The joyful atmosphere at old Cuttack is ruined by trash and an unpleasant odour. Bali Yatra with a large crowd Piles of trash and an unpleasant atmosphere are overshadowing the grandeur of the traditional Bali Yatra in Cuttack, which is regarded as Asia's biggest outdoor trade show. This has angered both tourists and vendors.
Heaps of trash, crowded mobile restrooms, and inadequate cleanliness across the fairground have garnered harsh condemnation from the public at a time when the fair is nearing its peak and foot traffic is still increasing due to thriving trade.
Poor waste management is a complaint from traders and tourists.
According to sources, the fairground is an awful picture, with trash scattered across sidewalks and open spaces, from food stalls to public pathways.

Plastic bags, food scraps, and used cups are strewn about in a number of locations as sanitation staff sweep them into piles instead of taking them out. Visitors claim that it is hard to even stand in some areas due to the intolerable stink and buzzing flies.
It is intolerable to go through this section due to the stench of the heaped trash. Here, the CMC authorities aren't picking up trash. Visitors from outside the city are given a very negative impression, according to visitor Pramila Behera.
Vendors expressed their dissatisfaction as well, saying that business has suffered as a result of customers avoiding the impacted locations. "This issue has persisted for the last couple of days," they said.

They used to keep things tidy, but today the trash isn't being picked up. Santosh Sahu, a Dahibara vendor at the festival, remarked, "I am unable to get customers at my stall."
Key pavilions were hit by stench and overflowing restrooms.
Sections close to the Odia Language, Literature and Culture Department pavilion and the recently constructed Dahibara Haat have apparently become hotspots of neglect. Visitors lament that the mobile restrooms are still filthy, lack a consistent water supply or flushing, and disperse an intolerable stench across the nearby stalls. Because to the unsanitary conditions, some people won't even use the restrooms.
Pedestrians are forced to alter their routes due to the accumulation of plastic trash and solid debris at some access locations. Traders in the vicinity of these zones reported a significant decline in foot traffic, which led to a decline in sales.

CMC Commissioner Kirandeep Kaur Sahota responded to complaints by stating that three garbage-lifting vehicles and on-ground workers are used for daily operations.
"The issue is that stores once more dump trash on the internal roads when they open in the morning. Some people are not making good use of the restrooms. Sahota told OTV, "We have a lifting team set up, and they are actively clearing any garbage as and when we get information."
However, given the size of the audience and amount of rubbish, reports from the ground indicate that the cleaning drives are still insufficient. Vendors claim that the regularity of trash collection and restroom cleaning has not kept up with the size of the event, despite over a million people every day.