haji sir ismail sait mosque authorities said they began the process of restricting street food stalls last year when only a handful were allowed authorities of the adjacent haji sir ismail sait mosque wrote to police and bruhat bengaluru mahanagara palike we had stalls on mosque road and bannerghatta road earlier this year we are setting them up in koramangala said fayaz ahmed a vendor over the years it became a large community festival and a nuisance to residents bengaluru the number of street iftar festivals across the city has come down this ramzan after a mosque committee and residents protested against congestion and littering at a landmark venue what was happening on mosque road was a commercial venture other destinationsfood streets in koramangala johnson market and tilak nagar which are much smaller than mosque road and bannerghatta road are small solace for food lovers this time as an alternative 50 stalls were set up in sk garden about 2km away the food festival on bannerghatta road near dairy circle is also not being held this year last year food lovers headed to bannerghatta road where a large ground attached to a mosque became the new venue for a food fest as people come here in large numbers there were traffic jams which also affected those coming for prayers said aslam fazal treasurer haji sir ismail sait mosque the organizers were not available for comment more than 100 stalls were set up but this year the ground is empty this year the committee submitted a letter to police and bbmp before ramzan asking them not to permit any stalls on mosque road and the authorities obliged the iftar food fest began only a few years ago though many consider it a tradition asking them not to give permission for food stalls residents have been suffering for years there have been cases of liquor bottles being broken in front of homes and people not able to get out of their houses as their gates were blocked by parked cars said a resident restaurants though have put up their stalls on pavements independent stalls put up on a ground next to mosque road one of the goto places both for those breaking their fast and food lovers have been discontinued this year the stall sizes were increased rentals cut and large billboards put up on mosque road announcing the new location but there were no takers there is a difference between an iftar and a commercial food court residents say it started with some street food vendors setting up stalls near the mosque for the past few years we have been asking authorities to stop this food fest as it is a nuisance for both believers and people living around the mosque