Sir, The areas in and around Vijayanagar Water Tank are in complete shambles. Roads are ripped off for more than a year now. The Park stretch between Vidyavardhaka Engineering College and temporary food street is in a neglected condition with overgrown shrubs and the place used as open urinals. By-lanes near the area are make-shift dining places (or drinking places) for the nearby bars. Footpaths have vanished. Haphazard parking has thrown public onto the roads. Commercial encroachments (so much so, a quick bite hotel is using ‘No-Parking’ board as a light pole!) have constricted pedestrian access. Only visible official activity is helmet checking by traffic cops near the abandoned bus stand.