nagpur telangkhedi promenade post the makeover is every nagpurians delight it draws nagpurians in droves especially on sundays and holidays it now has 25 different food joints dotting the road apart from the roadside stalls that offer people wonderful choice of food too however these joints are fast turning the place into an eyesore indiscriminate dumping of garbage by these eateries on the agriculture college land is polluting the entire area it not only presents an ugly sight but is also a health hazard as a part of lakes beautification the nit had carried out the developmental works on the patch from police chowky to telangkhedi tpoint and also rented out the strip along 400metre road to eateries and ice cream parlours besides many illegal eating joints have come up on vayusena nagar road and telangkhedi hanuman temple road with civic agencies happy to just collect the rent the food joints have begun dumping their waste and refuse on the roadside toi team spotted waste food plastic plates empty and broken liquor bottles dumped behind these eating joints it looks like it is also a haven for antisocial elements open land behind these eateries is being used as unofficial garbage dump rued morning walkers the civic bodies nit and nmc both have been a mute spectator to this for the past several months alleged environmental activist shrikant deshpande he frequently goes there for morning walks exasperated residents of vayusena nagar and cpwd quarters who bear the brunt of the pollution say it is a huge environmental hazard regular visitors say the garbage is affecting the bird population in telangkhedi garden and surroundings many trees that used to be home for hundreds of birds were chopped down to make way for the eateries now with decaying garbage around the bird population has visibly dwindled regular visitors say morning walkers mostly senior citizens are put off by the garbage mounds everywhere and wonder why nmc does not make eateries dispose of the garbage in a proper manner the nmc or nit should be stricter with them the lake will soon become a massive garbage dump said ashok sankale eating joint owners however only stated that they always dumped the waste in bins but couldnt explain how the so much rubbish reached their backyardgarbage attracting strays the waste from eateries has become a feeding place for stray dogs they scatter the garbage and food all over the place observed ramesh jambhle a morning walker nmcs deputy director health dr milind ganvir who is also incharge of sanitary department assured to look into the matter