It’s a very messy affair outside Safdarjung hospital. Stinking lanes and driveways, along with garbage littered all over the place makes it very unhygienic for those having food or buying medicines for patients just outside the hospital.
Surprisingly, the authorities have also not bothered to take note and improve the situation. The local vendors claimed that the sanitation workers deployed in the area only come once a week. ‘Earlier, they used to come once in a month. Nobody is bothered to clean the place. To add to that each of us pay around Rs 400-500 to civic officers to keep our business going’, said an ice cream vendor in the area. Sometimes, it is even difficult to stand in the area, he added.