GRANDEUR RESTORED: The Town Hall in Mysore, which has been restored by the Mysore City Corporation.

MYSORE: Restoration of heritage structures, construction of new buildings and widening and asphalting of roads along with customer friendly initiatives were some of the important works taken up by the Mysore City Corporation during the previous financial year. While heritage structures were restored, the corporation also took up the construction of the Council Hall, which has been pending for a long time. Disclosing this to presspersons here today, the Mayor, Dakshinamurthy, said Sri Rangacharlu Town Hall and the Mysore City Corporation buildings, which have been recognised as heritage structures, were restored as part of the conservation measures. The construction of the Council Hall has been taken up at a cost of around Rs. 40 lakhs. The new building has been designed to aesthetically match the corporation structure, he added.

Commercial complex

The Mayor also announced the construction of a commercial complex at Makkaji Chowka, which the corporation has been considering for 40 years. The commercial complex, which is likely to have over 800 shops, will be built on modern lines with parking space for over 1,000 vehicles. Tenders for the work will be invited soon, he added.

Community halls

Mr. Dakshinamurthy said the corporation completed work on four community halls and two gymnasiums in different parts of the city.

The other developmental works taken up by the corporation include widening and asphalting of roads at a cost of Rs. 3.80 crores (as many as 250 roads have been either widened or asphalted during the period). Besides, he said, some roads were developed under a special grant of Rs. 3.20 crores received by the corporation during Dasara.

The e-governance initiative, he said, has become popular among the residents of Mysore, and Mysore is the second city after Bangalore to have such a system.

As many as 5,669 birth and death certificates have been distributed through the e-governance system along with 3,157 trade licences.

More than 600 licences have been issued through the counter for construction of buildings, he added.

Mr. Dakshinamurthy said the corporation plans to undertake more than 2,700 developmental works at a cost of Rs. 22.30 crores during the financial year 2005-06.

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