Mysuru, June 8 -- As the monsoon sets in, city residents have voiced growing frustration over the Mysuru City Corporation's (MCC) failure to implement proactive flood prevention and urban maintenance measures.

Repeated flooding in low-lying areas has become an annual ordeal, with clogged drains and delayed civic responses leaving citizens vulnerable and angry.

Same story every monsoon

Despite numerous complaints, clogged roadside drains continue to choke water flow across major city roads. Areas near Moulana Abul Kalam Circle (Highway Circle) on New Sayyaji Rao Road, and the areas adjacent to the City Bus Stand, routinely turn into cesspools after heavy rains.

According to Bhanu Prashant, a member of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), s...