Frazer Town residents oppose unregulated Ramadan food mela

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The Frazer Town community has expressed their objection to the Ramadan food mela, which they allege has been causing immense public nuisance and inconvenience to the residents.

Despite being unrelated to the holy month of Ramadan, the operation of food stalls has been unregulated, resulting in various offences such as footpath and road encroachments, smoke and noise pollution, and electricity theft from street electric poles. The Frazer Town Resident's Welfare Association and the Hajee Sir Ismail Sait Mosque Committee have received several complaints from residents and Muslim associations, prompting them to write to the Bengaluru city corporation.

Action against offenders The Fraser Town Resident's Welfare Association and the Hajee Sir Ismail Sait Mosque Committee have urged the Bengaluru city corporation to take action against the food stall vendors for causing a public nuisance and breaking laws during Ramadan. They have requested that the food mela be conducted legally without causing inconvenience to the residents or stopped altogether.

In the light of the complaints and concer ns raised by residents and Muslim associations, the Fraser Town community has called for the legal and considerate conduct of the Ramadan food mela. They appeal to the food stall vendors to abide by the laws.