Heritage Building Needs Maintenance

The General Post Office building and the two buildings adjacent to it were built during the time of the Maharajas and have historical importance. The building which houses Lashkar Police Station is one of them. It is included in the list of 198 heritage buildings of Mysore identified by MUDA in its Master Plan - 2031.

District Forum Dismisses Contempt Case Against MGP

In a recent decision (18-1-14), the Mysore District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum dismissed a contempt of court case filed against Mysore Grahakara Parishat. The case was filed by Dr. S.P. Thirumala Rao. The judgment is available here. It is of interest that the case was filed by the leader of one consumer organization against another consumer organization.

Lack of Redressal Mechanism Causing Hardship to LPG Consumer

Mysore Grahakara Parishat held its monthly public meeting on 9-2-14 and discussed problems confronted by the LPG consumers. Mysore district is one of the 54 districts all across the country which were chosen to launch a pilot programme for Aadhaar card based direct benefit transfer (DBT) for LPG consumers, because Aadhaar enrolment in Mysore is very high. When the other districts in the country are getting LPG at a subsidized prices, consumers in Mysore district (and the other 53 chosen districts) are charged the market price on delivery and the subsidy amount is directly credited to their bank accounts. The objective of this scheme is to weed out bogus beneficiaries and to thus plug the leakage of the subsidy.

Photos from the Grahaka Patrike

(B.V. Shenoy) 
MGP's monthly meeting on 12-1-14 focussed on traffic problems.