Bengaluru: Frazer Town residents demand shut down of Ramzan Food Mela

The residents of Frazer Town in Bengaluru have written to the civic physique, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), to straight away shut down the ‘Ramzan Food Mela’, which is organised yearly in the middle of the month of Ramzan.

In a tweet, Bengaluru Central MP PC Mohan educated, “The Frazer Town Residents’ Welfare Association (FTRWA) addressed a letter to the BBMP, and the police, requesting the discontinuation of the Ramzan Food Mela on Mosque Road, Bengaluru.”

He extra added, “The FTRWA cited concerns about traffic congestion and the unsightly accumulation of garbage.” During Ramzan, stalls selling kebabs and biriyani prop up each night time on Mosque Road in Frazer Town.

The Frazer Town Residents’ Welfare Association (FTRWA) addressed a letter to the BBMP, and the police, requesting the discontinuation of the Ramzan Food Mela on Mosque Road, Bengaluru.

The FTRWA cited issues about website guests congestion and the ugly accumulation of garbage. pic.twitter.com/VMMmpBVqmT

— P C Mohan (@PCMohanMP) April 16, 2023

The native residents are reportedly fed up with website guests congestion and the pileup of garbage. In their letter to the BBMP, they educated, “The Ramzan Food Mela has no religious importance and none of the residents nor mosque authorities are in favor of such an event.”

“We don’t even take part in organising nor we take part in shopping. On the contrary, we, the residents, shop owners, people who pray during Ramzan, are greatly disturbed,” they extra added.

“The street shops have been opened by outsiders and the people who flock to eat here are also from outside. We have lost the serenity of our area and request your good selves to bring an immediate stop to such an event,” educated Frazer Town Residents’ Welfare Association.

While speaking to The Hindu, an space resident named Saud Dastagir acknowledged, “The event is too noisy, and the entire area is choked with traffic with irregular parking only adding to the list of woes. It stinks due to cooking on the streets and the smoke emitted from cooking has polluted the air.”