its karnani mansion the prime real estate that sprawls over eight though everyone living and doing business there is responsible for the mess it is the restaurants that contribute nearly 80 of the waste mocambo owner nitin kothari says he has an arrangement with a kmc garbage collector to pick up the refuse from his restaurant every day the savage sun and bursts of rain have turned the waste dump into compost and the smell of decay hangs heavy in the air if the owner pays for the services we will clear it daily said a conservancy department official but it is private property there are also two schools in the compound st judes academy and harrow hall for that he has to initiate talks with kmc and enter into an arrangement for regular clearance karnani doesnt allow the kmc truck to pick up garbage every day he alleged ten years old she acquired ragpicking skills from her mother at a tender age that though will not solve the problem oasis owner pratap daryanani is more forthright just behind the glitter of the fancy dining joints unfolds another face of park street a picture of filth and abject neglect i dont know where he dumps it but my employees dont dirty the compound he says the doors and windows have to be kept shut to keep the stench away the growing pile of rubbish threatens to contaminate the locality we realize it is a health hazard nisa shares the address with popular restaurants mocambo barbq flavours of china oasis moulin rouge starlit garden olypub tung fong and on track imagine the plight of the children studying in such surroundings said st judes academy principal stanley correa most restaurant owners try to sidestep the problem would anyone want a refuse dump in ones own compound after all she was born next to the dump and grew up with its sight and smells all restaurants dump refuse there for her home is on park street arguably one of the most prestigious avenues in town strangely for most it would be a fantasy to live where nisa does live in a veritable hell even my office is located here he says adding i have even commissioned the construction of a vat with an overhead shed to clean up the area with thousands dining in nearby restaurants its a health hazard and a potential source of an epidemic but residents claim the jamadar dumps the refuse in the very yard we crows have a field day scouring the mounds of putrefying rubbish charles mantosh who owns moulin rouge and starlit garden concedes his restaurant dumps refuse at the site but blames property owner k c karnani garbage collected from restaurants is disposed of in an open area which has not been cleaned for the past 15 days kolkata olypubs kitchen opens out in front of this dump said dinaz howe a tenant at karnani mansion unmindful of the obnoxious odour nisa