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== Administration and utilities ==
{{main|Mysore City Corporation}}
[[File:Mysore Taluk (2011 Census) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Map of [[Mysore taluk]] (2011)]]
The civic administration of the city is managed by the Mysore City Corporation, which was established as a municipality in 1888&nbsp;and converted into a corporation in 1977. Overseeing engineering works, health, sanitation, water supply, administration and taxation, the corporation is headed by a Mayor, who is assisted by commissioners and council members.<ref name="cdp" />{{rp|43}} The city is divided into 65&nbsp;wards and the council members (also known as ''corporators'') are elected by the citizens of Mysore every five years.<ref name="corpo">{{cite news|date=28 June 2007|title=NGOs welcome formation of ward panels|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/28/stories/2007062858650300.htm |access-date=26 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017032704/http://hindu.com/2007/06/28/stories/2007062858650300.htm |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=17 October 2007}}</ref> The council members, in turn, elect the mayor. The annual budget of the corporation for the year 2011–2012 was {{INRConvert|4.27|b|year=2011}}.<ref name="budget">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/30/stories/2011033063220500.htm|date=30 March 2011|title=Rs. 3-crore surplus budget for MCC|access-date=3 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927195358/http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/30/stories/2011033063220500.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref> Among 63&nbsp;cities covered under the [[Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission]], Mysore City Corporation was adjudged the second-best city municipal corporation and was given the ''"Nagara Ratna"'' award in 2011.<ref name="awar">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2215146.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=10 July 2011|title=Mysore City Corporation gets award for better civic amenities|access-date=4 March 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909040722/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2215146.ece|archive-date=9 September 2011}}</ref> The present MCC Commissioner is Shri.Tanveer Asif.<ref name="Commissioner">{{cite news|url=http://www.mysurucity.mrc.gov.in/en/node/79|title=Commissioners message Mysore city corporation|access-date=24 November 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

Urban growth and expansion is managed by the [[Mysore Urban Development Authority]] (MUDA), which is headed by a commissioner. Its activities include developing new layouts and roads, town planning and land acquisition. One of the major projects undertaken by MUDA is the creation of an Outer Ring Road to ease traffic congestion.<ref name="orr">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/14/stories/2004021409890300.htm|date=14 February 2004|title=Outer Ring Road may ease traffic woes in Mysore|access-date=26 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017032542/http://hindu.com/2004/02/14/stories/2004021409890300.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=17 October 2007}}</ref> Citizens of Mysore have criticised MUDA for its inability to prevent [[Mafia Raj#Land mafias|land mafias]] and ensure lawful distribution of housing lands among city residents.<ref name="domi">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050212260500.htm|date=2 May 2006|title=Forum says land mafia is thriving in Mysore|access-date=26 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706165051/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050212260500.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=6 July 2006}}</ref> The [[CESCOM|Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation]] is responsible for electric supply to the city.<ref name="cescom">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/29/stories/2005012905600400.htm|title=Council passes amendment bill|date=29 January 2005|access-date=13 December 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050210052954/http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/29/stories/2005012905600400.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=10 February 2005}}</ref>  

The Mysuru City Police, headed by a [[Commissioner of Police (India)|Commissioner of Police]] (CP), is responsible for policing and law enforcement in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Community Policing Mysuru: ‘Mane Manege Police’ Initiative Brings Police to Citizens' Doorsteps |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/police-at-doorsteps-mysuru-city-police-launch-mane-manege-police-3-3657546 |access-date=31 December 2025 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> At present, the Commissionerate oversees 18 police stations, including a Women’s Police Station, five traffic subdivisions, and one Cyber, Economic and Narcotics (CEN) Police Station.<ref>https://mysurucitypolice.karnataka.gov.in/5/law-and-order/en</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Author |date=27 November 2023 |title=City Police preparing to expand jurisdiction |url=https://starofmysore.com/city-police-preparing-to-expand-jurisdiction/ |access-date=31 December 2025 |website=Star of Mysore |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services]], provide fire and emergency services in the city.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 March 2025 |title=Mysuru to get new fire station, but not in Chamundi Hills |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/mysuru-to-get-new-fire-station-but-not-in-chamundi-hills/articleshow/119020056.cms |access-date=31 December 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

Drinking water for Mysore is sourced from the [[Kaveri]] and [[Kabini]] rivers.<ref name="cdp" />{{rp|53}} The city got its first piped water supply when the Belagola project was commissioned in 1896.<ref name="bela">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/07/stories/2007050713220300.htm|date=7 May 2007|title=Second stage of Melapura water project inaugurated|access-date=25 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017032654/http://hindu.com/2007/05/07/stories/2007050713220300.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=17 October 2007}}</ref> {{As of|2011}}, Mysore gets {{convert|42.5|e6impgal|m3|abbr=off|order=flip}} of water per day. Mysore sometimes faces water crises, mainly during the summer months (March–June) and in years of low rainfall.<ref name="cris">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/12/stories/2007061213630300.htm|date=12 June 2007|first=R. Krishna|last=Kumar|title=Is Mysore city heading for a water crisis?|access-date=25 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017032700/http://hindu.com/2007/06/12/stories/2007061213630300.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=17 October 2007}}</ref> The city has had an underground drainage system since 1904. The entire sewage from the city drains into four valleys: Kesare, Malalavadi, Dalavai and Belavatha.<ref name="cdp" />{{rp|56}} In an exercise carried out by the [[Ministry of Urban Development (India)|Urban Development Ministry]] under the national urban sanitation policy, Mysore was rated the second cleanest city in India in 2010 and the cleanest in Karnataka.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/68796/mysore-comes-clean-over-blore.html|date=10 May 2010|title=Mysore comes clean over B'lore|last=Athrady|first=Ajith|access-date=12 May 2010|newspaper=Deccan Herald|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514084621/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/68796/mysore-comes-clean-over-blore.html|archive-date=14 May 2010}}</ref> In Mysore, the Jal Diwali Campaign empowered SHGs to collectively address water conservation challenges.<ref>{{Cite web |first= |date=21 March 2024 |title=World Water Day 2024 |url=https://www.nagrika.org/post/water-challenges}}</ref> 90 women heads of 30 women’s Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in Mysuru city were introduced to the nitty-gritty of water supply, by a visit to Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) Water Treatment Plant at Hongalli near Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya district.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 November 2023 |title=MCC launches 'Jal Diwali' |url=https://starofmysore.com/mcc-launches-jal-diwali}}</ref>

The citizens of Mysore elect five representatives to the [[Karnataka legislature|Legislative assembly of Karnataka]] through the constituencies of Chamaraja, Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja, Hunsur and Chamundeshwari.<ref name="assem">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/04/stories/2004030409380300.htm|date=4 March 2004|title=Triangular contest likely in four Assembly seats|access-date=26 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041031011845/http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/04/stories/2004030409380300.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=31 October 2004}}</ref> Mysore city, being part of the larger Mysore Lok Sabha constituency, also elects one member to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament]]. The politics in the city is dominated by three political parties: the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC), the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), and the [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] (JDS).<ref name="assem" />