-waste-management-cess-doubled/articleshow/7279495.cms#ixzz1AwOm7qaR)

@ Ananda

Nice to know that you love tree lined avenues,Mysore has many such roads.Few of my friends from Belgaum visited Mysore and guess what they said belgaum is way more modern than Mysore-they felt Mysore is kind of boring.:D
Mysore lacks modern buildings alongside such roads all it has is huts huts and old mansions :)


Akash,

We human beings are belonging to the nature. Our birth and death is also the game of nature. Hence I feel is that the trees are the greatest gift for human beings from nature. I love them. Mysore for that matter displays lot of lines trees along the roads. Truly awesome. Although I find greenery in Mangalore, this does not decorate roads like the way Mysore does.
:banana:

Ananda Mysore street looks are different in comparison to Mangalore,Mysore streets have shady trees alongside roads giving it more a royal look while Mangalore on the other hand has shiny high rises making it look more like a Metro city.Though I must admit that Mangalore has more greenery than Mysore.However Dharwad and Mysore are on the same platform when it comes to street side greenery,while Belgaum shares much with Mangalore in many aspects.Hubli altogether is a different lot with both mix of commercial and open green patches.Hubli is a bit polluted while Dharwad is just too greeny acting like a buffer zone, but let us not forget that Hubli-Dharwad are a single entity now.I really love these two twin cities.:cheers:

Inching towards slum-free city

Shankar Bennur

Mysore has made ‘substantial' progress in relocating the urban poor

81 slums, including 69 declared and 12 undeclared, have been identified in Mysore

The civic authorities are supposed to ensure that no slum comes up again

MYSORE: Among the 65 cities in the country that are getting grants for infrastructure development under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Mysore and Visakhapatnam are closing in on earning the status of slum-free cities while Mysore, if everything goes as planned, may earn the tag by next year.

Mysore, according to official sources here, has made “substantial” progress in providing permanent dwellings for the urban poor by clearing declared and undeclared slums and replacing them with permanent structures under JNNURM.

Speaking to The Hindu, Mysore City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner K.S. Raykar said the city is one of the two [identified under JNNURM] that “are said to have the potential to earn the slum-free city status based on the progress it is making in the uplift of the urban poor. The other city is Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.”

Under the slum-free city plan, the civic authorities are supposed to ensure that no slums come up again on getting the status; proper rehabilitation of urban poor and basic amenities after rehabilitation. A total of 81 slums, including 69 declared and 12 undeclared, had been identified in Mysore. The Karnataka Slum Clearance Board is implementing the project.

Mr. Raykar said 2,700 slum-dwellers will get permanent houses in October this year while 1,400 urban poor residing at the Ekalavya Nagar slum will get housing by February 2012.

Other schemes

Besides JNNURM, houses for the urban poor are being constructed under the Union and State government schemes such as Namma Mane and Gruha Bhagya.

Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) has been proposed under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. Under this, the Government plans to provide shelter to the urban homeless.

Sources in the MCC told The Hindu that the body is appointing specialists from the Geographic Information System (GIS) and Management Information System (MIS) to map the city for its project.

The authorities here have taken up slum improvement projects in 20 locations across the city under JNNURM, which are in various stages of completion. In the first phase, 2,788 houses would be constructed. In the second, 2,500 houses would be constructed. Another 1,040 dwellings would be built in the third phase. In all, 6,328 houses would be constructed.

In addition to this, the MCC has approved construction of 1,806 units for those living in huts within its limits.

Flats are under construction in the areas and slum-dwellers will be relocated there. The facilities being made available include storm water drains, underground drains, metalled roads, street lighting and piped water supply. A community centre, which can be used by all beneficiaries for social and other activities, has also been planned.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/17/stories/2011011753820300.htm)

Slums in Mysore are not as bad looking as you see in metro cities they are just huts or villages which have gotten merged into the city :)

AQUARIUM WORK RESUMES
http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=27166&type=news
Mysore, Jan. 17 (KMC&KK)-The work on the much-hyped state-of-the-art aquarium at Karanji Lake bund is to be expedited, following a major decision taken up by MCC recently to open the Thandi Sadak (road linking Rana Pratap Singh Circle to the junction of Race Course Road near Circus ground) which had been closed and provide a path to the ancient Anjaneyaswamy temple nearby.

As part of the aquarium work, a tunnel is being dug across the road between the Zoo to Karanji Lake, where it is planned to create a walk-through aquarium. According to the latest plan, a bridge will be built to connect the road above the tunnel and a ramp will be constructed to link the temple road. A sum of Rs. 2.75 crore has been spent for Community Park and another Rs. 4.98 crore has been released for the aquarium, according to sources.

Legal tussle: A pending court case had stopped the aquarium work mid-way and also the work on the state-of-the-art community park between the east end of the Zoo and the Karanji Lake.

The legal tussle, following a PIL filed by M.K. Premkumar challenging the blockage of the road (Thandi Sadak), cutting off access to the nearby Anjaneyaswamy Temple, is likely to be resolved as per the new MCC plan.

The tunnel work aimed to link Zoo and Karanji lake and work on the Community Park were found held-up as the case was pending before JMFC Court, hearing of which is tomorrow.
SOM

STATE GOVT. MUST PROVIDE LAND: UNION MINISTER MUNIYAPPA

Mysore-B'lore double track

Mysore, Jan. 17 (KMC&RK)- The pending stretch of 95 kms of the Mysore-Bangalore railway double track will be expedited by Dec. 2012 if the State Government acquired the land needed for the project, said Union Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa.

Addressing a press conference after the formal flagging off of the Mysore-Shimoga Inter-City Express Train service in city yesterday, Muniyappa said that the project worth Rs. 482.70 crore is fast progressing via Ramanagar from Mysore side. Work on the 11 km stretch between Ramnagar and Chennapatna is completed; so also the 8 kms stretch between Mysore-Naganahalli. Since the Tipu Armoury has to be translocated to a different site and about 98 acres of land has to be handed over by the State Government to the Railways, this part of the work remains pending, he explained.

On the survey between Bangalore and Sathyamangalam via Chamarajanagar (260 km), the Minister said the final location survey for the new line had been completed up to Chamaraja-nagar and 40 km beyond within the Karnataka border. But the rest of the alignment and survey — between Sathyamangalam and Talwadi — could not be completed due to environmental issues as the proposed line passes through the Nilgiris Eastern Ghat Elephant Reserve. "Hence I have suggested that Bangalore-Kanakapaura-Malavalli-Kollegal-Chamarajanagar link be completed," the Minister added.

SOM

STOP SEEPAGE OF WATER FROM LINGAMBUDHI LAKE

Mysore, Jan. 17 (SRB&JP)- Water seepage due to a rusted damaged valve is lowering the water level of Lingambudhi Lake. This has been brought to the notice of Deputy Commissioner Harsha Gupta by Kuk karahalli Lake Protection Committee Convenor K.M. Jayaramaiah.

In his memorandum, Jaya-ramaiah has pointed out that the water level of the lake is receding due to leakage and if this is not checked immediately, it would have a devastating effect on the marine life and aquatic birds that nest on the lake's banks.

It may be recalled that a garden, on the lines of the Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bangalore, is being planned on the nearly 20 acres of land around this lake. The project will serve a dual purpose of developing tourism and protecting the environment.

The existing park, presently maintained by the Forest Department, and the trees in the surrounding area will be retained to develop the garden.

Earlier, Harsha Gupta had said that CM B.S. Yeddyurappa and District In-charge Minister S.A. Ramdas had shown interest in the project. "There is an opinion that Mysore, despite being the State's cultural capital, lacks a garden such as Lalbagh. Therefore, the State Govt. has taken interest in developing the lake surroundings into a Lalbagh-type garden," he added.

Mysore City Corporation and the Mysore Urban Development Authority will support the initiative to develop Lingambudhi as a garden. Authorities of the Forest Dept. and representatives of non-governmental organisations held a meeting recently to prepare a management plan for the lake. Though Lingambudhi Lake is one of the eight lakes identified for development with funding from the Government, the project is yet to be approved, and hence the decision to take up its conservation.

However, some environmentalists fear that the conservation efforts will have a human-centric approach. They point out that Lingambudhi Lake has been recognised as one of the 446 important bird areas in India by Birdlife International.

The lake houses more than two per cent of the global population of Spot-billed Pelican, a threatened species, apart from the Lesser Spotted Eagle and the Eastern Imperial Eagle.

The development of the lake as botanical garden may lead to many of the bird species leaving the lake area, it is feared.

SOM

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A village on the other side of the Chamundi Hill..

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A small hillock on the other side of Cauvery.
Location: Nimihamba Temple, Srirangapatna

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Sun setting in Srirangapatna as the bus speeds on the marvelous Bangalore-Mysore State Highway 17

^^
I love that road. :cheers:

By the way, great to see Mysore is going to get a walk-through aquarium! :banana:

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A village on the other side of the Chamundi Hill..

@ Catch,

This is an awesome pic. I am sure it is taken from mobile phone's cam. Still it is so nice.
:):cheers2:

SAROTS GATHER DUST AT MCC FOR WANT OF HORSES!

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Mysore, Jan. 18 (KCU&KK)- With an idea to infuse the heritage grandeur of yesteryears of Maharajas to Dasara Festival, the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) purchased a couple of luxury sarots much before last Dasara which are now learnt to be gathering dust in the premises of MCC. Reason: No funds to purchase the needed horses !

Mysore, with a historical and heritage background, attracts a lot of tourists from India and abroad, especially during Dasara. Hence MCC hit upon the idea to introduce luxury sarots on roads during Dasara to take the tourists around the city reminiscing the good old days of Maharajas.

The scheme was launched before last Dasara. Two sarots were purchased at a cost of about Rs. 1.5 lakh each, decorated and puja performed in front of MCC Office. They were symbolically drawn on a few streets before dumping at MCC premises to gather dust.

MCC clarifies: When SoM contacted MCC for first hand information on the matter today, JNNURM Superintending Engineer Suresh Babu said "It is true the necessary funds have not been released for the purchase of horses. About 8 horses have been selected for purchase at Bijapur, each costing between Rs. 70,000 and Rs. 1 lakh. MCC Commissioner has assured to release the funds soon. Totally, 8 sarots have been purchased so far and another 3 will follow soon."

Idle machinery: When SoM sought information regarding the Road sweeping and vacuum cleaning machines lying idle, MCC Health Officer Dr. Nagaraj clarified, "The sweeping machine is being experimentally used during night times near KR Circle and on Sayyaji Rao Road. However, the Vacuum Cleaning Machine meant to clean the footpaths is being experimented inside the MCC premises and yet to be put to use outdoors. Both the equipments are waiting for a formal inauguration by the District In-charge Minister."
SOM

Mysore has got one of the worst District incharge

St Philomena's Church

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That vacant land behind the church is railways godown

^^ u need optical zoom to capture from hill... no mobile cam has it
This photo was taken on January 27, 2008 using a Nikon D200.

^^ u need optical zoom to capture from hill... no mobile cam has it

This photo was taken on January 27, 2008 using a Nikon D200.


Ofcourse don't expect this shot to be taken from Chamundi Hills,must have been shot from some nearby building/tower.Yes it is an old pic.

Techser opens Rs.2 crore manufacturing facility
Mysore, Jan 19, DHNS:


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‘Employment for at least 200 technical personnel’

Newly-opened manufacturing facility of Techser Power Solutions at Hootagalli Industrial Area in Mysore. DH photoTechser Power Solutions Limited, a Bangalore based manufacturer of power conditioning equipment like UPS systems opened its Mysore branch at Hootagalli Industrial area here.

Industrialist Mallikarjuna Bommai inaugurated the new facility of Techser spread across the 20,000 sq ft area.

The company has invested about ` 2 crore to increase the manufacturing capacity by 50 per cent.

The addition of the facility has expanded the business of Techser by ` 5 crore and will create employment opportunity for at least 200 technical and skilled personnel.

In his address at the inauguration, Narayan G Sabahith, Managing Director said Techser has a full fledged design and development department wherein the Design Engineers continuously involved in developing new products and improve existing product design for better performance.

The company has developed an on-line UPS of 2KVA and 3 KVA, as an alternate to UPS which are imported from China. The product aims at helping Indian industries as an indigenous alternative to imported ones.

Techser has taken on socio-environment responsibility towards issues such as global warming and reducing the emissions of carbon dioxide and has entered into solar integration and has a separate techsolar division, he said adding that they provided solar solutions to many rural banks.

Sudhanva, CEO of Excel Soft, K R Nataraj, executive director of Techser were present.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/130608/techser-opens-rs2-crore-manufacturing.html)

SUBWAY OPPOSITE CITY BUS STAND BEING CONSIDERED

...but doors of old subways remain closed

Mysore, Jan. 22 (SRB&KK)- Construction of a subway opposite the bus stand in the city is being considered by the authorities. The proposal is on constructing the subway across the road beside Thathayya Statue leading to Jaganmohan Palace and across Sayyaji Rao Road leading to the bus stand.

Corporation Commissioner K.S. Raikar, Mayor Sandesh Swamy and Superintending Engineer Mahesh visited the spot and inspected on Friday.

Speaking to Star of Mysore, Raikar disclosed that a decision has been taken to construct the subways and a proposal to that effect would be placed before the Council of the Mysore City Corporation. A final decision will be taken after the matter was discussed in the Council, he added.

The project has been conceived in the backdrop of thousands of students and public moving about across the stretch of the road in question everyday, he explained.

The facility will benefit all of them, the Mayor said.

Funds had been released under the Rs. 100 crore Chief Minister's grant for construction of five subways. Two subways have been constructed at present at a cost of R. 1 crore for each. Three more subways are to be constructed. ACP Shankaregowda has proposed the construction of the three subways at Jaganmohan Palace, Maharani's College and on JLB Road, he explained.

The proposals were placed before the Traffic Committee. The issue will be decided after the Deputy Commissioner examines the same, according to sources in the Corporation.

However, tragedy is that the gates of the two subways, one near the Bata Showroom on Sayyaji Rao Road and the other near the Dasara Exhibition grounds, being flooded with rain water, remain closed as the two facilities were declared as unsafe for pedestrians.

RESIDENTS HEAVE A SIGH OF RELIEF WITH UGD WORK AT BOTI BAZAR

Mysore, Jan. 23 (AB&DM)- Residents of city's Boti Bazar and surrounding areas are heaving a sigh of relief with the ongoing work of cleaning the Under Ground Drainage (UGD) on Seebaiah Road and Boti Bazar.

The UGD built during the rule of the Maharajas had not been cleaned for years. Filled with plastic and other solid waste, the drain was clogged and emanated foul smell, causing health hazards to residents of the area.

However, the entire length of the UGD is now being cleaned up, thanks to the efforts of local Corporator Chinni Ravi.

The cleaning work is being taken up at a cost of Rs. 10 lakh along with the construction of slabs at a cost of Rs. 25 lakh, to facilitate the flow of drain water.

Road work at a cost of Rs.12 lakh will be taken up after the UGD work is completed.

The area's UGD was last cleaned when Shivanna was the Corporation Commissioner in the 1990s. Local residents expressed their happiness at the cleaning work being taken up.

Speaking to Star of Mysore, Chinni Ravi said the work has been assigned to a Bangalore-based contractor as no local contractor was willing to take up the job, fearing that the MCC would not pay them on time. He said that he had initiated the UGD work, and alleged that no MCC official had bothered to inspect work since it began three months ago.

SOM


Sayyaji rao road between Chamraja double road and padma stores opened for traffic :)

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Woodlands theater

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Gordon house

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rooftop swimming pool

Woodlands theater

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really nice..there are many more commercial buildings which have a long history. u can see the concentric buildings surrounding the k.r.circle, jainagar, bamboo bazar, etc..though bamboo bazar is dirty because of the apmc yard, the godowns are huge!!

Hospital-zoo road widening

One can see Mysore mall u/c--There was a circle here which has been razed down

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^^the road is so dusty.. didn't it rain recently??

Phase-1 9 hole Golf Course Nearing Completion
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^^the road is so dusty.. didn't it rain recently??
Road widening works are still underway and due to construction activity of Mysore amll the road has got dusty.Just needs a coat of tar.

@Avinash
Thanks for the updates,it looks too good.BTW any information on the 23 storeyed eagle apartments?

Road widening works are still underway and due to construction activity of Mysore amll the road has got dusty.Just needs a coat of tar.

@Avinash
Thanks for the updates,it looks too good.BTW any information on the 23 storeyed eagle apartments?
Escavation in progress for apartment and villas

Mysore zoo road----Not so good finishing--I think mysore is losing it on road aesthetics--Dust,shrinking pavements,reduced green cover

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Valmiki road-- worst finishing

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the huge trees have no leaves. are they dying?? at least they are suffering because of the tight packing of concrete around their trunks.

Consumers lead the way (http://www.sify.com/finance/consumers-lead-the-way-news-default-lbkb52ffdcf.html)
Sayantani Kar | 2011-01-10 01:31:00

Tracking of consumers has helped shape many moves of Shoppers Stop — from merchandising and increasing the ticket size of purchases to opening of new stores The slowdown that came fast and furious in 2008 drove home the virtues of thrift to the country’s retailers. Most renegotiated rents, squeezed the last paisa out of the vendor, shut down stores that were no longer viable and pruned the workforce. There was also a rush for private labels — though cheaper than brands, they offer better profit margins to the retailers. There was also some rethink on the merchandise: Why not write more affordable prices?

The exuberance was gone and there was a general tendency to slow the pace and move down the value chain. In contrast, Shoppers Stop, the Raheja-owned chain of departmental stores, decided it would be brand-led and rebranded itself as a premium-to-luxury retailer.

When others retracted their expansion plans, Shoppers Stop opened shop beyond the top-tier cities. What made it take the contrarian strategy was its base of repeat customers and the loyalty cards they held. Tracking this band of consumers has shaped the retailer’s many moves — merchandising, increasing the ticket size of purchases, new store openings et al. For the record, Shoppers Stop came out of the red in 2009-10. From a loss of Rs 63.65 crore in 2008-09 on net sale of Rs 1,438.3 crore, it turned to a profit of Rs 35.88 crore on net sale of Rs 1,611.83 crore.


One-stop shop
Still, Shoppers Stop has not reverted to the pre-downturn eagerness to open stores. It is concentrating only on anchor stores in contrast to the standalone format. Bhatia says: "We have shortlisted 26 cities from the 45 in India with a population of over 1 million. We are already present in 15 of them and will enter 11 more in the next four years. In line with our positioning, we will cater to the top end of India. In the next four years, we will target 26 more stores." There are 34 stores of Shoppers Stop. The First Citizen analytics has been fine-tuning its entry into new catchments such as Amritsar, Aurangabad and Bhopal over the past few months. Next up are Durgapur, Mysore and Vijayawada.

Early March last year, it had segmented its consumers under categories such as bridge to luxury (BTL, straddling luxury and above-premium brands), premium, popular (mass brands) and value (those who buy during a sale). "Our BTL cardholders alone contribute to 91 per cent of the full BTL sale," says Bhatia. BTL brands account for 15 per cent of Shoppers Stop’s revenue, up from 2 per cent in 2008, before the retailer repositioned itself. How does this help? Instead of spending on wide-ranging communication, often called the shotgun approach, Shoppers Stop has used the segmentation for sharper advertisements with mailers and mobile-phone messages for its BTL loyalists when it launched Mustang, one of its exclusive brand tie-ups, last year. "Relevant and discreet communication will make the consumer take our messages seriously," says Bhatia.

Gaining an edge through loyalty cards over competition took on a different tone in 2008 when Future Group’s brand-led format, Central, invited cardholders of other department stores such as Shoppers Stop and Lifestyle to avail of additional discounts at its Gurgaon outlet. The campaign of course ran into legal proceedings but not before underlying the import of loyalty programmes for Indian retailers during and after the downturn. Shoppers Stop had the added burden of trying to keep its positioning as a more premium brand alive. Shopper sentiments have since picked up, as have exclusive international brands on Shoppers Stop’s floor such as Mustang, Mothercare, Guerlin cosmetics and Austin Reed.

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the huge trees have no leaves. are they dying?? at least they are suffering because of the tight packing of concrete around their trunks.

i think they need to be watered. rain water not enough. footpath and drainage will not let rainwater in.

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when i was a child, i used to skate on this road early mornings daily..it is the same since then..even now do kids use this road for skating??

MYSORE: Students and parents can heave a sigh of relief. For, a subway will soon end their hassles in getting across to the city bus stand (CBS).

The subway will connect CBS to Tataiah Park across New Sayyaji Rao Road, thereby saving the trouble of crossing the busy stretch. This apart, there are two more subways-- at Field Marshal Cariappa Circle next to Maharani's College and Dasappa junction near the city railway station-- in the offing. The MCC is waiting for approval from the DC-headed panel on traffic management for construction of the two subways.

The three subways planned at Krishnaraja Circle didn't take off as there were protests over they hampering the heritage look of the city. Then the officials came up with the idea of building a subway little away from the busy junction next to Tataiah Park, solely to help students. As the area is a hub of educational institutions ranging from primary schools to PG centres, it generally gets crowded in mornings and evenings, adding to the rush hour traffic in the central business district.

The CBS area is crowded when students rush in and out. The subway will cut down the rush, said mayor Sandesh Swamy. "We suggested this particular place mainly to facilitate the student community. It is for their safety," DCP (traffic) P Rajendra Prasad explained. "It is a good move and makes the road safe for students," said Nethra Uttaiah, principal of Marimalappa's Science and Business Management College.

After a study of the aras, the police had identified three sites. Heavy vehicles plying on these stretches pose danger to the pedestrians. "The subway will help in free flow of traffic," ACP (traffic) Shankaregowda said.

The Times of India (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Subway-is-the-right-way/articleshow/7356086.cms#ixzz1C2OYH92a)

Good move

when i was a child, i used to skate on this road early mornings daily..it is the same since then..even now do kids use this road for skating??

Shishya this is the season when trees shed their leaves, wait for spring season and you will see greenery back.

I don't think this stretch is now being used by the kids for skating,however Law court road is still being used.

^^
we used to use it between 96 and 2000..

Enjoy them as cityshots

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^^some night pictures please..

Any recent updates or news of mysore airport?

Night view of DD Urs road
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MCC to plug sewage leak into storm-water drains (http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/26/stories/2011012657640300.htm)

Special Correspondent

Project to be taken up with Chief Minister's special grant

Project to be completed within six months; detailed action plan to be prepared soon

Two budgets to be prepared for the coming financial year: general and SC/ST

MYSORE: The Mysore City Corporation (MCC) will plug the leakage of sewage into storm-water drains in the city in a new project to be taken up with the Chief Minister's special grant of Rs. 100 crore.

The project will be completed in six months and a detailed action plan and project report will be prepared before implementing it. This was decided in a review meeting of the MCC works conducted by the Minister for Medical Education S.A. Ramdas, here on Tuesday.

Mr. Ramdas said funding will not be a problem and urged the MCC personnel to take it up as a challenge to complete the works within six months. He said the entry of sewage into the storm-water drain should be stopped completely and there should be no complaints from the public on it.

It was also decided to prepare two budgets for the ensuing financial year. While there will be one general budget pertaining to the general allocation of funds, there will be a special budget exclusively for the welfare activities of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Mr. Ramdas said this will help focus on the special components and will ensure better utilisation of funds meant for the community.

MCC Commissioner K.S. Raykar called for greater involvement of the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in the development of the city. He said the MCC alone cannot garner funds to meet the growing demands of the city and MUDA should chip in with funds.

MUDA's cooperation

He said the MUDA cannot delink itself from the development of Mysore and it should mantle greater responsibility in distribution of water. Mr. Raykar said the available 160 MLD of water is more than sufficient to meet the requirements of the city, but the corporation is unable to take up the responsibility due to lack of resources.

“The Kabini project will be a bonus for Mysore, but it will cater to the people living outside the MCC limits which are under the MUDA jurisdiction and, hence, the MUDA should handle it,” he suggested.

The Minister took exception to the prevailing practice in the MCC of clearing bills for projects reckoned to have been completed three or four years ago. Mr. Ramdas said there was no way one could verify if the works were undertaken as per the stipulated standards and expressed his displeasure over the system. Mr. Raykar promised to study the issue.

The issue is linked to the non-clearance of arrears amounting to nearly Rs. 46 crore and, hence, the Minister directed that a retired judge and an engineer survey the works executed by contractors and authenticate these. Mr. Ramdas also called for auditing of the funds released for JUSCO. He said the MCC personnel should ascertain if the funds being released were being utilised as per the norms.

MYSORE'S MINI VIDHANA SOUDHA LEFT IN A STATE OF NEGLECT

Mysore, Jan. 25 (SRB&LH)- The political unrest that has resulted in sidelining administration in Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the State Government, has also affected development works in other parts of the State. The attitude of ignoring various projects launched earlier, when the present opposition was in power, has become a hurdle in completion of the development projects.

A good example of projects that have suffered in the above context is here:

The mini Vidhana Soudha in Mysore city, work on which began more than five years ago, is not showing signs of completion. Work on the structure has been stalled for the past eight months. Cabinet approval is awaited for the cost overrun on the building, as expenditure has exceeded the approved amount. A private infrastructure company from Bangalore is the contractor of the project.

Many Govt. offices which had to be provided space in the mini Vidhana Soudha are presently functioning in rented buildings, paying exorbitant rents, thus squandering public money.

The then Deputy CM Siddharamaiah had laid the foundation stone for the building on April 28, 2005. The contractor had been given 14 months' time to complete the construction of the building. As some changes were made in the design of the building as well as foundation, both the cost estimate and the time for completion had been raised.

Architects of Public Works Department had submitted a proposal to the government for constructing the Mysore building similar to Vidhana Soudha and obtained approval. The contractor, who was working on the project, according to terms of the tender with a cost estimate of Rs. 7.63 crore for civil works and electrification, had carried out work costing Rs. 1.68 crore above the approved amount. The work has reached completion stage. The four-storey building of 21,300 sq.ft. on land measuring 2.3 acres has a cellar.

Although the cost of construction has exceeded by Rs. 7.63 crore over the sanctioned amount, the Chief Secretary had approved the expenditure and sanctioned the amount. However, Cabinet approval for the excess expenditure of construction is necessary. In spite of submitting the request for financial approval to the Cabinet three to four months ago, the approval is yet to come.

When Shobha Karandlaje was the District In-Charge Minister, she had seen to it that Rs. 100 crore had been sanctioned for improvement of Mysore.

While the government wastefully spent large amounts on unwarranted projects such as the now defunct subway on Sayyaji Rao Road, it has not sanctioned the amount needed for completion of the Mini Vidhana Soudha.

The question being asked by the public is that will District In-Charge Minister S.A. Ramdas, who belongs to Mysore, see to it that the Cabinet gives required approval and sanction the amount needed for completion of the building. That will enable the offices of various departments of the government in the district to function under one roof.

Govt. offices in the Soudha

Vehicle parking facility in the cellar, Office of the Assistant Director of Land Survey Department in the north of ground floor, office of Sub-Registrar of North and South Zones in the South of ground floor, Taluk Office on first floor's north part, office of the Executive Officer, Taluk Panchayat in the south, BDO Offices, Assistant Director of Horticulture office to the north of second floor, offices of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Conference Hall of Taluk Panchayat to the South.

Special features

Some of the features include: two lifts (Rs. 50 lakh), 100 KVA diesel generator (Rs. 15 lakh), decorative lamp (Rs. 10 lakh), transformer (Rs. 6 lakh), fire extinguishers (Rs. 1 lakh), decorative fencing (Rs. 41 lakh), aluminum partition in the interior (Rs. 16 lakh), rain water harvesting facility (Rs. 5 lakh), wiring (Rs. 5 lakh) and approach road around the Soudha (Rs. 8 lakh).

http://www.starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news&item=27247

yoooo My favourite road gets median lamps at last :banana:

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^^good news. Road perpendicular to this (Krishnaraja Boulevard) also needs lamps.

GEC 2

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Expanding Layouts

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^^good news. Road perpendicular to this (Krishnaraja Boulevard) also needs lamps.

Many roads in Mysore need to be 4 laned,will list out just a few of them:

*Bogadi road
*Lalithamahal road
*General Timmiah road
*Dr Raj kumar road
*New kanth raj urs road
*KRS road (Mandovi cirlce to Ramkrishna ashram)
*Mysore-Bangalore road in city limits

Many Many more I don't know the road names :D

@Junior Engineer

I feel krishnaraja boulevard is one of the most beautiful roads in Mysore,it is similar to Vishwa manava road,but both of them suck in street lighting.

with street lights, it may look even better.....

Hebbal Lake soon set to vanish :ohno:

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cc M A Sriram

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google trends time :)

http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=mysore,+mangalore,+hubli,+belgaum,+gulbarga&date=2010&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sort=0&sa=N
http://www.google.com/trends?q=mysore%2C+mangalore%2C+hubli%2C+belgaum%2C+gulbarga&ctab=0&geo=all&geor=all&date=2010&sort=0


that spike is due to mangalore air crash, otherwise mysore is twice . bangalore not included in chart as it is 12 times more than mysore :lol:

mysore 1.00
mangalore 0.52
hubli 0.14
belgaum 0.16
bangalore 12.9

likely mysore searched more as it is tourist place

MYSORE'S MINI VIDHANA SOUDHA LEFT IN A STATE OF NEGLECT

Mysore, Jan. 25 (SRB&LH)- The political unrest that has resulted in sidelining administration in Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the State Government, has also affected development works in other parts of the State. The attitude of ignoring various projects launched earlier, when the present opposition was in power, has become a hurdle in completion of the development projects.

A good example of projects that have suffered in the above context is here:

The mini Vidhana Soudha in Mysore city, work on which began more than five years ago, is not showing signs of completion. Work on the structure has been stalled for the past eight months. Cabinet approval is awaited for the cost overrun on the building, as expenditure has exceeded the approved amount. A private infrastructure company from Bangalore is the contractor of the project.

Many Govt. offices which had to be provided space in the mini Vidhana Soudha are presently functioning in rented buildings, paying exorbitant rents, thus squandering public money.

The then Deputy CM Siddharamaiah had laid the foundation stone for the building on April 28, 2005. The contractor had been given 14 months' time to complete the construction of the building. As some changes were made in the design of the building as well as foundation, both the cost estimate and the time for completion had been raised.

Architects of Public Works Department had submitted a proposal to the government for constructing the Mysore building similar to Vidhana Soudha and obtained approval. The contractor, who was working on the project, according to terms of the tender with a cost estimate of Rs. 7.63 crore for civil works and electrification, had carried out work costing Rs. 1.68 crore above the approved amount. The work has reached completion stage. The four-storey building of 21,300 sq.ft. on land measuring 2.3 acres has a cellar.

Although the cost of construction has exceeded by Rs. 7.63 crore over the sanctioned amount, the Chief Secretary had approved the expenditure and sanctioned the amount. However, Cabinet approval for the excess expenditure of construction is necessary. In spite of submitting the request for financial approval to the Cabinet three to four months ago, the approval is yet to come.

When Shobha Karandlaje was the District In-Charge Minister, she had seen to it that Rs. 100 crore had been sanctioned for improvement of Mysore.

While the government wastefully spent large amounts on unwarranted projects such as the now defunct subway on Sayyaji Rao Road, it has not sanctioned the amount needed for completion of the Mini Vidhana Soudha.

The question being asked by the public is that will District In-Charge Minister S.A. Ramdas, who belongs to Mysore, see to it that the Cabinet gives required approval and sanction the amount needed for completion of the building. That will enable the offices of various departments of the government in the district to function under one roof.

Govt. offices in the Soudha

Vehicle parking facility in the cellar, Office of the Assistant Director of Land Survey Department in the north of ground floor, office of Sub-Registrar of North and South Zones in the South of ground floor, Taluk Office on first floor's north part, office of the Executive Officer, Taluk Panchayat in the south, BDO Offices, Assistant Director of Horticulture office to the north of second floor, offices of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Conference Hall of Taluk Panchayat to the South.

Special features

Some of the features include: two lifts (Rs. 50 lakh), 100 KVA diesel generator (Rs. 15 lakh), decorative lamp (Rs. 10 lakh), transformer (Rs. 6 lakh), fire extinguishers (Rs. 1 lakh), decorative fencing (Rs. 41 lakh), aluminum partition in the interior (Rs. 16 lakh), rain water harvesting facility (Rs. 5 lakh), wiring (Rs. 5 lakh) and approach road around the Soudha (Rs. 8 lakh).

http://www.starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news&item=27247

How many mini-vidhana soudha's coming up in the state..?

How many mini-vidhana soudha's coming up in the state..?

Mini Vidhan soudhas are coming up in every district I guess,they are going to accommodate government offices there.However,Belgaum promoted as the second capital of our state is getting Suvarna Soudha at a cost of 400 cr,which is going to be a mini replica of the vidhan soudha.

^^Mysore may soon have its own ‘Lalbagh' (http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/12/stories/2011011250980300.htm)


Mysore's own Lalbagh a glimpse

Entrance

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Park area-To be upgraded as Lal bagh

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As seen from the tank road

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Residential layouts

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Vivekanada circle u/c- residential area

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Mysore's own Lalbagh a glimpse

Entrance

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Park area-To be upgraded as Lal bagh

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As seen from the tank road

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looks big enough in the map.. trees take time to grow. :cheers: ur own pics?

Great photos Akash. Awesome place.

^^^^Pics of Lingambudi Lake.

Akash,

The pics of the lake was truly awesome. I feel like visiting that place soon. Mysore is truly blessed with such wonderful lakes.

:banana:

looks big enough in the map.. trees take time to grow. :cheers: ur own pics?
Yes they are my pics,Water body area is small but park covers quite a lot of area.District adminstartion has shown interest along with CM and district incharge to develop it on the lines of Lal bagh let us see how far they will go in this regard.BTW if renovated this would be Mysore's third lake after Karanji and Kukrahalli lake.Karanji lake comes under zoo so no dearth of funds and is the nbest manitained lake in mysore,kukrahalli lake is owned by the Mysore university which will take up renovation works very soon/this lake however has nice bund and walkway.Lingambhudi lake is owned by the MUDA so it would be the first such lake to be renovated and mangaed by city governing body,so they lack expertise.
Hubli-Dharwad has some very big lakes and they(city governing bodies) have proved successful in developing and maintaining them well,Mysore needs to learn from Hubli-Dharwad

Great photos Akash. Awesome place.
Thanks Rakshit
^^^^Pics of Lingambudi Lake.

Akash,

The pics of the lake was truly awesome. I feel like visiting that place soon. Mysore is truly blessed with such wonderful lakes.

:banana:

Sure Ananda mysore is blessed with lakes and a hill

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Bangalore needs civic lessons from 2-tier cities
TNN, Feb 2, 2011, 12.09am IST
BANGALORE: Bangalore needs to take lessons from Mysore, Mangalore and Belgaum in managing civic affairs and delivering services better. The three cities bagged the first, second and third best urban local body award leaving IT city behind in connecting to citizens.

The awards were presented by urban development minister Suresh Kumar to the Mysore, Mangalore and Belgaum corporations on Tuesday at the Best Practices Symposium and Best Urban Local Body Award 2010 programme organized under the aegis of the Directorate of Municipal Administration.

Topper Mysore, second- and third-ranked Mangalore and Belgaum were ranked ahead of Bangalore on four criteria: effectivity of service, quality of works undertaken, good utilisation of finances and other resources and good services implementation. The efficiency of the corporations was measured in relation to drinking water delivery, garbage clearance, road and drain works, disease control and health measures.

Bangalore region also did not figure in the awards presented to City Municipal Councils (CMC) and Town Municipal Councils/Taluk Panchayats (TMC/TP).

"I had no knowledge of who won the awards until the moment of presentation. A panel of experts examined 61 service benchmarks and decided winners accordingly. Excepting the panel no one else including me has had a say in selection,'' the minister said.

Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa's urban affairs adviser A Ravindra said that Hyderabad-Karnataka region did not have a single urban body winning the award for 2010. "Not getting even one award would imply that there are issues to be worked on in the region."

Citizens now have access to a booklet which has the 45 best practices followed by the urban local bodies that got them the awards, 61 benchmarks for various services and a software on property tax, Aasthi version 2 which throws up extensive details on property tax and an online application "Tulana" which helps evaluate one urban body against another.

Some practices that have come in for appreciation include:

* Web-based project management system
* BMTC bus pass system
* Computerisation of revenue billing system of Bangalore water board
* Building approval management system and automatic development control regulations

Read more: Bangalore needs civic lessons from 2-tier cities - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Bangalore-needs-civic-lessons-from-2-tier-cities/articleshow/7407746.cms#ixzz1Cll8XngK

State's own ranking is out.

http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=219940

Ranking:

Cleanest City Corporation

1. Mysore
2. Mangalore
3. Belgaum

:banana:All my fevourites:banana:

State's own ranking is out.

http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=219940

Ranking:

Cleanest City Corporation

1. Mysore
2. Mangalore
3. Belgaum

:banana:All my fevourites:banana:

State's own ranking is out.

http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=219940

Ranking:

Cleanest City Corporation

1. Mysore
2. Mangalore
3. Belgaum

:banana:All my fevourites:banana:

Ananda they too are my favourites :banana: I just Love Belgaum, awesome the city is.It is set to host World Kannada meet for which the city is getting beautified,I love belgaum a lot

Random shots - Mysore south

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Courtesy: Digitalglobe.com
Image date: 08, 04 JAN 2011

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^^Su hyd thank you soooo much :happy:

:banana::banana::banana:

Major lakes to be free of sewage by year-end

Special Correspondent

‘Only treated water will be released into the lakes'

‘Rs. 10-lakh prize money given to the MCC will be used to reward employees'

‘Corporation also addressing issue of absence of landfill in city'

— PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM
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Making improvements:Emphasis will be on Lingambudhi, Kukkarahalli and Devanoor lakes, says MCC Commissioner K.S. Raykar.

MYSORE: Major lakes of the city will be free of sewage by the end of the year as work is going on to divert untreated sewage from flowing into them.

Mysore City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner K.S. Raykar has said a project to delink sewage from entering the storm-water drain would be taken up shortly. The MCC was also establishing two more sewage treatment plants and only treated water would be released into the lakes, he said.

This would help reduce the Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and improve the quality of the water body, said Mr. Raykar and added that emphasis would be on Lingambudhi, Kukkarahalli and Devanoor lakes.

The Commissioner, along with Mayor Sandesh Swamy and other officials, addressed a press conference here on Wednesday. Mr. Raykar provided details of the best urban local body award won by the MCC.

The Commissioner said the prize money of Rs. 10 lakh would be used to reward the employees for their efficiency. The performance of the employees would be monitored and assessed based on various parameters and the MCC would present gold, silver and bronze medals to them.

The MCC walked away with top honours after various parameters, including water supply, waste water management, solid waste management, roads, drains and streetlights, development of parks and gardens, disease control and finance, were taken into consideration.

Parameters

The above parameters were analysed by an independent jury and Mysore was classified as the best city after securing 336 points.

The city was ranked the second cleanest in the country by the Union Government. After analysis, it was found that Chandigarh which was adjudged the cleanest city had a landfill while Mysore did not have one. The corporation was addressing this issue, Mr. Raykar said.

The attention of the Commissioner was drawn to rampant road cutting and trench digging taking place across the city to lay pipes.

The Commissioner said the issue had been sorted out with JUSCO which was laying the pipes for water supply. “We have collected money for road cutting and road repairs from JUSCO and the MCC has decided to asphalt the roads,” said the Commissioner.

On the ongoing 24x7 water supply work entrusted to JUSCO, the Commissioner said work has been completed in 10 to 12 wards and the entire city would be covered in two years.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/03/stories/2011020357520300.htm)

^^
Mysore is amazing, one of the few proactive and forward-thinking city governments in India.

ALL DEMOS AT GANDHI SQUARE FROM MAR. 1

K.R. Circle to be free of traffic jams

http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=27335&type=news

Mysore, Feb. 4 (KMC&KK)-In a bid to prevent traffic jams at K.R. Circle caused by public demonstrations, the district administration has decided to restrict the demonstrations to the Gandhi Square only and not give permission at the K.R. Circle henceforth.

This measure will come into force from Mar. 1, said City Poli-ce Commissioner Sunil Agarwal.

Mayor Sandesh Swamy, who accompanied Agarwal during an inspection yesterday, said a podium will be erected in front of the Gandhi statue for the conduct of demonstrations, public gatherings, speeches, etc.

The route of procession in the city also has been changed. "Processions will have to be taken via Old Bank Road to Sayyaji Rao Road. From there to Dhanvanthri Road, Dewan's Road and via Metropole Circle, reach the Deputy Commissioner’s office," said Agarwal and invited suggestions or complaints if any, with regard to the procession route.

MCC Commissioner K.S. Raikar, who was also present during the inspection, told press persons that a spot for erecting a platform in front of Gandhi Square had been identified and the work will be completed by the end of this month.

"Road widening will be taken up wherever necessary and footpath encroachers will be evicted," Raikar said and added that the vacant space in the K.R. Hospital premises along the Dhanvanthri Road will be utilised for parking of vehicles. This can be operated by the Hospital authorities themselves and collect revenue for the Hospital's development, he said.

Star of Mysore

Gandhi Square meant for demonstrations

'PWD ROADS IN CITY TO BE UPGRADED'

Mysore, Feb. 5 (KK&DM)- PWD Minister C.M. Udasi announced here that 58 kms of PWD roads in the city will be upgraded.

Addressing media persons during his inspection of Bangalore-Nilgiri road here yesterday, Udasi said all PWD roads coming in the city limits will be developed. The Bangalore-Ooty-Nilgiri road stretch extending from Five Lights Circle to Wesley Church will be converted into a two-lane road, he added.

Mayor Sandesh Swamy, who presented a memorandum to the Minister, said the Corporation on its part, will provide the necessary space for facilitating the widening of the road at this stretch. Also, the road extending from Teresian College to Shantaveri Gopala Gowda Hospital and the road from MUDA office to Bogadi road have to be widened, for which the Minister has responded favourably, he added.

MCC Commissioner K.S. Raikar, MUDA Commissioner P.C. Jayanna, MCC Superintending Engineer Mahesh were present.

SOM

Seven roads will undergo change under PPP to reduce power usage

MCC to switch over to LED bulbs (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/135169/mcc-switch-over-led-bulbs.html)

Sreekantswamy B Mysore, Feb 5, DHNS

With the looming power crisis, Mysore City Corporation (MCC) has made a timely move to save electricity by switching over to Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs.

It has decided to install the afore mentioned type of bulbs on public-private-partnership (PPP) model on seven thoroughfares here.

According to the programme, the successful bidder has to replace the existing sodium or metal allayed lamps on the said roads, each spread up to seven km, with LED lamps.

In return, initially, he will be getting the rights to rent or lease out the advertisement boards ( usually of 3x4 size seen fixed to every lamp posts) for a certain period, MCC Commissioner K S Raykar told Deccan Herald. The tender notification has been already issued.

The roads identified for the change are-Mahadevapura Road in Udayagiri, Shivaji Road in N R Mohalla, Command Area Development Authority (CADA) Road, a stretch of road from SP office to a temple leading to Gayathripuram to name a few, totalling about 200 lamps. The advantage here is the lED lamps will be having more lux (measure of amount of light produced) value.

The scenario

Another officer, on condition of anonymity said, in the present scenario, there are 58,000 streetlights in the city.

Among them 42,000 are tubelights, 11,000 sodium lamps and remaining metal allayed bulbs. As is the system, the streetlitghts are switched on for 11 hours from 6.30 pm to 5.30 am (sometimes depending on sunset and sunrise, switching on and off of the lights vary).

The bill per annum is calculated at about ` 8.65 crore. By switching over to LED, the cost may be cut down to about 50 pc to 60 pc, the officer exudes confidence.

MUDA reclaims land worth ` 6 crore (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/135159/muda-reclaims-land-worth-6.html)

Dalvoy lake

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Tale of a planned city

MYSORE: Strange as it may sound, when the municipal administration was started in Mysore some 150 years ago, the tax levied for sanitary purpose was abolished, the town police was attached to the local body and collection of property tax assigned to it.

As Mysore tops the list of districts for good urban administration in Karnataka, the trajectory it has traversed to get there makes for an interesting reading.

Five decades after the fall of Tipu Sultan when Mysore got back its status as the capital of the state, there was not much development. According to Lewin Bentham Bowring, the commissioner for administration of Mysore in 1862: "Mysore, the headquarters of the district, and the capital of the province, has a population of 73,000 and is, therefore, a considerable place, but is badly situated. Were it not for its being the seat of the sovereign, it would soon lose the factitious importance that it now possesses."

It was around this time that a directive to take a recourse to municipal administration was issued and it started to change the course of Mysore, which is now one of the planned cities in India. It all began in April 1861. The directive had asked the administrators to set up a municipal authority, which suggested to consult the stakeholders-- the residents. T G Lakshmana Rao, president of the municipal council, has noted in his `Handbook of the city of Mysore' published in 1915 that the directive said that the people should be consulted on taxation and as to the works to which the funds should be devoted. There was also a specification to give representation to various sections based on their population and influence to quote the former president.

Committee takes shape

According to M K Lingaiah, who was president of the municipality in 1959, the administrators set up a committee in July 1862 to give effect to the directive and put the superintendent of the Ashtagram division as its head. There were five official members-- deputy superintendent, executive engineer, officer commanding the division, amildar of Mysore taluk and Sar Ameen of Mysore. Among the three non-official members, one was selected from Hindu community and another a Muslim, he stated in his book on Mysore.

It was Maharaja Chamaraja Wadiyar who enacted the Act to govern the municipal administration in 1888, which derived from such a body in Bangalore. The Act came into effect in 1890. It was at this time that the municipal administration was given a shape and scaled up when the city was divided into seven zones and elections to representatives to the body was introduced in 1892. There were 20 councilors-- 10 elected, five officials and five nominated. The deputy commissioner who headed the body. It was in 1948 when the power to elect the head was granted to the body. During 1853 polls with the universal franchise enforced, residents of the city above 21 years were allowed to vote.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/TNNP2-hertimTale-of-a-planned-city/articleshow/7433412.cms)

Mysore just got the basics right Thanks to the Maharaja :cheers: Bangalore has a lot to learn from us.

^^ Bangalore was ok until 90s, with the kind of exponential influx that bangalore had in last 1 decade, None of the cities in India would have handled well. BBMP doesn't have the expertise to handle this even today. Now with the land mafia, things are even worse.

I agree Vlakshmi_n Bangalore just exploded in the last decade but now things are improving gradually.Hope to see planned growth of other cities in our state by learning lessons from the Bangalore blunder.

Mysore in my opinion is heading in the right direction,with good connectivity to Bangalore becoming a reality soon Mysore has a good future,many industrial shops are u/c, with SEZs getting approved one can start expecting influx into this city.We must not forget that Mysore has withstood the influx test even before and continues to do so I am referring to tourist influx.Planning was in place since the city's birth however now time has come to really carry forward those fundamentals seriously.

Bangalore realized an ORR only after many properties got demolished,Mysore learnt from Banglore's mistake and now has has gone ahead for a 6 lane ORR.

Mysore is revamping its Transportation along with Bangalore at the same pace.Bangalore is seeing its TTMCs while Mysore is seeing them as IMTCs,BRTS is also planned for Mysore.

Mysore needs to cash in on the tourism potential it has in a big way.

Any city must carry forward the right fundamentals

^^ everything in bangalore will be fixed with metro. wait just one more month :)
recently bangalore ring road completed full circle that is actually big deal, 4 lane or 6, we have a lord of the rings :banana:

But mysore badly needs few underpasses. just for brand of a "city", what city without grade separators. underpasses better for heritage than flyovers.

But mysore badly needs few underpasses. just for brand of a "city", what city without grade separators. underpasses better for heritage than flyovers.

Mysore has broad roads and is quite well planned, as of now faces no traffic bottlenecks so there is absolutely no need for flyovers or underpasses

Separate water lines for industry

BS Reporter / Chennai/ Mysore February 07, 2011, 0:57 IST

Industries in Mysore can heave a sigh of relief on water shortage when a separate line will bring them water from the Cauvery river. The Note Printing Press of the Reserve Bank of India (Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran) will among the beneficiaries.

Similarly, another separate line will ensure water supply for the RBI’s currency paper manufacturing plant, the first of its kind coming up in Mysore. Both the proposals are taken up by the Karnataka Urban Water Supply & Drainage Board (KUWS&DB), after its formal approval by the Mysore City Corporation (MCC).

Drawing a separate line to meet the requirements of the industries in Mysore was as old a proposal as made during the time of D.Devaraj Urs, when he was the chief minister. Visualising the future industrial growth of Mysore, he had proposed bringing raw water from the Cauvery, near Mysore, by a separate industry line.

However, many industrial units like J K Tyres, Falcon Tyres, Rare Materials Plant (RMP) face problem now whenever there is water shortage and water is diverted for agricultural purposes.

Presently, 10 MLD water is pumped daily from the Chikkadevaraya Canal at Belagola, where the Cauvery flows down from the Krishnarajasagar reservoir, and supplied to southern and northern industrial area and the Note Printing Press. From the same source, 50 MLD water is supplied to Mysore city for its drinking water requirements. In all, 60 MLD water is pumped from the canal.

However, frequent obstruction by Belgola and Palahalli achkat farmers at the lower level on the grouse of inadequate water for their crops often hampers water supply to industries, besides affecting drinking water supply to Mysore also, particularly during summer, said MCC Commissioner D.K.Raiker

Besides, the RBI is also setting up a separate unit for manufacturing paper required for printing currency notes in Mysore and the task of providing water to the plant is entrusted to the KUWS&DB by the state government.

Defending MCC’s administrative approval for laying pipes on lands coming within its jurisdiction under both the projects, in the background of opposition from some quarters, he said the schemes would not affect the drinking water supply position of Mysore. On the other hand, as it would reduce the pressure the position would improve.

The government was also committed to providing infrastructural facilities for industries. It had given an assurance at the investors’ meet also in this regard. As of now, not ensuring proper water supply to existing units was deterring entrepreneurs setting shop in Mysore, the commissioner said in a release.

The project for water supply to the RBI’s note paper manufacturing unit envisaged drawing water from one km below the Hongalli station at Krishnarajasagar and hence would not affect water being drawn at the source now.

The separate line for industries will draw water directly from the rirver by constructing headworks at Chikkadevaya Barrage, instead of drawing water from the Belagola Canal as of now, he said.

Business Standard (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/separate-water-lines-for-industry/424248/)

BEML to set up fabrication hangar in Mysore
Bangalore, Feb 6, (PTI) :

Defence Minister A K Antony would inaugurate BEML's Aerospace manufacturing division and lay the foundation stone for a new fabrication hangar in Mysore tomorrow.

The Bangalore-headquartered company's aerospace division has the mandate to manufacture various ground support equipment and components for the aerospace sector.

Karnataka government has allotted 25 acres in the aerospace special economic zone near Devanahally on the city outskirts to BEML to establish an exclusive aerospace manufacturing division, the company said in a statement.

The company has various technical tie-ups with global majors in the field of aerospace manufacturing technology, it said.

BEML said it is set to achieve a turnover of Rs 4,200 crore for 2010-11.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/135382/beml-set-up-fabrication-hangar.html)

Conserving heritage, tourism tops city agenda

MYSORE: The city's `heritage area' status could get it some goodies this budget season. Having received the tag some six years ago, courtesy the then CM S M Krishna, Mysore is looking at heritage conservation, which is at the top of the agenda, ahead of CM B S Yeddyurappa presenting the state budget.

District minister S A Ramdas, who had sought the CM's intervention in protecting the city's heritage areas, has taken up the issue seriously. He will petition Yeddyurappa to focus on the issue on February 11.

The stakeholders in the city's growth on Sunday pointed at Pink City Jaipur, that has regulations to govern its status and sought some such move to protect and showcase the city's vintage nature. During an interaction ahead of the budget presentation, they pressed him to draw attention of the CM to promote tourism, the city's economy multiplier.

In response to the request, Ramdas said he will broach the issue with the CM and take a delegation of the city leaders to apprise him of the need to promote tourism here.

He said regional tourism centres will be opened here and an authority will be created to organize and manage Dasara festivities. But there were suggestions that Dasara authority will not serve the purpose, as focus on showcasing the city's heritage and more importantly its preservation, is the need of the hour. Yoga was also sought to be linked to the city's tourism potential.

Meanwhile, the Mysore Industries Association, representing industries of Mysore, Mandya and Chamarajnagar districts, have petitioned the CM asking him to replicate Gujarat model for industrial growth here. It has asked the CM to allot sites at industrial plots like the way it was done in Gujarat. The Mysore district Mirco, Small and Medium Scale Industries Association has asked for infrastructural development including a helipad at the industrial areas. The industries have asked for the preservation of water bodies and their upgradation in the industrial belts.

TOI

BEML plans to set up fabrication hangar in Mysore: report

The company has various technical tie-ups with global majors in the field of aerospace manufacturing technology
BEML Ltd is planning to set up new fabrication hangar in Mysore, according to a report.
The company has reportedly said that Karnataka government has allotted 25 acres in the aerospace special economic zone near Devanahally on the city outskirts to the company to establish an exclusive aerospace manufacturing division.
The company has various technical tie-ups with global majors in the field of aerospace manufacturing technology, report adds.

Source (http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/BEML-plans-to-set-up-fabrication-hangar-in-Mysore-report/5075573503)

year -- mangalore -- mysore -- hubli

2005-06 -- 562* -- 394 -- 5
2006-07 -- 681 -- 760 -- 8 -- (hindu "overtakes" (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/05/22/stories/2007052201830400.htm))
2007-08 -- 405* -- 1100 - hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/06/stories/2008060651900300.htm)
2008-09 -- 644 -- 1374 (hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/02/stories/2009090254840600.htm))

* gentem calculations: 562 = 681 - 21% and 405 = 644 - 59%
other figures are explicitly mentioned in 3 reports above



Analysts sceptical on hardware park (http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/20/stories/2011012051600300.htm)
R. Krishna Kumar

Credibility questioned after failed textile park
‘Better option would have been to ensure that existing hardware units got more tax benefits'
‘Mysore has immense potential for electronic hardware'

MYSORE: The State Government's decision to develop an Electronics Hardware Technology Park (EHTP) in the Mysore-Nanjangud area has been received with lukewarm response from industrial observers in the city.

The State Government unveiled its electronic hardware policy on Tuesday in a bid to give a thrust to this sector, reckoned to account for a significant portion of the State Gross Domestic Product (SGDP), and sanctioned Rs. 25 crore for the development of the EHTP.

However, Suresh Kumar Jain, general secretary, Mysore District Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Association, told The Hindu that though the policy was welcome, its implementation was more important.

Expressing scepticism over the outcome, Mr. Jain said the State Government had similarly announced a textile park for Mysore and had acquired nearly 250 acres in the district. But not a single textile mill or ancillary unit came up even as the original textile units are in the doldrums, heading towards closure. “But the land acquired for the textile park has been sold to others and the project helped speculators in real estate. The EHTP should not be a pretext to acquire land,” he added.

Similarly, the food zone in Belagola Industrial Area in Mysore does not have any major food industry, but there are chemical industries.

Same promises

Industrial consultant Bhanuchandran wondered how different the new “park” would be and if the Government could provide any other facility apart from promising “uninterrupted power supply”, which is known to be false, and encouraging land acquisition through the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) that results in host of other social problems.

Tax benefits

He said a better option would have been to ensure that the existing hardware units got more tax benefits as those functioning in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Even the tax concession offered to SEZs is uncertain as the Commerce Ministry is seeking an end to the tax sops, said Mr. Bhanuchandran.

He said though Mysore had tremendous potential as far as electronic hardware was concerned, the Government should have gone beyond the hardware park concept and announced free trade zones to draw investment and nurture industrial growth to make Mysore an electronic hardware hub.

Impressive growth

Underlining the immense potential of Mysore for electronic hardware, Mr. Bhanuchandran pointed out that the growth was significant and impressive in the last four to five years, a view concurred by Jayaprakash, officer in charge of Software Technology Park of India (STPI). Exports from STPI/EHTP units of Mysore region for 2007-08 was Rs. 1,100 crore, and increased to Rs. 1,440 crore during 2008-09 and was steady at Rs. 1,450 crore the following financial year when recession and slowdown had hit the industry.

The Mysore STPI stated operations with two companies with an export of Rs. 80 lakh in 1998-99 and today there are 51 STPI units and seven EHTP units with export of more than 1,440 crore for the year 2008-09. It has generated 9,100 jobs.

If implemented in true spirit, Mysore could emerge as a major hub as connectivity to Bangalore had improved and the city had a robust talent pool.
anybody got figures for 2009-10..

DC orders for supplying water twice a week; officials queried at ‘Janaspandana’
V’nagar third stage to get Cauvery water
Mysore, feb 8, DHNS

Deputy Commissioner and Chairman of Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Harsh Gupta has directed the authorities concerned to supply Cauvery water to Vijaynagar third stage twice a week with immediate effect.

Participating in the 'Janaspanadana' programme organised for the residents of Vijaynagar IIIrd stage here on Tuesday, he was bombarded with queries from residents about the promise made by the MUDA to supply Cauvery water at least two days a week and their failure to honour it.

No delay

The deputy commissioner, on the spot, directed the officials concerned of the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) to supply Cauvery Water to the area twice a week without any delay. Gupta who gave a patient hearing to residents, asked the officials to address to the demands of residents including providing a place for them to hold cultural programmes. There were five parks in the area and steps would be taken to develop each of them.

Sports ground

A place would be identified in the area to be used as sports ground. "We will not allow vacant plots for commercial use; the MCC officials should take steps to clean the vacant sites".

The deputy commissioner said although, Vijaynagar IIIrd stage has not been handed over to MCC from the MUDA, MCC has to take steps to provide basic amenities like drinking water, cleanliness and UGD in the area.

Streetlights

The MUDA would take up other things like construction of roads and street lighting in the area. All the streetlights should work during night, he noted.

Mobile towers

When residents complained regarding installation of mobile towers and its effects on people's health, Gupta directed the officials not to give permission for further installation of mobile towers in the area.

The authorities of KSRTC have to take steps to ply additional buses to the area.
Those who participated in the meeting are former minister Kote M Shivanna also a resident of the locality, Vijayanagar Third Stage Residents' Association members, MUDA commissioner, P C Jayanna, Secretary, Vidyakumari, joint director of Department of Urban planning, M N Kumar, Superintending Engineer, Shivakumar, MCC Superintending engineer, Mahesh and zonal officers of MCC and officials of MUDA.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/136049/vnagar-third-stage-get-cauvery.html)

To take more leverage out of the growing aeronautic industry, the Bharath Earth Movers Limited (BEML) forayed into new areas of aerospace manufacturing with the inauguration of Aerospace Division on Monday. Union Defence Minister A K Antony inaugurated the new facility.

The new facility here would initially manufacture gears for helicopters, jigs for aircraft structures, machines of aerospace components, fabrication of structural sub - assemblies for Su-30 aircraft and wide variety of ground support and ground handling equipment. It would also undertake manufacture of complex gears and gear boxes of helicopters and aero engines, landing gears of aircraft, fabrication of structural assemblies and upgrades of aircrafts and helicopters. The facility meets AS9100B quality certification standards, and is accredited with the same.

The division is part of the expansion and diversification plans of BEML to realise the Vision - 2014, which lays down a target of to achieve a turnover of ` 5000 crore. The public sector unit (PSU) also aims to achieve ` 10,000 crores turnover in 2017 from the present ` 4200 crores.

BEML has recently opened a manufacturing facility spread across two lakh sq ft at Palakkad, Kerala. The facility is exclusively dedicated to the production of defence equipment and tools.

The PSU has already been supporting the aerospace operations by supplying ground support equipment such as aircraft towing tractor (ATT), multi purpose weapon loader and crash fire tender.

The Defence Minister also laid foundation stone for the new fabrication shop of the company.

Antony visited various departments of the PSU unit and took stock of the latest research and technology developments in BEML. He asked the authorities and workforce of BEML to come out with newer innovative and competitive technologies to face the future challenges and competition.

Defence Secretary R K Singh, Joint secretary Rashmi Verma, Chairman and MD of BEML V R S Natarajan and others were present.
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dnhs (http://goo.gl/CDTEQ)
:)

BJP-JDS Capture Power in Mysore Muncipal Corporation Keeping Congress @ Bay
JD-S Gets President's Post while BJP gets Vice President

Grand Mall, Mysore

Location: Hunsur Road, Mysore.
Area: 5.6 lask sft
6-screen multiplex and serviced apartments.

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Grand Mall, Mysore (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12326860@N02/2205190387/)

Kristal Violan, Mysore

Location: Ashoka Nagar, Mysore

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Kristal Violan, Mysore (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12326860@N02/2238667819/)

Brigade Horizon Mysore

Type : 2- and 3-bedroom apts
(Ground + 14 floors)

Size of apartments:
2-bedroom apts: 1290 sft - 1550 sft
3-bedroom apts: 1600 sft - 1850 sft

Project Status : To be completed by 2010

Amenities: Swimming pool, gym, indoor games, children's play area

Location:

* Siddhartha Layout, opposite Vasanth Mahal
* Landmarks nearby include Vasanth Mahal, Chamundivihar stadium, Gopal Gowda Nursing Home, Karanji Lake, Police Commissioner's Office and Hotel Ginger (Taj Group)
* Distance from Mysore Place: 2 km
* Distance from Ring Road: 3 km
* Distance to Yadavagiri: 5 km

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Brigade Point, Mysore

* Retail space spread across 10,000 sft space on the ground floor
* Basement and surface 4- and 2-wheeler parking
* Location: Gokulam Main Road

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Brigade Point, Mysore (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12326860@N02/2205207487/)

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City profile: Mysore & Suburbs

In this series that evaluates the real estate markets in different cities across India, ET Wealth and Magicbricks take a look at Mysore.

Mysore has benefited from good connectivity to Bangalore. Development of new industrial hubs in and around the city has also helped the residential real estate market. The city has grown radially with arterial roads starting from the city palace and running outwards to other parts of the city. This has resulted in residential and commercial developments along these roads.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=7492723

Growth drivers : Some big infrastructure projects that are under way could influence real estate prices in nearby locations.



Infrastructure corridor : Along with a six-lane 111-km expressway between Bangalore and Mysore, the project includes a massive real estate development plan including seven townships. The first phase (62 km) is already underway.

Road projects: The six laning of the Mysore-Bangalore outer ring road, which is scheduled to be completed by May this year, will help divert traffic from city areas and minimise congestion within the city. The road will also be linked to city areas through several service roads. The Mysore-Nanjangud stretch of NH 212 which connects Karnataka to Tamil Nadu and Kerala and is the inter-state commerce lifeline, is also scheduled to be upgraded.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=7492731


Airport expansion : Plan to expand the airport to accomodate bigger aircrafts will benefit areas around NH 212.

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ET (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/real-estate/realty-trends/city-profile-mysore-suburbs/articleshow/7492721.cms)

Good try but not upto mark.West Mysore is the fastest developing residential hub,rates are sky rocketing.Why they have not covered central core areas?

My choice--- Go for Lakshmipuram/krishnamurthypuram/saraswathipuram in case you want to buy a flat in core area.

Nestle to invest Rs 900 cr in India, may up prices

Nestle India is ramping up production facilities and investing in new technologies to roll out value added products as it faces rising raw material prices and robust demand for its products. The company would invest around Rs 900 crore over the next few months to set up a new production facility at Nanjagud, Karnataka apart from enhancing production at its other factories.
“We are setting up a new production facility for noodles and other Maggi brands at Nanjangud in Karnataka at an estimated investment of Rs 350 crore,” Antonio Helio Waszyk, chairman and managing director Nestle India told HT.

The company is also doubling up its capacity at its Samalkha facility in Haryana that would entail an investment of R550 crore, apart from additional investments at its factories in Ponda, Bicholim and Moga.

“India is high on the agenda for Nestle Worldwide in terms of investment plans,” he said. Nestle is a Switzerland-based food products company, however, Nestle India is listed on the Indian bourses and its market capitalisation is around R32,730 crore.

“We are constantly striving to invest in newer technologies to create more value in our products as consumers are willing to pay extra for a genuinely quality product,” said Waszyk.

Nestle India could also go for a staggered price hike to beat the inflationary trends. “During last year the focus for us was on innovations and pricing was not on my priority list. But this year I need to move it (pricing) up on my priority list,” he said.

HT (http://www.hindustantimes.com/Nestle-to-invest-Rs-900-cr-in-India-may-up-prices/Article1-662386.aspx)

Pvt company adopts traffic junction

MYSORE: The Lions Club of Mysore West adopted a traffic junction at the KRS Road ring road junction in the city on Monday. This is the first time a private company is chipping in for maintenance of signal lights. After the adoption, the club would bear all maintenance like lawn, repair of signal lights, and road markings for a year. A gardener has been appointed to maintain the lawn at the traffic signal.

Club president Sudheer Shetty told TOI that the move was part of their service project. They have plans to develop the KRS Road between the traffic and Venkateshwara temple junction which are separated by 1.5 km into a traffic model road by roping in businessmen, he said.

ACP (traffic) Shankaregowda said the Lions Club entered into a pact with the company called CMS, which now looks after maintenance of all signal lights in the city. The new agreement will lessen the burden on traffic police as they need not pay for its maintenance, which costs about Rs 35,000 a year.

Two more traffic signal junctions-- Hunsur Road-Ring Road junction and Mysore-Bangalore road ring road junction-- will be given to private parties.[/B] MUDA has given its consent to the KRS road signal light, the ACP said. Meanwhile, the traffic police organized a traffic awareness programme for students of Lions School at Gokulam III stage.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Pvt-company-adopts-traffic-junction/articleshow/7497600.cms)

STATE GOVT. TO OPEN REGIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE IN CITY

Science & Technology Minister inaugurates conference to mark Golden Jubilee of Manasagangothri

Mysore, Feb. 15 (KMC&RK)- The State Government proposes to establish a Regional Science Centre in city, for which it has got approval from the Centre, announced Krishna J. Palemar, Minister for Science, Technology, Environment and Fisheries.

Speaking after inaugurating the third conference of Karnataka Science and Technology Academy (KSTA), held as part of the 50th year celebration of Manasagangothri at the Senate Bhavan here today, the Minister said that the project worth about Rs. 8.5 crore will focus on scientific development and making the latest technology beneficial for the common man, especially the farming community.

The Regional Science Centre will also have Sub-Centres in 10 other districts, he said.

SOM

NEW MARKET AT VV MOHALLA
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Mysore, Feb. 14 (KCU&RK)- Corporator C. Mahadesh inaugurated a vegetable and fruit market beside Shringar Hotel in VV Mohalla here this morning.

Incidentally, the market with 17 stalls has been opened by vendors who were displaced by the City Corporation authorities when they were vending on Temple Road a year ago. The new market has good infrastructure provided by the City Corporation. Food Inspector H.T. Surayanarayan, Corporation Asst. Engineer Ananthakrishna, Harsha, Devegowda, Kumar and others were present.

SOM

Minister offers 35 acres to varsity to develop science park

Staff Correspondent
I will speak to the Chief Minister and ensure allocation in the budget: Ramdas

‘Government has sanctioned Rs. 2 crore to restore Kukkarahalli lake'

‘Science promotion centres planned in 10 districts at a cost of Rs. 2.5 crore each'

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Minister for Science and Technology J. Krishna Palemar inaugurating a conference in Mysore on Tuesday. Vice-Chancellor of Mysore university V.G. Talawar, district in-charge Minister S.A. Ramdas and former ISRO Chairman U.R. Rao are seen.

MYSORE: Minister in charge of Mysore district S.A. Ramdas on Tuesday offered to hand over 35 acres of prime government land near Lalitha Mahal Palace to the University of Mysore to develop a mega children's science park.

Mr. Ramdas said that Mysore attracted students in large numbers from across the country. Therefore, it would be ideal to set up a park in the city to promote and popularise science.

The Minister was the chief guest at the inauguration of Suvarna Manasa 2011, an academic exhibition held to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Manasagangotri campus and the third conference on ‘Globalisation: challenges and opportunities for science and technology development', organised by the Karnataka Science and Technology Academy.

Mr. Ramdas said, “The Government will provide land for the park. If you [university] are ready to take up the offer to give new impetus to science, I will speak to the Chief Minister and ensure allocation in the budget. An MoU can be signed between the Government and the university.”

Stating that the gap between science and applied science had to be bridged, he urged the university to take its research and development to the masses and work towards their application.

He urged the university to publish books to promote science and technology. “It is essential to patent our knowledge otherwise others [foreign countries] will take credit for our indigenous knowledge,” Mr. Ramdas warned.

Referring to pollution at the Kukkarahalli lake, Mr. Ramdas said the Government had sanctioned Rs. 2 crore to restore it.

The Government Ayurveda College and the university could jointly raise medicinal plants on the lake premises, he suggested.

Elaborating on the Government's health tourism plans, Mr. Ramdas, who is also Minister for Medical Education, said Bangalore and Mysore had been identified for the promotion of health tourism under the PPP model and the Government expected contributions from the university.

Nearly 13 per cent of revenue to the State came from the health sector and it was predicted that investments in the health sector would grow in the coming years, he said.

Science centres

Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Science and Technology, Environment and Fisheries J. Krishna Palemar, who was also a chief guest, said regional science centres were being set up at Mangalore and Dharwad at a cost of Rs. 8.5 crore each and the Centre had approved another centre for Mysore. Besides, science promotion centres had been planned in 10 districts at a cost of Rs. 2.5 crore each.

He said a planetarium and an observatory were being developed at Pilikula near Mangalore at a cost of Rs. 15.5 crore and an observatory was being developed at Nandi Hills near Bangalore.

Mr. Palemar added that a nanotechnology park had also been proposed in Bangalore.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/16/stories/2011021650430300.htm)

Mysore also needs a planetarium, being a tourist spot.In Karnataka we have only two Planetariums as of now one in Bangalore and the other in Belgaum private owned.Good to see Mangalore getting it at Pilikula park.

Pvt company adopts traffic junction

MYSORE: The Lions Club of Mysore West adopted a traffic junction at the KRS Road ring road junction in the city on Monday. This is the first time a private company is chipping in for maintenance of signal lights. After the adoption, the club would bear all maintenance like lawn, repair of signal lights, and road markings for a year. A gardener has been appointed to maintain the lawn at the traffic signal.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Pvt-company-adopts-traffic-junction/articleshow/7497600.cms)

good initiative :applause: the company can be allowed to put a hoarding "this junction is maintained by so and so company" in return.. In bangalore ORRCA employs some private guards to regulate traffic at few junctions

Mysore varsity launches jubilee of PG campus
BS Reporter / Chennai/ Mysore February 17, 2011, 0:03 IST

While Mysore University is nearing its centenary, its post-graduate centre began its golden jubilee celebrations.

It was in 1916, the then Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV established the first university in his princely state of Mysore and the sixth in India. Some 45 years later, its post-graduate departments moved into a spacious 300-acre land, after the university purchased the Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion, a palace built for the kin of the royal family, for Rs 1 lakh and later named it ‘Manasa Gangotri’ which today boasts of 52 P-G departments and institutions.

The inauguration of the year-long ‘Suvarna Manasa’ jubilee also marked the inauguration of a week-long academic exhibiton by its 42 departments and eight other institutions, the third conference of the Karnataka State Science & Technology Academy, academy award for well-known agricultural scientist Dwarakanath, and open public access catalogue of the university library where those interested can browse through the books in the library.
Inaugurating the jubilee expo, minister for science & technology Krishna Palemar said the government had taken up schemes to expand S&T in the state. Among them was a regional S&T centre in Mysore work on which Work will start soon, two regional centres at Dharwad and Mangalore, with the Centre and state splitting the Rs 85 crore cost equally, 10 district-level sub-centres for which Centre’s approval was expected, a planetarium at Mangalore costing Rs 15.5 crore and an observatory at Nandi Hills.

Stressing on the research and conservation of bio-diversity, he cited the number of medicinal plants that had fallen to 1,200 from 4,800 in the Western Ghats. In order to save some of them from extinction, the Forest Department had taken up cultivation of 2,320 varieties of plants.

They included a plant which had curative quality for blood cancer.

District in-charge minister A S Ramadas said at the recent conference on ayurveda in Bangalore, in which 30 countries had participated, 18 had come forward to sign MoU.

Offering 35 acres opposite the Lalitha Mahal Palace, he suggested to the university to set up a children’s science park to mark the Manasa Gangotri golden jubilee to develop children’s interest in science subjects. He also suggested a herbal garden at the Kukkarahalli tank area.

Delivering the lecture on ‘Globalisation: Opportunities and Challenges for S&T Development’ Academy Chairman U R Rao lamented that the data made available by satellites were not being used while planning programmes and schemes. “We are stuck in uitlising satellite data,” he said, pointing out issues like problems arising from the 70 per cent growth in larger cities and stagnated agricultural production at 350 million tonnes against rising population.

Saying that remote sensing can find solutions to such issues, Rao said, “Make sure remote sensing become an operational system. What we are seeing since 50 years will change in the next 50 years,” he said pointing out the challenges before the country.

Referring to global warming, the former ISRO chief said, “Though we are using coal abundantly for power generation, we do not have a coal research centre.”

BS (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/mysore-varsity-launches-jubileepg-campus/425408/)

L&T to increase production of energy meters
Mysore, Feb 16, DHNS:

Demand likely to grow by 25 per cent during next four years

The Electrical and Automation Unit of Larsen and Toubro (L&T), Mysore will be increasing production capacity of energy meters to 4.5 million per year, said S C Bhargava, Senior Vice President, Head of Electrical and Automation, L&T.

With an existing production capacity of three million energy meters per year, Bhargava said that the company had manufactured seven million energy meters during the last 10 years.

Expressing optimism, Bhargava said that the business had grown at a rate of 20 per cent during the last four years. He said that the growth will continue to be in the 20-25 per cent range in the next four-five years.

Observing that energy consumption in the country is quite low, Bhargava said that the companies have to increase consumption and make electricity available to all people.

With L&T having been in the production of standalone energy meters, the next step is to produce interconnected energy meters with central console.

Observing the need for a central console, he said that distribution losses are so high because a lot of the energy generated goes unmetered. He said that their aim is to make sure that energy gets metered.

He said that there is a need to reduce distribution losses from the current 30 per cent to less than 15 per cent as per the initiatives taken by the Government of India.

Also the introduction of electronic meters provides far more accurate energy calculation than the previously used electro-mechanical meters. He said that the energy meters being produced in the country are of international standards.

He said that meters in future will be able to obtain alarms on discrepancies, theft and will be able to curtail the consumption remotely.

Bhargava said that L&T is the second largest manufacturer of single phase meters in the country. He said that it is also the only electronic meter manufacturer in the State.

Senior Vice President, Head of Electrical and Automation, L&T, S C Bhargava said that L&T is operating two projects for Mescom in Mangalore and Gescom in Gulbarga for collecting data from meters connected to distribution transformers. He said that the data is compared with the billing data of consumers and used for reduction of losses in the feeders.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/138423/lampt-increase-production-energy-meters.html)

The Mysore airport runway, where only one flight lands and takes off in a day, may witness more activity in the near future.

According to the Airport Authority of India (AAI), two commercial airlines have shown interest in starting operations in addition to Kingfisher airlines which operates on the Bangalore-Mysore sector five days a week.

AAI DGM Rajiv Gupta, who is in charge of the airport, said Jet Airways and SpiceJet had shown interest in starting services from Mysore. Officials from the two commercial airlines visited the airport to inspect the facilities.

“They had visited the airport a few months back. They are carrying out route surveys and other planning activities to find if it is feasible to start commercial flight operations,” said Gupta.

The existing infrastructure at the airport is sufficient for these airlines to immediately start operations. And there is tremendous potential for more airlines to operate from Mysore which attracts scores of tourists throughout the year, especially during the Dasara festivities.

“With over 140 industries in Mysore, there is a lot of potential for airlines to operate more flights, especially short haul ones,” he said. Though the airport built and developed by the AAI at Rs82 crore was inaugurated in May 2010, commercial flight services started only in October last year as airlines were not keen to start operations fearing poor load factor.

However, according to AAI, Kingfisher airline has occupancy of 75% per flight. Its ATR flight departs from Bangalore at noon and arrives in Mysore at 12.45pm. It leaves for Bangalore at 2.20pm.

DNA:)

Households in Agra and Jalandhar earn more than India's average urban homes turning them into 'cities of opportunities', says a survey.
Among others are Aurangabad, Bhubhaneshwar and Raipur that have scope to be more vibrant, according to AlphaWise Evidence Series report, on India Urbanisation -- a new publication that surveys the top 200 cities in India by population -- by Morgan Stanley.

The report, released today, reveals that Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune are the most vibrant cities among the top 50 cities in India.

Tier II cities like Mysore and Meerut feature in the top 10 cities, while Mumbai ranks 21st among India's top 50 cities.

To be updated quarterly, the survey, measures the key drivers of urbanisation such as physical infrastructure, financial penetration, consumer services and job listings, the company said.

"The index helps investors evaluate companies' strategic positioning in urban centres and monitor sector trends over time. It also acts as a guide on the relative level of urbanisation across India's top cities," it said

Financial Express (http://www.financialexpress.com/news/agra-jalandhar-cities-of-opportunities/751378/1)

Need to study the full report before accepting the facts -Can it be found on net for free?

Bangalore shines among India's booming cities - report

By Jonathon Burch
NEW DELHI | Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:24pm IST
(Reuters) - Tech hub Bangalore tops the list in a new Morgan Stanley report on how India's booming cities cope with problems from infrastructure to job creation, with Mumbai, India's financial capital, trailing in 21st place.

Asia's third-largest economy is home to one-quarter of the world's 20 most densely populated cities but the slow pace of urban development has been a drag on economic growth.

The report found that second-tier cities Mysore, in the southwest, and Meerut in the country's north, came in second and sixth places out of India's 50 most populated cities.

Nearly one-quarter of India's top 200 cities have no car dealership, less than 10 percent have a 5-star hotel, and nearly two-thirds were still waiting for a large-scale retail store or hypermarket, the report found.

Its findings are based on a City Vibrancy Index (CVI), which looks at, among other factors, infrastructure, job opportunities, modern consumer services and a city's ability to mobilise savings -- what it calls key drivers of urbanisation.

Bangalore, India's "Silicon Valley", came in first place, with Pune in third and Hyderabad in fourth while New Delhi, India's capital, ranked eighth.

Over the next two decades, India is expected to see an urban transformation the scale and speed of which has not happened anywhere except China, with many cities becoming larger than many countries, in terms of population size and GDP.

By 2030 India will be home to about 590 million people -- nearly twice the population of the United States today.

However, India is dwarfed by China on infrastructure spending. India spends a mere $17 per capita on urban infrastructure, compared to rival China's $116. Poor infrastructure is estimated to shave a whole 2 percentage points off India's economic growth.

India's government is trying to bridge the gap and plans to double spending on infrastructure to $1 trillion in its next five-year plan, which runs from 2012-17.

(Editing by Tony Munroe)

http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/02/17/idINIndia-54972120110217

1)Bangalore
2)Mysore
3)Pune
4)Hyderabad
5)
6)Meerut
7)
8)New Delhi

Mysore embraces 3G

Airtel on Thursday here launched 3G services, making Mysore second after Bangalore to avail the services, claiming to redefine the internet services for the cellular service users.

Source:- Deccan Herald (http://www.deccanherald.com/contents/72/district.html)

How much will capacity go up in the current year?

We are planning to put up new breweries in Nanjangud, Karnataka, along with one in Bihar. We will expand our existing capacity in Orissa, Kalyani, Aurangabad in Maharashtra (two units) and Hyderabad (three units) in the near future. With these planned capacities, our present capacity will go up to 16 million cases per month from 12.6 million cases in the current calendar (year).

BS (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/qa-kalyan-ganguly-md-united-breweries/425624/)

I wonder how can Mysore in top 10 vibrant cities when it doesnt have a single grade separator :lol: That report is biased??

I wonder how can Mysore in top 10 vibrant cities when it doesnt have a single grade separator :lol: That report is biased??

morgan stanley doesnt look out for grade separators to grade cities:nuts:!! its more of investment that gets in..its great to see ktaka cities top their list..it wud be better if hubli nd mluru also came in the list..lets wait for all the 50 cities..maybe they r there in it..it feels awesome when u see TN cities way behind..let wait for TN forumers to spam bluru threads again..its fun to argue wid them..the toothpaste comment was awesome!!:lol:

^^ Bangalore first and Chennai last in mercer's report also. But they say all these reports are biased baseless etc.. And mumbai is down at rank 21 which is sad, all thanks to slums and outdated commuter rail.

Mysore 2nd rank looks unreal. But i would like few underpasses in mysore anyday :ohno:

^^ Bangalore first and Chennai last in mercer's report also. But they say all these reports are biased baseless etc.. And mumbai is down at rank 21 which is sad, all thanks to slums and outdated commuter rail.

Mysore 2nd rank looks unreal. But i would like few underpasses in mysore anyday :ohno:

underpasses and flyovers are constructed for their requirement in crowded cities. mysore is not one of them.

ZOO, KARANJI LAKE ENTRY FEE: REVISED RATES FROM MAR.1


http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=27482&type=news
Mysore, Feb. 18 (SRB)- Entry fee for Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens and Karanji Lake here having been revised, the hiked rates will be effective from Mar. 1, 2011.

Karnataka Zoo Authority has declared the following increased rates as a result of higher cost of animal feeds and also rising administrative expenses.

Entry fee for Zoo: Adults Rs. 40 (the earlier fee was Rs. 30) children below 12 years-Rs. 20 (Rs. 15) Foreign visitors: Adults Rs. 100 (Rs. 30), children Rs. 50 (Rs. 15).

Students will be given 50 per cent reduction in entry fee. Children of LKG and UKG will be allowed entry free of charge. Fourth Standard-Rs. 10 (Rs. 7.50), 5th std. to Post-graduate level students-Rs. 20 (Rs. 15). Still camera fee-Rs. 20 (Rs. 15), Luggage fee-Rs. 5 (Rs.2).

Battery operated vehicle: Adults Rs. 100 (Rs. 80), Children of 5 to 10 years-Rs. 50 (Rs. 40). Senior citizens-Rs. 50 (Rs. 40).

Entry fee for Karanji lake: Adult Rs. 20 (Rs. 10), Children Rs. 10 (Rs. 5). Foreign visitors: Adults Rs. 50 (Rs. 10), Children Rs. 25 (Rs. 5). Video Camera fee Rs. 150 (Rs. 25), still camera Rs. 20 (Rs. 10).

SOM

Sankalp Central Park

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Financial Express (http://www.financialexpress.com/news/agra-jalandhar-cities-of-opportunities/751378/1)

Need to study the full report before accepting the facts -Can it be found on net for free?


Akash,

Mumbai deserved a place more than 21st rank. The road and mass rapid transport is in a state of mess. Turly roads are unpredictable for fast drivers. You drive fast looking at the clean road, suddenly you find a big pothole.

Truly pathetic. I feel sorry for this great city that generates 38% of India's revenue.:ohno:

KHARGE LAUNCHES MODERNISATION OF ESI HOSPITAL IN CITY


http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=27492&type=news
Mysore, Feb. 19 (RK& DM)-Union Minister for Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge laid the foundation for the modernisation of ESI hospital located on KRS Road here this morning.[See photo on page 4]

District In-Charge Minister S.A. Ramdas, MPs H. Viswanath and R. Dhru-vanarayan, MLAs Chikkanna and Tanveer Sait, MLC G. Madhusudan, KPCC President Dr. G. Parameshwar, Dy. Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath, Corporators P.R. Parvathi & Girish Prasad, Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Director-General Dr. C.S. Kedar, ESIC State Medical Commissioner Dr. B.R. Kavi Shetty and ESI Hospital-Mysore Medical Superintendent Dr. M.R. Jagannath were present on the occasion.

ESI Hospital, Mysore, is a 100-bedded hospital with 2.50 lakh beneficiaries. Some of the features incorporated in the modernisation includes well-equipped Emergency Trauma Centre, modular O.T. Complex, modern ICU, advanced Laboratories, Blood Bank, etc. The hospital modernisation is a Rs. 25 crore-project, funded by Central and State Governments.

Falcon Tyres: Falcon Tyres Badali Workers Association presented a memorandum to Khar-ge urging for immediate regularisation of their services.

SOM

Mayor walks on Mysore Road for a cause

MYSORE: For passers-by, the two men walking down a street in their mayoral gowns looked quite like two VIPs out on an inspection. However, for these two persons whose roots go back to Karnataka, it was a memorable event.

Around noon local time on Saturday, mayor of Lambeth Dr Neeraj Patil, who hails from Gulbarga, and mayor of Mysore Sandesh Swamy walked together on Mysore Road in the Battersea area of Lambeth and posed for cameramen recording the moment for posterity.

The walk was meant to remind people of Karnataka in general and Mysore in particular that there exists a road named after Mysore. "We wanted to highlight the historical importance of Mysore and how it evokes memories of the great wars of Mysore fought against colonial rulers by Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan." they added.

"I'm both excited and proud to walk on Mysore Road, whose existence is not known to many in Mysore," Swamy said. Talking over phone to STOI, he thanked Dr Patil for providing him an opportunity to visit Lambeth.

Dr Patil said he has been trying to highlight the existence of this road. "I thought it appropriate to invite the Mysore mayor and walk with him here," he added.

How the road got the name

According to Dr Patil, the road in Lambeth was named after Mysore as there was an office of the Mysore Regiment which was founded to fight Indian rulers and later enemies of the British. It's said that the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar visited the spot. "I feel I'm at home when I walk on this street," he added.


The Times of India (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Mayor-walks-on-Mysore-Road-for-a-cause/articleshow/7530038.cms#ixzz1EQdJygbV)

Mysore road in Lambeth,UK

Bangalore is most vibrant city in India: Report

Published: Monday, Feb 21, 2011, 9:27 IST
By Supriya Ghorpade | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA


Complaints of missing nightlife in Bangalore, notwithstanding, the city has emerged as the most vibrant city on the Indian urbanisation index of the global financial services firm Morgan Stanley.

Image consultant Prasad Bidapa could not agree more with Morgan Stanley’s finding.

“I am a true-blue Bangalorean and believe in the city. It’s the people of Bangalore who have created the image of it being a vibrant city. Proactive people like NR Narayana Murthy, Vijay Mallya and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw are the strength of the city,” he said.

“We have won this title despite not having a proactive government. The credit goes to the citizens of this wonderful city. However, infrastructural and attitudinal changes are needed to make Bangalore an A-grade city like Dubai or Singapore,” he said.

Not just the capital city; Mysore found its way to the top of the Morgan Stanley’s consumption index. Bangalore stood fourth in terms consumption. Chandigarh and Meerut were at the second and third positions.

In terms of vibrancy, Mysore is second followed by Hyderabad and Pune. While Bangalore and Pune have above-average household income, Mysore and Hyderabad were rated highly on the vibrancy index despite lower average incomes.
Surprisingly, Mumbai failed to make it to the top 10 and is 21st on the vibrancy index.
Bangalore is also at the top on the job listing index, followed by Hyderabad and Pune, with Delhi on the 4th place.

This was revealed in the AlphaWise Evidence Series report on Indian Urbanisation by Morgan Stanley released this week.

The report, updated every quarter, surveys 200 cities across the country, measuring key drivers of urbanisation including physical infrastructure, financial penetration, consumer services and job listings.

“Urbanisation is a core component to the process of city formation and building India’s competitive strength in the global markets,” said Ridham Desai, head of India Research and India Strategist, Morgan Stanley.

“The India Urbanisation findings underscore our commitment to putting clients at the forefront of the most timely investment debates,” said Desai.

South Indian cities made a consistent and impressive show at the top in the various components measured with Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mysore featuring in most of the indices.

But not everyone endorses the outcome of Morgan survey on urbanisation. TV Mohandas Pai, member of board and director (human resource), Infosys Technologies, is one of them. “On a comparative basis, Bangalore is the most vibrant city in India. But on a potential basis, it is not. The trajectory that our city had 10 years ago is lost but it is still the best city in the country,” he said.

Speaking on some of the changes he would like to see in Bangalore, he said, “First and foremost, the governance needs to be changed. We need a more democratised governance and a long-term mayor — for five years — unlike one that changes every year. It is also important that we have more sources of revenue which are independent from the state.”

DNA (http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_bangalore-is-most-vibrant-city-in-india-report_1510782)
:banana::banana:

Mysore is booming.Tourism industry must pick up on a large scale,it helps in getting more revenue and helps in creating entrepreneurial kind of jobs.

^^ that mohandas pai should talk less and work more.. he has something to say on all things that are hardly related to him :bash: infy is sinking coz of him

But not everyone endorses the outcome of Morgan survey on urbanisation. TV Mohandas Pai, member of board and director (human resource), Infosys Technologies, is one of them. “On a comparative basis, Bangalore is the most vibrant city in India. But on a potential basis, it is not. The trajectory that our city had 10 years ago is lost but it is still the best city in the country,” he said.

Speaking on some of the changes he would like to see in Bangalore, he said, “First and foremost, the governance needs to be changed. We need a more democratised governance and a long-term mayor — for five years — unlike one that changes every year. It is also important that we have more sources of revenue which are independent from the state.”

^^ that mohandas pai should talk less and work more.. he has something to say on all things that are hardly related to him :bash: infy is sinking coz of him

I agree, off late he is trying hard to bash bangalore.He needs to do some ground work to set things right for Infosys,Bangalore cannot be blamed for his company's bad performance..

Mysore defence lab ‘currys’ forward the good work

Soldiers and paramilitary troops deployed at forward positions in mountainous terrains of Jammu and Kashmir and in naxal-infested forests of Chhattisgarh will now get to savour a new meal every day.

Mysore-based Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) which has been involved in developing food products for the armed and paramilitary forces will dish out a new menu everyday of the week to cater to the palate of the jawans.

“We are in the process of developing seven different Meals Ready-to-Eat (MRE) for soldiers and paramilitary troops to consume in a week.Some new food products have been developed and a few are in the pipeline which are awaiting trials,” said Dr AS Bawa, director, DFRL.

One MRE consists of rice, chapatis, veg/non-veg curry, sweet and tea.
“The idea is to break the monotony and serve them different food seven days a week,” said Bawa.

DFRL, which has been traditionally supplying food products for the armed forces, is now a major supplier to paramilitary forces, especially the CRPF, which has been active in anti-naxal operations.

“The requirement from the paramilitary force is more than that of the defence forces as the former is currently involved in more combat operations than the latter. About 60,000 MREs have been supplied to CRPF so far and we have orders to supply 8,000 more,” said Bawa.

In addition to the MREs and ration supplied to the armed and paramilitary forces, DFRL is also dishing out anti-depressant bars for jawans so that they do not experience any mental depression borne out of the daily monotony in the line of duty while serving at forward locations.

DNA (http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_mysore-defence-lab-currys-forward-the-good-work_1510797)


Karnataka’s food R&D efforts: (http://www.fnbnews.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=29310&sectionid=11)

There has been considerable R&D in the food sector from Karnataka. Some of these are: Mphinite, the R&D wing of Manjushree Technopack Ltd, offers design consultancy and engineering services Some of its key research offering are Tango jar for Kraft, Bubbaloo jar for Cadbury . Quaker Oats in a designer PET jar and ‘Amaze’ drink container for Hindustan Unilever.

According to Vimal Kedia, Managing Director, Manjushree Technopack Ltd., the most visible trend in packaging research is Contract Design Consultancy. Companies are venturing out to find consultants who could help them develop packaging solutions and validate the same by various processes.

Bangalore-based Britannia Industries carried out extensive R&D to offer ‘Nutrichoice Diabetic Friendly Essentials comprising: Hi Fiber Digestive for gut friendliness, 5 Grain for wholesome goodness and Nature Spice Cracker for Healthy Snacking. :banana:These products have zero sugar, cholesterol and trans fats, besides being embedded with extra dietary fibre and complex carbohydrate which are major research outcomes by the biscuit major in the specialised/functional food segment.

The Central Coffee Research Institute, the research and extensive services of the Coffee Board, Bangalore, is located near Balehonnnur in Chikmagalur district. Here extensive research is done in Plant Breeding, Agronomy, Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science, Plant Physiology, Pathology, Entomology and Post-harvest Technology. The regional station of Central Coffee Research Institute at Chettalli in Coorg district is engaged in pest management and molecular biology studies. In addition, the Quality Control Division, Coffee Board Bangalore, conducts quality and flavour studies.

A hub for food research and technology has sprung up from both CFRTI and DFRL in Mysore which are the country’s premier centres of technology driving innovation. From a chappati maker for industry use to meat, fish and poultry and freeze drying technology for the armed forces, both the CFTRI and DFRL have provided the state-of-the-art solutions. These technologies have been transferred to the industry. A case in point is the retort pouch for MTR Foods which was developed by DFRL. The retort packaging material revolutionised the food processing industry with the concept of ready-to-eat and heat-and-eat offerings.

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Awesome website

http://hoteltheheritage.com/index1.html

http://hoteltheheritage.com/index2.html

^^nice
lets go thr akash!!:drunk::soon:

^^nice
lets go thr akash!!:drunk::soon:

Sure man,but I don't drink :drunk: will give you company though.Kids zone is also there :happy:
Do you drink?BTW you too stay in Chennai alwa? Check your PM inbox :)

Sure man,but I don't drink :drunk: will give you company though.Kids zone is also there :happy:
Do you drink?BTW you too stay in Chennai alwa? Check your PM inbox :)


i think both of us will have to enjoy the kids area..has pub culture taken over mysore too??

`Install traffic lights only where needed'

Lawrence Milton & H M Aravind, TNN, Feb 21, 2011, 10.44pm IST


MYSORE: When police identified several locations in the city for better traffic regulation, they were thinking futuristically.

As they put their plans on the drawing board and introduced systematic traffic flow using traffic lights at some busy junctions, it regulated the flow of vehicles. When funds were available, they utilized them and put in place an infrastructure for future needs. Ironically, this has now resulted in problems for the motorists.

Sample this: Motorists at Adichunchanagiri-Udayaravi road junction at Kuvempunagar are facing a few traffic-related problems these days. There is an impatience similar to vehicle users of Bangalore, while waiting for the green light. Reason: The system is not calibrated to the vehicular density hitting the stretch, as a result, many are forced to jump signals.

The induced impatience is such that many don't bother to follow the general traffic norms at many of junctions, especially on the outskirts of the city where signalling systems have been introduced. Blame it on the lack of coordination between the cops and the Mysore City Corporation, the motorists are facing difficulties as the MCC has awarded maintenance of the traffic infrastructure to a private company.

Many signalling devices are not calibrated to the corresponding vehicular density, as a result, vehicle users violate rules by jumping the signal posing danger to road users. The Pattabi Josi circle at the MUDA corner, Bogadi road-Government printing press junction, Kantharaja Urs road-Akshaya Bhandar junction etc., are some such dangerous pockets.

Vehicle users feel that the traffic signal at Bogadi road-Government press junction, K G Koppal railway under bridge point, Kalamandira, Udayagiri etc., are not necessary as traffic flow is not that heavy. But authorities reason that keeping in view of the city's growth, they have installed them.

Udayagiri traffic light is of no use because road users do not follow the rules, claims Venkatesh, a vehicle user.

But DCP (traffic) P Rajendra Prasad said: "Traffic signal upgradation work is underway and hence there is some confusion. At several places cables are damaged due to civil works. Maintenance of all the traffic signal lights is given to a private party by the MCC and once they complete the work we will verify and rectify any mistakes," he added.

Traffic signals have mushroomed in the recent past and totally there are 43 of them.

Source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Install-traffic-lights-only-where-needed/articleshow/7542206.cms)

Only 43? :( Mysore has many junctions, we need traffic signals at all those places.Reporter is a retard,kudos to police who are thinking futuristically.These reporters are sick--they have problems even if we plan and implement things for future.

Mysore must look forward and not backward.

Fortis Healthcare Ltd. said the company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, had entered into an agreement with Mysore-based Cauvery Hospital Ltd., where in Fortis will set up, operate and manage a cardiac centre in the hospital.

The move is in line with the company's strategy to expand its reach and provide quality healthcare services in India's tier II and tier III cities.

Cauvery Hospital is a 135 bed hospital in Mysore with orthopedics and general surgery as the main specialties. The addition of Cauvery Hospital take the Fortis network to a total of 54 hospitals with over 8,000 beds spread across 13 states in the country.

With this arrangement, Cauvery Hospital will be above to provide comprehensive cardiac program in the hospital and add a new operation theater, a cath lab, post cash recover, CVTS, ICU, MICU and space for establishing single bed, double bed facility and wards.

Source (http://www.rttnews.com/Content/IndianNews.aspx?Id=1558127&SM=1)

Pedestrians need more time at zebra crossings

MYSORE: It's rush hour traffic at the central business district and people are milling the area. At the Mysore Palace surrounding, tourists are jocularly walking till they reach Basaveshwara circle abutting it. The busy junction is a nightmare for the pedestrians, as the pedestrian signals have gone dead.

At Ramaswamy junction, the situation is a little better. But the red never turns green. Ditto at JLB road-Devaraj Urs road junction and at Field Marshal Cariappa circle (Metrople junction) further down the road. Worse still, this are areas frequented by students.

The traffic signal lights are of no use to the pedestrians, because they are either malfunctioning or not pedestrian friendly. In addition to this, the time allotted for the pedestrians at Ramaswamy junction is just 10 seconds!

The worst-affected are pedestrians, who are largely students and senior citizens. Such is the problem at some locations that pedestrians have to jaywalk rather than use the zebra crossings at the junctions. A reality check of some of the traffic signal junctions threw up a startling fact: At none of these places are pedestrians considered important. They have been overlooked either by not giving enough time to cross the road or simply there is no pedestrian signal for them. This, especially, when these junctions are busy.

"Every time I cross JLB road, I fear for my life because signal lights at the Devaraja Urs road junction is on the fritz," says Kavya of Maharani's Arts College, adding: "There is no signal for pedestrians at this poin." Her friend Kalai Selvi, a BBM student, too expresses shock over the management of signal lights.

Prashanth of JSS College says he visits the NCC office near Deputy Commissioners office regularly. To get there he has to cross JLB road at Devaraja Urs road signal junction where the traffic density is heavy. "Without time for pedestrians it is highly dangerous for them to cross the road," he said.

The scene is no different at residential areas where the infrastructure has been recently created. Though signal lights are put up, there are hardly any road marks making it difficult for the public to use the facility. A senior traffic officer claimed that depending upon volume of pedestrian movement they calibrate time ranging from 10 seconds to a maximum 30 seconds. At present, the MCC which maintains all the 43 signal lights in the city is upgrading the signalling devices and soon all these faults will be set right," he said.

REALITY CHECK

At Ramaswamy circle, pedestrians were sprinting across the JLB road because the time for them was 10 seconds. Not to speak about other points at the circle as pedestrian signal at three other points are not working. Same is the case at Shanthala junction as none of the pedestrians signalling devices are functioning.

At Basaveshwara circle, traffic signal planning is unscientific, as pedestrian crossing is on one side while signal light is at other point. The lights that were installed corresponding to zebra crossing have stopped functioning which is inconveniencing commuters.

At Krishnaraja Circle, two points -- one leading to New Sayyaji Rao road and other leading to Albert Victor road towards Palace -- pedestrian signals are not working while at the one leading up to Sayyaji Rao road it is not calibrated to the pedestrian density, though thousands visit Devaraja Market located on the other side of the junction. However, pedestrians are given adequate time (30 seconds) at Devaraja Urs road junction.


TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Pedestrians-need-more-time-at-zebra-crossings/articleshow/7549970.cms#ixzz1EjddtrQb)

Now, protests to be held only in Gandhi Square

MYSORE: The Business community in the central business district (CBD) have reasons to cheer. Come March 1, protesters will not hit the city centre but will be assigned a place a la London. Like Hyde Park in London, the city's protest site will be Gandhi Square as the police commissioner Sunil Agarwal has designated it to be place to hold demonstrations and banned protest marches on Albert Victor and D Devaraj Urs roads. Agarwal, the city magistrate, has issued an order allotting an alternate route for protest rallies.

"This is a welcome decision. It will help us," said a businessman on Devaraj Urs road. "Every time there is a march through this stretch, we used to play safe and stand on guard given the violence during such rallies. Now, we can relax. Besides, it will decongest the arterial road and help the motorists," he told `The Times of India.'

For a decade the business community in the city centre have been upset with protesters marching through the city's main thoroughfares, saying it affected normal life. There are instances when customers have avoided the CBD during protests, M G Kumaraswamy, a businessman, said.

In the aftermath of the series of protests during the 108 days of abduction of Kannada thespian Rajkumar by slain brigand Veerappan in July 2000, there were demands to change the procession route. It was when P Manivannan was the deputy commissioner, he had identified Gandhi Square but it fell through.

Now, DC Harsh Gupta and corporation commissioner K S Raykar have taken it up again, which has led to an executive order banning the protests in the city centre, either at K R Circle or Town Hall, two of the city's protests hotspots. The top cop has attributed it to public safety and free flow of vehicular traffic. The move will also help to decongest the city centre but could choke Gandhi Square area.

* No protests at K R Circle and Town Hall

* Rallies banned on Devaraj Urs road

* Demonstrations to be allowed at Gandhi Square

* March allowed on alternate route

* Order to be effective from March 1

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Now-protests-to-be-held-only-in-Gandhi-Square/articleshow/7549979.cms#ixzz1EjdxZkC2


Ok, so Mysore got its own square for demonstrations! Great :cheers:

Old picture but I feel Chamrajendra circle was a better option for demonstrations it is big and protesters voice would get noticed.

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Anyways some snaps of Gandhi square

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hi again, akash

I have a quick question. What are the key sectors now in mysore economy? How's IT doing? A brief summary or points is fine. Don't need to go to lengths like you did with your Mang response :lol:

hi again, akash

I have a quick question. What are the key sectors now in mysore economy? How's IT doing? A brief summary or points is fine. Don't need to go to lengths like you did with your Mang response :lol:

hi! gautam

hahahha--- key sectors: Automobile industry-fast Food manufacturing/BT /food research,IT industry,silk manufac and research-Textile-electronic /electric hardware manuf-tourism-paper manufac- breweries-agriculture-and many other small scale industries/central govt R&D institutions.
Mysore has a well diversified industrial sphere which mostly boasts of branded ones.It is the second city in the state to have highest number of well planned industrial layouts after bangalore.
Mysore has over 140 industries in total.
I think this is sufficient :lol:

Mysore, Feb. 23 (KK&JP)- The Mysore City Corporation (MCC) is getting a make-over with the Zonal Assistant Commissioners to be re-designated as Zonal Commissioners and given more powers.

This was announced by MCC Commissioner K.S. Raikar, who is also the Chief Census Officer, at the one-day workshop on National Census -2011 and Aadhar held at Kalamandira here this morning.

The workshop was organised to familiarise the participating Ward Committees, citizens' organisations and MCC officials in the working of Census and Aadhar implementation. Around 300 persons are attending the workshop.

MysoreOne Centres

The MCC Commissioner said the current strength of Mysore-One would be increased from 6 to 20 with the addition of 14 more Centres. These would be empowered by an ordinance to be passed by the MCC to independently handle births and deaths registration, khatha transfers and issue of building licenses.

The Zonal Assistant Commissioners, who will be re-designated as Zonal Commissioners, will each be in independent charge of MysoreOne Centres coming under their jurisdiction. With a view to make MysoreOne more efficient, 1,346 persons will be recruited for these units soon, he said adding that delegation of powers will lead to better efficiency and eliminate administrative bottlenecks.

MCC to get AC, 4 DCs

Mysore, Feb. 23- MCC Commissioner K.S. Raikar today disclosed that in a move to increase administrative efficiency, five new posts would be created.

The new posts are that of an Assistant Commissioner (AC) and four Deputy Commissioners(DC).

The four DCs would be in charge of Water & UGD, Infrastructure, Development and Health respectively.
http://www.starofmysore.com/image.asp?slno=27533&type=news
SOM (http://www.starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news&item=27533)

Bowled over by this cat, Zaheer Khan adopts it
Published: Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011, 9:15 IST
Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

On the fields, Zaheer Khan can be fierce as a tiger, but off it, his heart goes out to the big cats.

The cricketer has adopted an eight-year-old male tiger — Brahma — at the Jayachamarajendra Zoological Park in Mysore. The zoo authorities have sent the adoption papers to Zaheer, who is busy with the World Cup currently.

The Mysore Zoo, which is one of the oldest and the largest zoological parks in India, earlier saw ‘Jumbo’ Anil Kumble adopting a giraffe and Javagal Srinath assuming charge of a jaguar. And now, with Zaheer joining the bandwagon, can the others be too far behind?

Central Zoo Authority (CZA) member secretary Jayakumar said, “There have been enquiries, but I am not in a position to divulge anything as yet. Things are going in a positive way and we will soon know if other cricketers come forward and adopt more animals.”

Zaheer was bowled over by the pictures of Brahma and immediately drew a cheque for Rs1 lakh towards its one-year maintenance cost. “In fact, the adoption drive was picking up pace in Mysore Zoo as well as Bannerghatta National Park and many cricketers were showing interest in them. Meanwhile, Kumble has extended his adoption of giraffe while Srinath has wants to extend his adoption of the jaguar by another year. He had adopted the animal in August 2010.

Source (http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_bowled-over-by-this-cat-zaheer-khan-adopts-it_1511648)

This photo is for catchshash,sprawling Southern Mysore

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamshaazz/5467702629/sizes/l/in/photostream/

^^thanks akash!!:cheers1:

Some old pics of gandhi square, mysore

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nice oranges..

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/a6YACEFD2vtzm4wHqbitGw

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this one is really old..look at the matador painted like a taxi..i think matador production has stopped..ahh..those 90s..they remind me of college..:)

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Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa announced Mega Dairy at Mysore with funding from KMF

Some old pics of gandhi square, mysore

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this one is really old..look at the matador painted like a taxi..i think matador production has stopped..ahh..those 90s..they remind me of college..:)



Akash,

Everything looks neat and good except Cows roaming on the Road. Can't the civic authorities do something for this?
:ohno:

Akash,

Everything looks neat and good except Cows roaming on the Road. Can't the civic authorities do something for this?
:ohno:

That pic must have been taken in 1980's look at that taxi and auto :lol:

The scene now is different obviously-Neat and tidy Gandhi square

Those matadorrs have been replaced by swaraj mazdas :)

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5879/dsc06169y.jpg

Friday, February 25, 2011, 09:30 Hrs [IST]

Fortune JP Palace in Mysore opens

By TBM Staff | Mumbai
ITC’s wholly-owned subsidiary Fortune Park Hotels Ltd has announced the opening of Fortune JP Palace in Mysore. According to the company release, the 108-room property, owned by JP Group, has 59 Deluxe Rooms, 33 Fortune Club Rooms, 15 Suites and one Room for the differently-abled. The hotel has Orchid, the 24-hour multi-cuisine restaurant, Oriental Pavilion, speciality restaurant serving authentic Oriental cuisine and Neptune-Bar & Lounge. Besides, the hotel offers conference and banquet facilities, which can accommodate 500 guests and two board rooms that can accommodate 20 guests each.

Suresh Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Fortune Hotels said, “We are delighted to bring the Fortune Hotels banner to this wonderful city. We are confident of receiving a good response for our hotel. Fortune JP Palace is an effort to re-invent the experience of hospitality for the corporate segment and the new age travellers in the region.”

Source (http://www.travelbizmonitor.com/fortune-jp-palace-in-mysore-opens-12760)


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New Express Trains for Mysore

Howrah-Mysore Express (weekly) via Gondia, Adilabad
Yesvantpur-Mysore Express (daily)
Mysore-Chennai Express (weekly)

Extension of trains:
Mysore- Shimoga Town Express to Talguppa (16205/16206)

special tourist train
Bangalore-Mysore-Hassan

Rajya Rani Express
Mysore - Bangalore Express (daily)

^^any news about the proposed rail link from mysore to kodagu?? is this the same line as mysore-talassery??

^^any news about the proposed rail link from mysore to kodagu?? is this the same line as mysore-talassery??

Yes u r right

New Line Surveys

Talasserry-Mysore
Nanjangud-Nilambur Road

they should also propose track doubling between nanjangud and mysore..i mean railways must acquire land right now..we can expect growth in the coming years because of many industries coming up..land prices will be higher then..just a thought to ponder about..i know its not required rite now..:)

btw, any updates about the carlson hotels??

they should also propose track doubling between nanjangud and mysore..i mean railways must acquire land right now..we can expect growth in the coming years because of many industries coming up..land prices will be higher then..just a thought to ponder about..i know its not required rite now..:)

You are on the right thought process catchshash,Nanjangud is seeing tremendous industrial activity.

This is an article published by the Hindu in 2007 go through-You will be surprised to note that Nanjangud Industrial layout pays the highest tax to state govt after Bangalore

Nanjangud set to emerge as Mysore's satellite town

Shankar Bennur

It is one of the fastest growing industrial towns in the State


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SIGNS OF DEVELOPMENT: Shopping complexes and guesthouses near the famous Srikanteshwaraswamy temple in Nanjangud.
— PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM

MYSORE: Nanjangud, which is one of the fastest growing industrial towns in the State, is in the spotlight as efforts to develop the town into Mysore's satellite town have begun with the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) deciding to prepare a master plan for the temple town. Plans are afoot to develop the town on the lines of the Kengeri satellite town in Bangalore.

Although there has been talk of developing Nanjangud, which is 22 km from Mysore, into a satellite town for many years, the proposal had not received much attention. The proposal has gained momentum and the focus is now on the town, which has many prestigious industrial units, including some multinationals, to prepare the town to ease "pressure" on Mysore.

"The town will on its own develop into a satellite town in urban planning in the next few years," official sources told The Hindu .

Many industries are located in the Nanjangud Industrial Area (NIA) which is spread across hundreds of acres. There are many major industries, medium industries and small-scale units in the taluk.

According to information from the industries, Nanjangud is the second highest tax-paying (sales tax of over Rs. 400 crore a year) taluk in the State after Bangalore. TVS Motor Company, Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd, Nestle India Ltd, AT and S India Private Ltd., South India Paper Mills, Reid and Taylor, Raman Boards, Jubilant Organosys, Brakes (India) and Bacardi RUM are some of the major industries located in the taluk.

Known as "Dakshin Kashi" for its famous Srikanteshwaraswamy Temple and the Kapila, Nanjangud is also famous for Ayurveda medicines manufactured by Sadvaidyashala. With skyrocketing land prices in Mysore, people are turning towards Nanjangud town.

Land prices have also shot up in the town. An acre of "kuski" land (dry land) in the 5 km radius of the town, which was not even fetching Rs. 1 lakh last year, is being sold for Rs. 25 lakh to Rs. 40 lakh.

Two main reasons for the rise in land prices are the airport modernisation at Mandakalli, which is 15 km from Nanjangud and 10 km from Mysore and the work to convert Mysore-Nanjangud-Chamarajnagar line into broadguage.

There are reports of land mafia buying agriculture land surrounding Nanjangud town, Chamalapura and Deveerammannahalli in bulk, paying lakhs of rupees to unsuspecting farmers.

When contacted, Deputy Commissioner and MUDA Administrator S. Selva Kumar said a master plan would be prepared by the end of this year, collecting opinions and suggestions from the people. An interaction with the people would be held , he added.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/13/stories/2007061313100300.htm)

Many big names like Nestle,UB breweries,Opto Circuits SEZ(u/c) etc etc have their presence,after the GIM many small scale industries have bought land there.Thanks to the Airport it has propelled growth around this town.NH 212 is going to be made 4 laned.You are very right that Double track is essential.

I think taxes now would have crossed 1000 cr from Nanjangud industrial layout?There is going to be stiff competition between all the industrial lyouts around the city.Hebbal is mainly for IT/ITES,belagola is emerging strong in IT with Wiro getting an sez notified.

Four new trains to Mysore sanctioned

Special Correspondent
Two are already operating as ‘special trains'
The four new trains will connect Mysore to Howrah, Yeshwantpur, Chennai and Bangalore

Railway Budget has sanctioned a new line survey between Tumkur and Chamarajanagar

Mysore: Introduction of four new trains to Mysore and extension of an existing service from the city is the highlight of the Railway Budget for 2011-12 for Mysore.

However, two of the trains are already operational as “special trains” and it is likely that they will only be regularised.

The Mysore Division too has secured significant gains with the sanction of a Multi-Functional Complex at Arsikere Junction and Birur while survey has been approved for a new line between Shimoga and Birur.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee who tabled the Railway Budget in Parliament on Friday, announced Rajya Rani Express connecting Mysore and Bangalore as a daily service.

The Minister also announced the introduction of a new weekly service between Mysore and Howrah via Gondia and Adilabad in Maharashtra. However, a weekly service between Mysore and Howrah via Renigunta, Vijayawada and Bhubaneshwar is already operational till June 2011 as a “summer special” and it is likely that this service to Howrah will be regularised with a change in its route.

Another daily express train between Mysore and Yeshwantpur has been announced but this is already running as a special train on a daily basis and officials pointed out that the special service becomes “new” in the railway parlance only when it is regularised and finds a mention in the railway timetable after being announced in the Railway Budget.

The other train is new weekly express between Mysore and Chennai. This is in addition to the already popular Cauvery Express (daily) and the Shatabdi Express (six days a week) while the Mysore-Shimoga express has been extended up to Talaguppa.

Ms. Banerjee also unveiled a new concept train called “Janam Bhoomi Gaurav” to promote rail tourism under which a new train will run between Bangalore, Mysore and Hassan. The Janam Bhoomi Gaurav will connect important places of historical and educational places and Mysore is a beneficiary of this.

Track doubling work

A few other significant mentions include the completion of the track doubling work on the Maddur-Hanakere section as part of Bangalore-Mysore track doubling work project.

Though the introduction of new trains between Mysore and Bangalore has been welcomed by the stakeholders, there is disappointment that a long-pending demand of the people of south Karnataka for better connectivity and improved rail services to north Karnataka region has been ignored.

A case in point is the extension of the Bangalore-Hampi Express which, if extended to Mysore, could have given a boost to tourism as there would be direct connectivity between two major places of tourist interest in the State. Likewise, the authorities have ignored the extension of Basava Express between Yeshwantpur and Bijapur to Mysore.

A surprise

While there are tangible benefits in the announcement of the new services, the Budget has also sanctioned a new line survey between Tumkur and Chamarajanagar which has dumfounded the officials. Already, the existing service between Mysore and Chamarajanagar is being run as a social responsibility to cater to the demands of the daily commuters and the railways are incurring loss. Hence a new survey line between Chamarajanagar and Tumkur in what is reckoned to be a less patronised section has puzzled the officials who said they will wait for clarifications.

The introduction of new trains between Mysore and Bangalore is in conformity with the augmentation of the track capacity. The Mysore-Bangalore stretch was over-saturated and the track utilisation was 140 per cent of its capacity till recently. But the ongoing track doubling work which has been completed between Bangalore and Channapatana has enhanced the carrying capacity in the section making it feasible for the Railways to introduce new trains. Once the track doubling work is complete and electrification is taken up, the Railways can introduce trains on an hourly basis, said the officials.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/26/stories/2011022661390500.htm)

^^ mysore got train shower :) only sad thing is mysore-kushalnagar new railway line not announced :ohno:

STATE BUDGET: RS. 100 CR. ALLOCATED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MYSORE
Star of Mysore

Bangalore, Feb. 26 (KCU)- Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has allocated Rs. 100 crore for the development of Mysore city in the 2011-12 budget presented here on Thursday.

Rs. 250 crore has been allocated for developing the transport system. A City Transport Fund will also be established with an annual grant of Rs. 60 crore to improve the City's transport system to have better traffic control and movement.

Shimoga and Mysore will be provided with Rs. 1 crore each to improve the economic condition of women vendors on streets. The new sand policy will be implemented from April 1 with the money generated from it to be used for development of roads.

For developing tourism in Mysore, Rs. 50 crore has been allocated for improving the infrastructure. Dasara will henceforth be celebrated as Nada Habba with an allocation of Rs. 10 crore exclusively for the Tourism Department. Rs. 5 crore has been allocated to develop Chamundi Hill temple and three other temples atop the hill.

The intake for MBBS course at Mysore Medical College & Research Institute has been increased from 100 to 250 and that for Post-Graduate courses from 190 to 218. Accordingly the infrastructure will be developed with additional teaching and non-teaching faculty.

Palace board agrees to amphitheatre project

Staff Correspondent
MCC will start work on the project after a year's gap

The corporation had taken up the project at a cost of Rs. 60 lakh

The amphitheatre is being built to stage public functions during Dasara

MYSORE: The controversy surrounding the construction of an amphitheatre at Curzon Park II, adjoining the fort of the Mysore Palace, has been resolved with the Mysore Palace Board, which had raised strong objections to the work, giving its nod to the Mysore City Corporation to carry on with the project.

The work had been stalled for over a year. The corporation, which was carrying out the project at a cost of Rs. 60 lakh from the Rs. 100 crore-special grant released by the Chief Minister, will soon restart the work.

The board had called the construction “unauthorised” as the land purportedly belonged to the board and urged the MCC to halt work immediately, and work was stopped till further orders.

The amphitheatre is essentially being built to stage public functions, music concerts and other cultural events during the Dasara celebrations here. Official sources here told The Hindu that Deputy Commissioner Harsh Gupta, who is the executive officer of the board, had inspected the spot recently and reportedly arrived at a conclusion that the project may not mar the image of the palace.

The whole area will be landscaped and developed into a garden with a variety of flowering and ornamental plants, they added. Speaking to The Hindu, MCC superintending engineer Mahesh said he had received the clearance from the board for completing the project. Sources said the palace board would maintain the amphitheatre once it was handed over after development.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/27/stories/2011022756900500.htm)
:banana:

The mall next to bmh(promoted by the owners of bmh) is seeing some hectic activity. The mall will be having the following stores -
EasyDay Hyper market(Bharti-walmart retail)
Croma store(tata)
Reliance Timeout
DRC cinemas(Multiplex but dont know how many screens are planned)
Univercell
Reebok
Lee
Soles
Puma
Wrangler
Zodiac
Raga Hospitality(Food Court services)
.. still more to come..!
:cheers:

The mall next to bmh(promoted by the owners of bmh) is seeing some hectic activity. The mall will be having the following stores -
EasyDay Hyper market(Bharti-walmart retail)
Croma store(tata)
Reliance Timeout
DRC cinemas(Multiplex but dont know how many screens are planned)
Univercell
Reebok
Lee
Soles
Puma
Wrangler
Zodiac
Raga Hospitality(Food Court services)
.. still more to come..!
:cheers:

Thanks yashas for the updates!

EasyDay Hyper market(Bharti-walmart retail),Croma and Reliance timeout are the latest additions to Mysore.

Croma and Reliance timeout currently are located only in major cities of India.Nice to know that they are entering Mysore.

When will Garuda Mall and Mall of Mysore open,will garuda mall have multiplexes in the first phase itself?

Forest Department to take up greening of Chamundi Hills

Special Correspondent

It will launch the Devara Vana project soon: Vijayashankar

Lingambudhi Lake to be developed on the lines of the Karanji Nature Park

Aloka campus at Yelwal to be converted into a museum with a sprawling garden

MYSORE: The Forest Department will take up greening of Chamundi Hills through planting of herbal and indigenous tree species under the ‘Devara Vana' project to be launched soon.

Likewise, Lingambudhi Lake will also be developed on the lines of the Karanji Nature Park while Aloka campus at Yelwal will be converted into a museum with a sprawling garden on the lines of Cubbon Park in Bangalore.

This was disclosed by Minister for Forests C.H. Vijayashankar, here on Sunday. Interacting with the media, he said the Devara Vana project would be started at all important spots that draw pilgrims and tourists. The programme hopes to tap the religious beliefs of the public and channel it for conservation efforts.

Chamundi Hills in Mysore is a prime example of pilgrims drawn to a hill shrine. It attracts more than 10 million tourists and devout every year. “I believe that greenery could be conserved by the local community if religious sentiments were infused into the conservation programme,” the Minister added. The project will be taken up at Chamundi Hills next month. Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa would be launching the programme from Mysore, the Minister said.

He said that the blue print for the Devara Vana atop Chamundi Hills was ready. Facilities for water supply were currently being created. Various species of herbal plants and trees like Bevu, Banni and Arali have been identified. A nursery producing quality seeds to facilitate the afforestation programme elsewhere in the region would also be taken up, Mr. Vijayashankar said.

Commenting on the need for a buffer zone around Chamundi Hills, which is facing the onslaught of urbanisation, the Minister said he was concerned but refused to go public on the plans to minimise the growing anthropogenic pressure on the hills as it would create a fear psychosis or send “wrong signals”.

This was also true with regard to creating new buffer zones and declaring environmentally sensitive zones in 10 km radius around national parks like Bandipur, Nagarahole and BRT Sanctuary, the Minister said.

Commenting on the Forest Department's plans to develop Lingambudhi Lake, Mr. Vijayashankar said it will be modelled after Karanji Nature Park in Mysore, which is under the control of the Zoo Authority of Karnataka and administered by the Mysore zoo.

The Forest Department will develop Aloka campus on the outskirts of the city at Yelwal.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/28/stories/2011022854980500.htm)

Sericulturists stage protest on highway to Mysore
BANGALORE, Feb 27, DHNS :

Traffic was paralysed completely on the Bangalore-Mysore Highway and vehicles remained stranded for almost 11 to 12 hours due to the massive demonstration staged by the sericulturists at Ramanagara on Sunday.

The agitators protested against the fall in cocoon prices from Rs 350 per kg to Rs 120 and they wanted the government to intervene.

As the protest entered the third day, the demonstrators intensified their agitation against the government for not heeding to their demands. They blocked the crucial Bangalore-Mysore Highway due to which hundreds of vehicles were stranded on both sides of the road.

Tourists, elderly persons, children and patients were the worst sufferers of the demonstration as they remained stranded for hours without medicine, food and water.

Source (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/141673/sericulturists-stage-protest-highway-mysore.html)

Aloka campus to be developed into park

MYSORE: Many parks in the district will be developed on the lines of Cubbon Park, said forest minister Vijayshanker.

Explaining the plans to reporters on Sunday, he said the 530-acre Aloka campus on the outskirts of the city will be converted into a park and the building will be turned into a forest museum. A blueprint is ready and the work will begin soon, he said.

He said the department is asking the government to allot a minimum of 250 acres of barren land in each district to convert them into parks.

The minister said the department will convert the Lingambhudi Lake into a picnic spot on the lines of Kukkarahalli and Karanji lakes. "Soon, we will take up the developmental works at this lake," he added.

Also, the forest department has decided to give a new look to Chamundi Hills by declaring it as Devara Vana (god's forest). He said the department is planning to convert all hillocks in the state where temples are located into devara vanas, where medicinal plants will be grown. "This will not only give a sacred touch to the spot, but will add enhance the scenic beauty," he said.

The Times of India (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Aloka-campus-to-be-developed-into-park/articleshow/7588967.cms#ixzz1FFuIuth5)
Mysore is getting its basics right.:banana:

530 acres?? which part of the city is this place in??

Mysore Outer Ring Road 6 lane towards Vijayanagar to Infosys U/C

cc myself

http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/9595/dsc0245q.jpg (http://img806.imageshack.us/i/dsc0245q.jpg/)

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/4968/dsc0249dk.jpg (http://img695.imageshack.us/i/dsc0249dk.jpg/)

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http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/7633/dsc0256gs.jpg (http://img571.imageshack.us/i/dsc0256gs.jpg/)

Now, get unreserved tickets without waiting
TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/articlelist/3942693.cms)

You don't need to waste precious time standing in long queues to buy unreserved tickets at the city railway station anymore. You can get the same by paying just Rs 1 extra in Janasadharan Ticket Booking System (JTBS) which is located in parts of Mysore. Passengers can collect their unreserved tickets at these counters.

530 acres?? which part of the city is this place in??

It is located in Yelwala and I think this is the one,some can confirm it please?

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=12.3480511&lon=76.5357399&z=15&l=0&m=b

All For A Cause

How green is this canopy... (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/141771/how-green-canopy.html)



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An engineer from Mysore has taken it upon himself to create green shelters by planting trees at key places such as a prayer ground, a school, and a hospital, writes Ravindra Bhat

There is place for 15,000 people to sit here and offer their prayers. Also, there is enough shade to protect them from the harshness of the summer sun. We are talking of a green canopy in Mysore’s Idgah Maidan near the Farooqiya Dental College at Shaktingara.

Natural shelter

The green canopy is 1,000-feet long and 350-feet wide, and will soon get an entry in the Lima Book of Records.


The shelter is the brainchild of mechanical fitter Hyder Ali Khan.He has worked hard for 12 years to ensure there’s shade over people’s heads when they sit down to offer prayers. He planted over 300 honge saplings, nurtured them till they were tall enough to form a natural canopy. Such a canopy can be found elsewhere too, at the Srikanteshwara temple in Nanjangud, where you can see a row of cherry trees. Or at Shaktinagar’s Adhyayan School, where the canopy is 120 feet-long and 60-feet wide, for instance.

Apart from this, such a shelter can also be found in an auto stand, the premises of a theatre hall, hotel premises, a hospital, car parking area etc. All these are, of course, the handiwork of Hyder Ali Khan.

It was about 12 years back when a very tired Hyder Ali Khan sat underneath a tree to take a breather from the heat. It was then that this green canopy idea occurred to him. He discussed the idea with the Idgah Committee Chairman Taj Mohammed Khan, who gave him permission to implement his idea of planting trees across the Maidan. Ali Khan, who has served as a mechanical fitter for 27 years, has now taken to building these canopies both as a hobby and as a profession.

He is known to people here as the Hasiru Chapparada Khan. Khan plants honge, Ashoka, Singapura and cherry saplings for the green canopy and adds that it is impossible to build a canopy out of trees that have already been planted or those that have already grown strong.

“When one plants saplings, you can bend them slightly or raise them till the height you want. You can also ensure that the creepers are tied together in the form of a canopy,” he explains.

Hyder Ali Khan has other dreams. If the government gives the go-ahead, and the opportunity comes along, he dreams of planting saplings along the Bangalore-Mysore Highway and create a green canopy for vehicles for the benefit of those who use the highway. He says galleries can be constructed out of trees.

One can use bamboo for this, as it lasts nearly 80 to 125 years. A green gallery can be raised in a time span of eight years, he explains. He also points out that the saplings need the support of poles, so that they can grow straight, to form a green canopy.

Also, after they grow till the requisite height, one should make sure that the sapling branches out into eight sides. These eight branches can be intertwined with eight different trees to make an intricate network, he explains.

Also, the trees and their network need to be constantly trimmed and maintained. He also points out that the honge lasts longer, while Singapura and cherry varieties don’t last that long. He notes that a green canopy is any day better than a canopy made out of dry plants, and dry coconut fronds.

Amazing :cheers: Mysore needs to create as many lung spaces as possible it helps in future.Our city has all the credentials to become a model city of this country,we must thrive to achieve the tag,for which citizens pro active participation is a must.

I am sure most of us are unaware of this palace----Yes,I am talking about the "Aloka Palace".Googly sikthaa

This was built by the wadiyars to house a painting school which is now called the CAVA and has its campus on the sayajji rao road.

http://artconcerns.net/2007MayBaroda/essays/AlokaCava.jpg (http://artconcerns.net/2007MayBaroda/html/essay_CAVA.htm)

This palace is located on the hunsur road(Yelwala industrial area) about 15 KM from the city center

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=12.3497804&lon=76.5336424&z=19&l=0&m=b

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I got to know about this palace while searching up for the Aloka campus which is being planned to be developed on the lines of Cubbon Park,Bangalore.

Yogendra, nice pics, I like it.
So thats from BM Road to Hebbal, Hotagalli side?

Yogendra, nice pics, I like it.
So thats from BM Road to Hebbal, Hotagalli side?

Srikanth by BM road you mean Bangalore-Mangalore road right? Hootagalli is further away
This is the stretch you are seeing currently

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btw works along sathagalli road is amazing :cheers:

Srikanth by BM road you mean Bangalore-Mangalore road right? Hootagalli is further away
This is the stretch you are seeing currently

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btw works along sathagalli road is amazing :cheers:
BM Road is to the East or West? :P

MYSOREANS PILOT KINGFISHER FLIGHT TO CITY TODAY

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Mysore, Mar. 1 (KCU&RK)- The Chennai-Bangalore-Mysore Kingfisher flight, which arrived at Mandakalli Airport at 12.45 today, was piloted by R.D. Madhu Krishna with H.R. Pratap Simha as the co-pilot, both from city, a fact to be rejoiced by Mysoreans.

Source:- Starofmysore (http://www.starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news)

GERMAN INVESTMENT TO TRANSFORM MYSORE INTO A MODEL CITY
Starofmysore (http://www.starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news&item=27611)

Mysore seems to be a blessed city as another gift is likely to come from Germany. If everything goes well, thousands of crores of rupees is expected to flow from Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KFW) Bank's DEG, its overseas community lending bank and the fund can transform Mysore into a model planned city.

Disclosing this to Star of Mysore recently, MCC Commissioner K.S. Raikar said: "The Government-owned KFW Bank at Frankfurt in Germany has signed an MoU with the Indian Government for investment of about Rs. 1,700 crore in India under Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme. Few cities of the country including Bangalore and Mysore have been selected for the scheme. Discussions are on between the two governments for implementation of the scheme. Mysore may be chosen as a model city for development."

PPP scheme

"Under the PPP scheme, an agreement will be arrived at between private companies of India and KFW Bank according to which 80% of investment will be made by private companies and 20% by the German Government. The German Company representatives will come to India, implement the scheme in a specified period and transfer the property or scheme to the local bodies," explained Raikar.

Team's visit

"In this context, a team of officers of KFW Bank visited city recently and inspected some of the ongoing works under JNNURM and other schemes. Later, a discussion was held with MCC officials. The Bank has earmarked Rs. 12 crore for compilation of the Detailed Project Reports to be executed in India under the proposed scheme," said Raikar adding that the scheme would cover drinking water, solid waste management, UGD and other major projects.

However, Raikar indicated the meeting was just a preliminary one and more developments would take shape in the coming days.

The visiting German team comprised KFW Bank Development Officer Erwin Czyrak, Asia Development Project Officer Amirban Kundan, Special Officer Julia Crause, Chief Project Officer Chaudin Knard, Divisional President Horst Schworer and others.

Likely coverage

Schemes not honoured under JNNURM, UGD, Heritage Core, Rapid Transit System and drinking water to areas on the periphery of Ring Road, are likely to be covered under this, says Raikar.

Asiatic lions arriving to City Zoo
timesofindia.indiatimes.com

The Mysore Zoo is making space for Asiatic lions it is getting from Gujarat and sent a pair of lions and a cub to Shimoga. The tiger and lion safari at Tavarekoppa near Shimoga will now house the lions and female cub from the Mysore Zoo, which is acquiring two Asiatic lions. The hybrid lions are spared to Shimoga facility to provide spacious enclosure for the Asiatic lions arriving from Sakkarabaug Zoo in Junagadh

Mega vacuum cleaner bought by Mysore City Corporation


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BM Road is to the East or West? :P

BM is road is to the west :-)

Mega vacuum cleaner bought by Mysore City Corporation

What is the use when all the footpaths have been smashed by BSNL idiots and the whole road stretches have become dust bowls.

Threat to trees
Stop construction of hallucinatory ‘Raja Marga’
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The Mysore City Corporation (MCC) wants to raze a total of 250-300 fully-grown trees from K R Circle to Bannimantap to construct the hallucinatory 5.4 kms of ‘Raja Marga’ visualised by the various civic agencies and the district administration on the annual Dasara procession route.

Albert Victor Road dug up to construct a hallucinatory ‘Raja Marga’ from Hardinge Circle to Bannimantap in Mysore.Frenzied digging to construct a storm water drain on one roadside has started for the past two to three months or so from the Hardinge Circle on the one side of Albert Victor Road.

Interlocking tiles have been removed from one roadside footpath that is parallel to Curzon Park Block 01 (Dr Rajkumar Park) and stacked on the park's compound wall. UGD (Underground Drainage lines) are being relocated. There will be lampposts on the roadsides at every 60 ft.

There will be one metre storm water drains, 75 cm ducts each for electricity cables of Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (Cesc) and telephone ducts on either side of the road.

No noted historian has confirmed the existence of the imaginary Raja Marga even during pre-Independent India.

To siphon off public funds

It is just a figment of wild imagination of unscrupulous elements to siphon off public money of ` 18.65 crore for just 5.4 Kms (at ` 3.43 crore per km) and is just another example of maladministration of MCC, which is unfortunately behaving roguishly ever since JnNURM funds have been sanctioned since 2008/2009.

This is also another attempt to shrink the footpath to less than 5 ft although it should be technically 13 ft in busy commercial areas in accordance with the vehicle centric, unscientific, outdated and outmoded IRC footpath norms which haven't been revised since 1988.

IRC norms unfortunately decide footpath width based on the number of Passenger Car Units (PCUs).

Shrinking footpaths

Electricity and telephone poles, transformers, information display boards will encroach upon the space meant for pedestrians on the shrunken roadside footpaths leaving no space whatsoever for the spectators to view the Dasara procession.

Proactive citizens need to file a complaint with the Lokayukta regarding the maladministration of MCC to stop the construction of the Raja Marga before it completely destroys the greenery and heritage of the entire Mysore City.

I'll be filing it as soon as possible.

Syed Tanveeruddin,
Member Karanji and
Siddharthanagar Tax
Payers' Association (KSTPA)

DHNS -District plus (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/142183/stop-construction-hallucinatory-raja-marga.html)

OFFICIAL APATHY
Heritage structures under threat


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Despite the city being selected for the ambitious JNNURM scheme due to its heritage status, the apathy of the government seems to be dragging its feet in passing the ‘Heritage Conservation Act’, writes Shyam Sundar Vattam

The reason why Mysore has been selected by the Union Government for the ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) scheme is that it's a heritage city.

But the city's heritage structures are facing danger due to rapid urbanisation and unchecked growth by the authorities concerned. Already, umpteen numbers of modern structures have come up in and around those heritage structures and they have spoiled the beauty of monuments. However, the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) is not in a position to deny permission due to absence of heritage law.

More than three years ago, the MCC submitted a detailed proposal to the Department of Heritage, Bangalore requesting it to frame rules and regulations to protect and conserve the heritage monuments in the city.

The Department concerned has identified over 200 structures as heritage buildings but not notified till date. The government is dragging its feet and seems to be not interested in passing the Heritage Conservation Act. Recently, a reputed builder approached the MCC seeking permission to build a multi-storeyed building near a heritage monument.
When the corporation declined permission the builder moved high court.

During hearing, the authorities concerned had a tough time in defending their decision.
They had no absolutely ground due to delay in framing rules by the government. This problem would not have cropped up had the government approved the law.

Responsibility

The responsibility is on the Department of Town Planning in Bangalore to approve the rules and by-laws and forward the same to the Government for its assent.
Already, a number of modern ugly structures have come up in the close vicinity of the heritage monuments. And, many more are in the pipeline.

The MCC has been waiting patiently that the government would enact the law.
The heritage structures were sandwiched between modern structures in most part of the city. The best instance is the famous Jagan Mohan Palace. This historic palace is already covered by hi-rising buildings on all directions.

Days are not far off when tourists have to go in search of this palace amidst modern building.
Such a situation would not have come if the government passed the law immediately after it was submitted by the department concerned.
The soul of the Mysore City is the heritage monuments and without them the development of tourism is not possible. The cities like Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Delhi have already implemented laws that would restrict construction of modern buildings in the vicinity of the heritage structures.
But the question here is why the State government is taking its own sweet time to pass this law. In fact, no body would raise any objection if the law comes up for discussion.

Inordinate delays

On the one hand the government talks in length the promotion of tourism and protection of historical monuments and on the other hand it makes inordinate delay in passing the heritage protection law. The fear, according to a senior official of MCC, is that Mysore is witnessing rapid growth all over the city and it should have the Act in place to prevent modern constructions near the heritage monuments.
Already, the mobile towers are erected all over the city including in the close vicinity of those monuments and spoiled the beauty.

Changes

A few years ago, people used to enjoy a panoramic view of the city from the Durbar Hall of the Amba Vilas Palace. Now what they will see is all ugly structures and rows of apartments.

They have completely covered the view of the historic building. The MCC cannot be blamed for this as the responsibility first lies on the State government. Without legal backup the MCC is not in a position to reject any permission sought by individuals or builders to construct commercial complexes and apartments near the heritage structures.
Due to lack of vision, the MCC gave permission for the construction of a commercial complex at Makkaji Chowk situated in the heart of the city.

Officerspeak

“Of late, we have not taken up any construction that has marred the beauty of heritage structures”, says K S Raykar, commissioner of Mysore City Corporation.
He told City Herald that the proposed multi-level underground parking facility on the premises of Rangacharlu Pura Bhavana (Town Hall) is not a threat to the heritage structure at all.

A memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed with the UNESCO, India for assisting conservation and protection of heritage monuments. The UNESCO will be setting up its branch under the name ‘Heritage City Network’ in the city. Now the onus is on the government to enact law to protect 200 plus heritage monuments in the city.
The MCC on its own has taken up conservation of Thotappa Bungalow where former President of India, Dr S Radhakrishnan stayed and also Niranjan Mutt where Swamy Vivekananda stayed. The corporation is spending money from its coffers for this purpose, he added.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/141114/heritage-structures-threat.html)

Mysore is getting raped under useless District incharge minister,Useless mayor,useless MCC commissioner.

They have fucked up Chamraj double road,MG Road and JLB road which had the most beautiful footpaths and were so clean.Now they have beome very dusty and eye sore.

2 Mar, 2011, 12.25PM IST,PTI
Bangalore most preferred job city for engineering students

NEW DELHI: Seven out of every 10 engineering students in India prefer Bangalore as their 'first job' city, ahead of the capital Delhi , reveals a survey.

According to employability measurement and recruitment firm Aspiring Minds Research Cell, about 72 per cent of the engineering students surveyed voted for Bangalore as the most preferred destination to work in.

"In India, Bangalore is the engineers' Mecca. It offers growth, options and a community of like-minded people. Bangalore has undoubtedly the largest base in terms of IT companies, opportunities and an existing engineering population," Aspiring Minds Founder and Director Himanshu Aggarwal said.

Bangalore was followed by Delhi, which was preferred by 32 per cent of the respondents, while Hyderabad was the favourite among 30 per cent of the students surveyed.

At fourth place is Pune, with 30 per cent of the respondents voting for the city, followed by Chennai, which was favoured by 23 per cent of students.

Mumbai was sixth in the list of preferred cities for engineers.

Regional preferences emerge strongly, as students from the South, West and North of the country voted for Bangalore, Pune and Delhi, respectively, as their favourite city. For easterners, Bangalore was the favourable option. Chandigarh and Mysore also emerged as preferred destinations for engineering students in the survey.

The survey took into account the views of 19,000 engineering students across India. It was undertaken to determine the city preferences of students and allowed the respondents to specify up to three cities.

ET (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/bangalore-most-preferred-job-city-for-engineering-students/articleshow/7609530.cms)


Bangalore the tech hub of India no doubt.

Mysore also is a favourite may be all heritage lovers have voted for Mysore:banana:

After Mysore was ranked second by Morgan Stanley for vibrancy index,now Mysore also is a favourite among engineering students

JP Nagar (south Mysore)-A developing outskirt layout located between ashokpuram and chamundipuram slums :D

Many apartments are u/c a few of them here

NIE auditorium

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Brigade sparkle

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Sankalp Affordable homes

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JP Nagar contd...

Unkown

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Some new restaurant

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Sankalp

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Tapovan enclave
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Ugly

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Main road

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^^JP Nagar is not so green..where are the trees?? Mysore shud go the bangalore way when it comes to trees..

^^JP Nagar is not so green..where are the trees?? Mysore shud go the bangalore way when it comes to trees..

Yes you are right JP nagar region was a wasteland before it was chalked out as a residential layout.Being on the outskirts of the city it is also surrounded by numerous villages and add to it the dirty slum areas along Najangud road i.e. NH 212.
Anyways forget JP nagar :| However a very good area for investment

^^JP Nagar is not so green..where are the trees?? Mysore shud go the bangalore way when it comes to trees..

It's not only JP Nagar. Look at hills in background.
Ch hills losing GREEN cover. Very much BALD.

Mega vacuum cleaner bought by Mysore City Corporation

Let's hope dusty Mysore roads become clean again.
(From eyesore roads to Mysore roads)

Whats the status of aquarium complex near Karanji kere? any updates?

Whats the status of aquarium complex near Karanji kere? any updates?

Heard works are going on at a brisk pace.Hope to see it get completed soon.20 cr sounds huge for an aquarium, I am expecting something good,hope I don't get disappointed.Mysore needs to be promoted as a must visit tourist destination of our state.Most of the tourists miss out good spots like Karanji lake,Rail museum,Historic Museum,sachtidananda ashram etc etc they must promote these spots too.

Aloka palace is going to be developed on the lines of cubbon park while lingambhudi lake as Mysore's own Lalbagh both look promising.

Mysore is getting raped under useless District incharge minister,Useless mayor,useless MCC commissioner.

They all should be sacked. All money minded.
Need some good, intelligent, working people.(Development minded, Future thinking).

Aloka palace is going to be developed on the lines of cubbon park while lingambhudi lake as Mysore's own Lalbagh both look promising.

nice to hear "look promising".

City to get First Aid Training Institute / Hospital


London Lambeth City Mayor kannadiga Niraj Patel is planing to open First Aid Training Institute / Hospital in the city in this regard he has expressed his plan to Mysore City Mayor Sandesh Swamy when he was in Landon Tour.


Source:- Kannadaprabha (http://www.kannadaprabha.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=KPD20110302005825&Title=District+News&lTitle=%C1%DBd%C0+%C8%DB%7D%E6%25&Topic=0&ndate=3/2/2011&dName=%C8%E6%DF%E7%D1%DA%E0%C1%DA%DF&Dist=5)

Mysore Palace to get 3D Multimedia Museum in PPP mode

for more details (http://www.kannadaprabha.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=KPD20110228225952&Title=District+News&lTitle=%C1%DBd%C0+%C8%DB%7D%E6%25&Topic=0&ndate=3/1/2011&dName=%C8%E6%DF%E7%D1%DA%E0%C1%DA%DF&Dist=5)

MCC make amends


Under fire over the use of Rs 100 crore special grants, the MCC is making amends. The three subways proposed at the Krishnaraja circle has been dropped and instead one each will come up near the Mysore Zoo and at the City Bus Stand to facilitate easy flow of traffic at the city centre. The tank bund road separating the zoo from the Karanji lake will not be closed for the mega aquarium project coming up at a corner of the zoo

The repair works of Vijayanagar ground-level reservoir that supplies 12 million gallons per day (MGD) will be taken up in stages and done with by March, 2012. The much-delayed ambitious Raja Marg project will be completed in two stages. By this Dasara season, stretch till Ayurveda college junction will be through, the district minister S A Ramdas said after reviewed the projects taken up with Rs 100 crore funding


Source:- TOI

Devara Vana requires soil and water management measures

MYSORE: Environmentalists have called for the integration of soil and water management measures to sustain the proposed Devara Vana project for the greening of Chamundi Hills.

Renowned environmentalist U.N. Ravikumar pointed out that mere planting of saplings atop the hills would be futile and called for repairing the bunds and check-dams as they not only hold the water run-off during the rainy season but allow its percolation leading to greater water retention and better soil cover. This, in turn, would enhance the green cover. Thus, the water requirements of Devara Vana could be met naturally, he said. There are 15 to 20 ponds on Chamundi Hills, and these need to be conserved, said Mr. Ravi Kumar.

Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Ravikumar, a strong proponent of alternative technologies and sustainable practices, pointed out that a detailed report about the imperatives of strengthening the water-holding capacity of Chamundi Hills was provided in 1994. Instead of pumping water to Devara Vana, which is not sustainable, the authorities could explore the possibility of establishing a wastewater treatment plant atop the hills, he added.

Pilgrim spot

Chamundi Hills has a population of nearly 5,000 people, but more importantly, receives more than 10 million tourists and pilgrims annually. Wastewater, if treated and discharged locally, could help maintain and sustain the Devara Vana, and this could also eliminate the problem of wastewater management, said Mr. Ravi Kumar.

Devara Vana, which entails planting of herbal plants and indigenous species of fruit- and flower-bearing trees, will be launched by the Chief Minister at Chamundi Hills to increase its green cover. The authorities hope to get support in its venture from the public who venerate Chamundi Hills. Similar projects are in the offing at all the hillocks that have a pilgrim traffic of at least 1,000 visits a day.

Mr. Ravikumar said the concept of Devara Vana or Nandana Vana was a welcome move and the authorities can ideally locate them around the temple area and down the slopes for about 100 feet. The need of the hour was to adopt a holistic view and an ecological perspective, integrating forest, water and soil, according to him.

Buffer zone

While the greening of Chamundi Hills has received enough attention, there is deafening silence on the creation of a buffer zone around it. The need for a buffer zone was floated by environmentalists and stakeholders of Mysore almost 15 years ago and called for a 500-m reserve area in which non-forestry development was to be prohibited. However, there was no legislation in favour of it, which resulted in encroachment and unbridled urbanisation around Chamundi Hills.

Not isolated

Mr. Ravikumar pointed out that Chamundi Hills was not an isolated habitat but a part of a chain that included Chikkanahalli forest, Arasanekere forest and Madapaura forests, beyond which lay Kharapura, Bandipur and Nagarahole from where animals frequently moved. If habitations come up at the foothills, it will only escalate the man-animal conflict.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/02/stories/2011030253440500.htm)

Old Hardinge Circle Mysore(1924)

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Tank and Hill view Mysore (Doddakere)

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Elgin Fountain
It was located in the present K.R Circle area Which was later shifted near Bangalore Mysore Road

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Mysore City 1916-1930

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Mysore City 1938


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Source:- MUDA (http://www.mudamysore.org/home.asp)

Wow Amazing...Thanks a lot Yogendra.:banana:

Kushalnagar, Mysore rly line survey soon

Mysore-Kodagu MP H Vishwanath has said that he will be on foreign tour between March 9 and 24. After returning from tour, he will fix a date for the survey on Mysore-Kushalnagar railwayline after holding discussion with the Union Minister for Railways.

Speaking to Deccan Herald, he said the work on railway survey is likely to be flagged off in the last week of March or first week of April. It may be recalled that Union Minister for Railways Mamata Banerjee had sanctioned survey for the Mysore-Kushalnagar-Madikeri railway route in the last budget. In fact, in the recent Railway budget, she has made reference to the survey for raliway connectivity to Mysore-Hunasur-Gonikoppa-Makutta-Talassery.

To a query on opposition by the environmentalist to provide railway connectivity to Kushalnagar, he said “keeping in mind the tourism development of the district, providing railway connectivity to the district is essential. “We all need nature. By preserving nature, we have to start railway project to the district. Without railway connectivity, how will people come to Kodagu from outside,” he said.

Meanwhile, the environmentalist fear that forest will be destroyed for railway route. The destruction of forest will change the face of Kodagu which is known for its natural beauty.

However, progressive thinkers feel that for the promotion of tourism, export of coffee, and to provide cheap transportation, railway connectivity is essential to the district.

A review meet on Social welfare programmes, ITDP, and forest department which was scheduled to be held on March 5 has been postponed, the MP said.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/142566/kushalnagar-mysore-rly-line-survey.html)

JNNURM report on March 14, says Minister

Staff Correspondent

Work on Raja Marga to be over by Dasara

Permission granted for two subways

MYSORE: Minister for Medical Education and district in-charge S.A. Ramdas on Wednesday announced that a comprehensive report on the status of ongoing and completed works under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in Mysore would be released on March 14.

Addressing presspersons after chairing a meeting with officials of the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) and the those monitoring the JNNURM here, the Minister said details of the works implemented so far and the funds utilised would be collected at the meeting.

Inspection

Elected representatives, corporators and representatives from non-governmental organisations would be invited to the meeting, he said.

“Prior to the meeting, I will conduct a inspection to get first-hand information on the progress achieved so far. Steps will be taken to expedite the pending works,” he said.

Special grant

Mr. Ramdas also reviewed the progress of projects here under the Chief Minister's Rs. 100-crore special grant released to the MCC.

The proposals had been examined and the works would be launched after some modifications to the plan, he added.

Raja Marga

Under the revised plan, the work on establishing a Raja Marga (on Jamboo Savari route) at a cost of Rs. 16 crore will be taken up till the Government Ayurveda College Circle on Sayyaji Rao Road. Instructions had been given to the officials to complete the project by next Dasara.

The special grant would be used to restore ‘garadis' (gyms) and nine gymnasiums would be revived, Mr. Ramdas said.Of the three subways proposed under the special grant, work on one had been dropped. However, permission had been granted for the construction of a subway in front of Tathaiah Park (connecting the city bus-stand) and another near the Mysore zoo (connecting the zoo from the parking zone).

Mr. Ramdas said work on developing Curzon Park, Kuppanna Park and Subbarayanakere would be completed by April 30 and the vacant space along the road adjoining Karanji Lake Nature Park would be developed into a park.

Drinking water

Works on drinking water supply, including the repair of storage reservoir at Vijayanagar, would be done on priority.

By March 2012, additional 12 MGD will be added to the supply line by completing a project here.

The Minister said a meeting of elected representatives would be convened on March 12 to ensure that there was no delay in making use of grants sanctioned to the city by the Chief Minister.

Undabatti Lake

The work on erecting steel barriers along Undabatti Lake on the Mysore-Nanjangud road would begin soon, Mr. Ramdas said, adding that Rs. 1.45 crore had been set aside for the job.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/03/stories/2011030357320500.htm)

ITC Fortune park

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Cafe coffee day - Devaraja urs road


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Some of the Mysore's old pics

Mysore Law courts 1890

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View of Mysore from Jagan Mohan Palace 1890

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Old Palace 1855

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The Public Offices 1890

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Chamundi Hill 1856

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Chamundi Hill 1857

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Wellesly Bridge 1865

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Lansdowne Bazaars 1890

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Residency 1870

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Jagan Mohan Palace 1890

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Interior of Karikal Thotti Palace 1890

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Memorial fountain

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/9483/oldmysore20101106148865.jpg (http://img855.imageshack.us/i/oldmysore20101106148865.jpg/)

Oriental Library 1890

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8939/oldmysore20101106160139.jpg (http://img219.imageshack.us/i/oldmysore20101106160139.jpg/)

Palace 1890

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5108/oldmysore20101106170636.jpg (http://img18.imageshack.us/i/oldmysore20101106170636.jpg/)

Sita Vilasa Chatram 1895

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/2145/oldmysore20101106182545.jpg (http://img854.imageshack.us/i/oldmysore20101106182545.jpg/)

Maharani Girls College 1890

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/5558/oldmysore20101106192408.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/i/oldmysore20101106192408.jpg/)

Marimallapas High School 1890

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4034/oldmysore20101106206673.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/i/oldmysore20101106206673.jpg/)

Devaraja Market 1890

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/8461/oldmysore20101106209780.jpg (http://img717.imageshack.us/i/oldmysore20101106209780.jpg/)

Palace 1890

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/2488/palace18902010110617367.jpg (http://img703.imageshack.us/i/palace18902010110617367.jpg/)

Source :- mastmysore.com (http://www.masthmysore.com/gallery/old-mysore-pics)

^^ Stunning Thanks a lot Yogendra avare

Mysore Dusk

Public offices

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Amazing Pictures Yogendra, please post if you have still more. Really Great :)

My photography skills beginner's level--- :D

"Street Lights"

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I took this while on the move

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Useless Raja Marga concived by our great MCC What a wastage of funds :bash: Anyways this is how Raja Marga barricades look like along with the heritage lamps.:bash:

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closer look

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These guys have raped Mysore brutally

^^The above said Raja marga will be extended till Hardinge circle and many many trees will face axe for this useless project :bash: F*** you MCC.

Near Bamboo Bazar

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Site for Forum Mall by Prestige group?

They have barricaded the site but no works going on,located close to sawday road.BTW Which road is this?

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nice pictures engineer and yogendra!! keep it up..try covering jayalakshmipuram area some time:)

SpiceJet may start flights from Mysore
The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/04/stories/2011030456590500.htm)

MYSORE: SpiceJet has evinced interest in starting commercial operations from Mysore airport consequent to its move to acquire a fleet of 15 Bombardier aircraft.

Sources told The Hindu that officials from the airline visited Mysore airport recently and inspected the facilities and apprised themselves of the traffic potential. “They are keen to operate commercial flights from Mysore but it will not happen immediately as the airline is yet to take delivery of the Bombardier aircraft it has ordered,” the sources added.

Though Jet Airways too had evinced interest in the past and made assessments, nothing had been heard from them so far, said the sources.

Commercial operations from Mysore airport commenced in October 2010 with Kingfisher introducing a short-haul flight from Mysore to Chennai via Bangalore. Though the flight lands in Mysore in the afternoon and departs in the evening, it still commands about 70 per cent occupancy rate, which is reckoned to be promising, said the sources. However, business consultant Bhanuchandran, told The Hindu that any additional flights to Mysore would be patronised fully provided departure was early in the morning and arrival was late in the evening. He said there was definite traffic potential but further growth was impeded by odd schedules.

Stakeholders drew attention to the announcement of an additional train between Mysore and Chennai in the railway budget and said this was because of the traffic potential between Mysore-Bangalore-Chennai. “However, even if the train service becomes operational, additional flights are imperative because businessmen who wish to return the same day will prefer an early morning departure from Mysore and late evening return. Corporates and businessmen can ill-afford long travelling hours,” according to the stakeholders.

Hi Akash.. chamundipuram is not a slum. It is a nice and clean area. I have lived there for many years. I guess you are referring to vidyaranyapuram .Even that area is not bad. Ofcourse few parts of the localities may look ugly. Only Ashokpuram qualifies to be a slum.

Hi Akash.. chamundipuram is not a slum. It is a nice and clean area. I have lived there for many years. I guess you are referring to vidyaranyapuram .Even that area is not bad. Ofcourse few parts of the localities may look ugly. Only Ashokpuram qualifies to be a slum.

Hi! Sandybhar What I meant was the last leg of chamundipuram,my mistake sorry it is called Gundu rao nagar along the Nanjangud road,I don't think even this qualifies as a slum but this locality has no roads and looks bad.Anyways it is on the outskirts :) Why south Mysore and east Mysore have so many villages?These Villagers must improve their localities,they are the ones which have been notified as slums under JNNURM.Proper drinking water facility with good roads will make them look good.

Anyways gundu rao nagar is very small....check below

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=12.2800858&lon=76.6553557&z=17&l=0&m=b

KRRS OPPOSES TOWNSHIP ALONGSIDE NICE CORRIDOR

Mysore, Mar. 4 (MTY&DM)- The KRRS (Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha) will stage an intensive protest against NICE company for conspiring to forcibly acquire land for its townships alongside BMIC project.

Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan this morning, KRRS General Secretary Badagalapura Nagendra said the KRRS strongly condemns the Police lathi charge on Bangalore South farmers, who attempted to stop illegal works taken up by NICE. The KRRS also opposed NICE company's plot to acquire more land than required for its BMIC project in Mysore and Mandya districts for building townships.

Only 6,000 acres of land is required for the construction of Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC). But the NICE company is plotting to acquire 26,000 acres of land to build townships and for other commercial uses by exploiting the gullible farmers. Also, the NICE company has not paid appropriate relief to farmers who lost lands, thus cheating them of their right to get compensation as per existing market rates, he alleged.

Coming down heavily against the concept of township, Nage-ndra said the concept went against Indian culture and traditions and was a ploy used to exploit the farmers. As such, the KRRS was opposed to the construction of township along BMIC. However, the farmers were willing to part with their land only for construction of the road, in return for payment of compensation only at present market rates, he added.

Also, the families who lost their lands should be paid an annual life allowance of Rs. 21,000 each as per law, he urged and reiterated that the KRRS would launch an intensive agitation if NICE company resorted to unfair and forceful acquisition of land for its BMIC project.

Protest against SEZ

Continuing, he said the farmers across the country will converage in New Delhi on Mar. 9 and block all arterial roads in the National capital in protest against SEZ concept, presentation of the Seeds Act in Parliament and for urging the government to provide facilities for increasing farm productivity and other agrarian activities. Nearly 2,500 farmers from across the State will leave Bangalore for New Delhi in a special train on Mar. 6 to take part in this massive protest, he said.

Old Mysore Palace: The wooden place built in Hindu style that got completely destroyed in 1897. fire in
Source:- http://mysore.ind.in

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1960/oldmysorepalace.jpg (http://img215.imageshack.us/i/oldmysorepalace.jpg/)

Mysore. Temple of Chamundee, with idol car

Photographer: Pigou, William Henry

Medium: Photographic print

Date: 1856


http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/5746/26510716.jpg (http://img846.imageshack.us/i/26510716.jpg/)


Chamundesvari Temple, Chamundi Hill, Mysore

Photographer: Unknown

Medium: Photographic print

Date: 1895


http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3725/11450546.jpg (http://img713.imageshack.us/i/11450546.jpg/)


Summer Palace of the Maha Rajah of Mysore

Date: 1865

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Government House, Mysore.

Photographer: Unknown

Medium: Photographic print

Date: 1890


http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9377/88030131.jpg (http://img268.imageshack.us/i/88030131.jpg/)


The Dasara Hall with Throne, Palace, Mysore.

Photographer: Unknown

Medium: Photographic print

Date: 1890


http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/1322/13628130.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/i/13628130.jpg/)


Temple on the Shravana rock near Yelwall, Mysore

Photographer: Unknown

Medium: Photographic print

Date: 1865


http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/1723/21059095.jpg (http://img830.imageshack.us/i/21059095.jpg/)


The Temple Car, Chamundi Hill, Mysore.

Photographer: Unknown

Medium: Photographic print

Date: 1890

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1412/40174793.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/i/40174793.jpg/)


View of Mysore. 1823 or between 1831 and 1837, during Cormack's residence in S. India

Artist: Cormack, Neil (fl. 1814-1837)

Medium: Watercolour

Date: 1830


http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/5169/99278724.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/i/99278724.jpg/)


The Navagali or Fifth Day Ceremony of the Marriage [of the Maharaja of Mysore

Photographer: Unknown

Medium: Photographic print

Date: 1900


http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/6223/63654443.jpg (http://img121.imageshack.us/i/63654443.jpg/)


N.W. view of Seringapatam (Mysore)

Artist: unknown

Medium: Watercolour

Date: 1799

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/3417/73821635.jpg (http://img854.imageshack.us/i/73821635.jpg/)


The Raja of Mysore's bathing ghat on the River Puckshewan, a branch of the Cauvery at Shrirangapattana.

Photographer: Dixon, Henry

Medium: Photographic print

Date: 1860


http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8893/58860980.jpg (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/58860980.jpg/)


General Wellesley's House, Mysore.

Photographer: Unknown

Medium: Photographic print

Date: 1890


http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/3646/20215441.jpg (http://img716.imageshack.us/i/20215441.jpg/)


The Main Street, Mysore

Photographer: Unknown

Medium: Photographic print

Date: 1895


http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/1206/21528827.jpg (http://img854.imageshack.us/i/21528827.jpg/)


A walled town, S. India (probably Mysore) 112

Artist: Allan, Sir Alexander, 1st Baronet (1764-1820), attributed to

Medium: Watercolour

Date: 1790


http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/493/96328673.jpg (http://img827.imageshack.us/i/96328673.jpg/)


Mysore. Colossal bull at Chamondee. [Chamundi.]

Photographer: Pigou, William Henry

Medium: Photographic print

Date: 1856

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/5072/019pho0000965s1u0009700.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/019pho0000965s1u0009700.jpg/)

MYSORE: SpiceJet has evinced interest in starting commercial operations from Mysore airport consequent to its move to acquire a fleet of 15 Bombardier aircraft.

Sources told The Hindu that officials from the airline recently visited Mysore airport and inspected the facilities. “They are keen to operate commercial flights from Mysore but it will not happen immediately as the airline is yet to take delivery of the Bombardier aircraft it has ordered,” the sources added. Commercial operations from Mysore airport commenced in October 2010 with Kingfisher introducing a short-haul flight from Mysore to Chennai via Bangalore. Though the flight lands in Mysore late in the afternoon and departs early in the evening, it still commands about 65-70 per cent occupancy rate, said the sources.

However, business consultant Bhanuchandran told The Hindu that any additional flights to Mysore would be patronised fully provided departure was early in the morning and arrival was late in the evening. He said there was definite traffic potential but further growth was impeded by odd schedules.

Source: The Hindu


:banana:Good news for Mysoreans:banana2:

Mysore suburban bus stand terrace views

Ugly views :bash:

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My friend has taken shots too will posts his pics as well.....Later :cheers:

contd.....

Road in front of the bus stand---

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st Philomena church

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Awesome pics Akash !! :applause: