A show-cause notice will soon be served on the agency looking after cleanliness work of the Gandhi Maidan, Patna divisional commissioner Anand Kishor on Sunday, days after The Telegraph highlighted how the iconic green stretch is filled with litter even a week after the Dussehra event.

'We are not at all satisfied with the work of the agency,' Kishor said when asked whether any action would be initiated against the agency as the ground continued to be littered with filth even on Sunday. 'We have time and again warned it but have not seen any positive result. Show-cause notice will be served to it soon,' he added.

The Telegraph has been highlighting how the historic Maidan conitnues to wallow in neglect even as it is adding new 'attractions' to turn it into a city square on the lines of cities in western countries.

Visitors at Gandhi Maidan on Sunday also complained about the filth.

'The state government claims to spend lakhs on the beautification work of Maidan. I want to know where is that all money going? The district magistrate's residence is quite close to this place. Even then, this is the condition of the ground,' said Janardan Prasad, deputy director of Vidya Niketan Girls' High School at Ramchak Bairaiya. Janardan, who lives in Jakkanpur locality of Patna, had come at Maidan to spend some time along with his wife, daughter, and pet dog.

Janardan's daughter, Sunaina, pointed out how the ground lacked garbage bins. 'I found many visitors littering the ground but they alone cannot be blamed. You can find very few dustbins and even the few that are there are placed very far apart. I don't think garbage is going to be removed from this ground. It will stay as it is,' said Sunaina.

The Telegraph did find a few labourers taking away bamboo poles from ground but no one was clean up the trash. Visitors were littering the Maidan and there was no one to stop them.

Bhola Gupta (18), an MBBS aspirant, expressed displeasure over the visitor's attitude. 'The sanitation workers might have a fixed schedule of work over here. They must be coming in some fixed time in the morning and evening. How can this ground remain neat and clean if the visitors keep littering it in the absence of sanitation staff?' Bhola asked.