With fast foods becoming the fad among the younger generation, there is mushroom growth of such centres in every nook and cranny of the town.
The mushroom growth of nursing homes, most of them not even fulfilling the government-stipulated conditions, is not an assurance of a better healthcare system.
With unplanned urbanisation and mushroom growth of multi-storeyed apartments, inlets to many of the city's temple tanks became defunct and channels choked.