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Karnataka Minister: 40,000 of 700K e-khata Apps Pending

MYSURU: Property owners can breathe easier as significant progress has been made on the e-khata issue. Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) are accelerating approvals and minimizing backlogs. In response to a question from Chidananda M Gowda in the legislative council last week, Municipal Administration Minister Rahim Khan disclosed that 700,899 e-khata applications have been submitted statewide. Out of these, 653,989 have already been approved, leaving 45,910 still pending. He noted that several ULBs have achieved a status of zero pending applications. In Mysuru district specifically, 14 ULBs processed 72,184 applications, with 62,277 approved. Additionally, 3,143 applications were rejected for various reasons,…

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Mysuru Proposes Upgrade to Grade 1 City Corporation Status

MYSURU: Following the state’s decision to not pursue the establishment of the Greater Mysuru City Corporation due to insufficient population, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has submitted a new proposal to the government requesting an upgrade to grade 1 MCC. The aim of the proposal is to elevate MCC to a grade 1 city corporation similar to the Hubballi-Dharwad City Corporation. This would involve merging the existing City Municipal Council and town panchayats located on the city’s periphery. The state government is expected to endorse the proposal. A proposal was submitted to the state urban development department following directives from…

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Mysuru Civic Body Launches Weekly e-Khata Drive Every Friday

MYSURU: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has initiated an e-Khata campaign every Friday from 3 PM to 6 PM, aiming to make services more accessible to the public. This decision follows community frustration over delays in issuing e-Khatas, largely due to ongoing technical problems, particularly related to servers and logins, since early June. With about 1.7 lakh properties within MCC jurisdiction, only around 45,000 e-Khatas were issued by June 3. “Our goal is to issue at least 1 lakh e-Khatas by the end of this financial year,” stated Shaikh Tanveer Asif, MCC Commissioner. He assured that the city corporation is…