Mysore City Corporation to celebrate 150th anniversary
The Mysore City Corporation is planning to celebrate its 150th anniversary on July 24. A consultative committee is constituted to draft plans for celebrating the event in a grand manner. A sum of Rs 50 lakh has been set aside for the celebrations.
The old town of Mysore of the early 19th century comprised Old Agrahara, Palace Fort area, Dodda Pete and Lashkar Mohalla constituting its main limits.
Initially, a sanitary tax was levied in the form of ‘Kachara Terige’. After its abolition, octroi became the main revenue source for the municipal committee.
Later the government transferred Mohatarfa collections (house tax) from the government revenue in 1869-70 augmenting the committee’s resources. Maintenance of the town police was made part of its task.
The civic body was upgraded with the Mysore Municipal Regulation, 1906, with 20 municipal councilors. In 1911, its population was 71,306 in the municipal area covering seven Mohallas with 12,122 houses.
The municipality was upgraded into a corporation in 1977. The MCC now encompasses over 128 square kms spread with 65 wards having over 172,000 properties and a population of nearly 900,000. Its 2012-13 budgets stood at Rs 427.52 crore.
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Source: Business Standard
