nagpur the nagpur municipal corporations apathy in providing essential amenities has left the citys first food street khau galli a nonstarter khau galli was inaugurated by union transport minister nitin gadkari in january and street food lovers were looking forward to this initiative but nmc failed to provide amenities like drainage drinking water and toilet facilitieswith relaxation in covid19 norms eating joints have been allowed to function however the business of all 32 eating joint owners here has been hit very hard due to lethargic attitude of nmc they told toiamol joshi one of the kiosk owners pointed out that already they had suffered huge financial loss due to ongoing pandemic first nmc opened khau galli without providing basic amenities and later lockdown was imposed due to pandemic even a year later nmc is yet to provide basic amenities required for eating joint owners and visitors he saidwithout providing basic amenities nmc has approached eating joint owners to sign a rent agreement we will not sign until the nmc provides all basic facilities they said as per sources in nmcs garden department it has asked them kiosk owners to pay rs5000 per month as rent and an equal amount as monthly maintenancedue to lack of security the place has become a haven for antisocial elements said kiosk owners according to them many of them have lost valuables like electric fittings cctv cameras to thieves there one of the kiosk owners refrigeration compressor was also stolen adding to their woes a major portion of the retaining wall of gandhisagar lake towards khau galli has caved in posing a threat to both visitors and eating joint ownersa senior official from nmcs garden department admitted that basic amenities have not been provided yet but claimed that all the works related to providing required facilities will be carried out soonanother official from nmcs project department dhantoli zone said the repair work pertaining to construction of retaining wall of the lake will take some time according to him the work is part of nmcs rs31 crore fund allotted by the state government beautification project for the lake earlier the work was allotted to private firm jp construction but as the firm was blacklisted for poor road construction work the then municipal commissioner tukaram mundhe had scrapped their contract for beautification of lakenow the civic body will start the process to award the work again said the official