Hyderabad, Sept. 24 -- Unhygienic conditions galore near the Mesomorph Gym in Hyderabad's Aghapura region, as an open plot is reduced into a garbage dumping ground by the local people.

On a visit to the place, heaps of garbage are scattered around and cattle feast on the leftovers. "In the night, bandicoots and big rats move around. Packs of dogs loiter around the dump at night, creating a scare among the local population," complained Dilshad Begum, a local resident.

An unbearable stench emanates mostly during the rains. "We don't open the windows of our flats for weeks at a stretch during the rainy season due to the foul smell and house flies," said Mustaq Ahmed, a local resident.

The local people alleged that the GHMC workers frequen...