MYSURU: The call for the formation of a Greater Mysuru City Corporation (GMCC) is intensifying as residents push for the inclusion of various areas, including newly developed layouts around the outer ring road, into the existing corporation.
Despite a longstanding demand, it is yet to materialise. Residents from four gram panchayats — Siddalingapura, Yelwal, and Alanahally — and areas under newly established town panchayats like Bogadhi, Rammanahalli, Srirampur, Kadakola, and Hootagalli City Municipal Council, are demanding inclusion into the Greater Mysuru City Corporation.
The residents of these local bodies located on the outskirts of Mysuru have been demanding that the state govt to include their areas by forming a Greater Mysuru City Corporation. Currently, MCC has spread over 65 wards.
As per the state govt-approved ward delimitation exercise 2018, various areas of Hootagalli CMC, Ramanahalli, and Srirampur town panchayats come under the Mysuru City Corporation.
Various areas of ward numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 under Hebbal area limits fall under Hootagalli CMC. Various areas of ward numbers 35 and 65 are also included under Srirampur and Rammanahalli Town Panchayat. These local bodies have also sent proposals to the state govt for the inclusion of their areas into the Greater Mysuru City Corporation.
The recently formed urban local bodies like Bogadhi, Kadakola, Rammanahalli, Srirampur, and Hootagalli CMC, along with the other four GPs, are understaffed.
They are struggling to mobilise resources. They are facing challenges to ensure drinking water, create better roads, and deal with solid waste generated in their areas due to a paucity of funds.
As the formation of a GMCC helps to get more funds and grants from both Union and state govts under various schemes, and loans from international monetary organisations for the improvement of civic infrastructure, the demand for the constitution of such an authority is growing louder in recent days.
Chamundeshwari MLA GT Devegowda said as all these newly formed urban local bodies and four GPs come under his assembly segment, they are understaffed and struggling to initiate development works. He said he too had prevailed upon the state govt by writing a letter for the formation of a GMCC by merging these local bodies.
As per the Karnataka Municipal Council Corporation Act 1976, section 4 and section 500, there is a provision for the govt for the merger of the city’s outskirts town panchayats, city municipal council, and gram panchayats for the formation of a GMCC, he said.
Deputy commissioner Lakshmikanth Reddy G told TOI that the district administration sent a proposal to the state govt long ago for the formation of GMCC. The state govt must take a call on such issues he added.
