Overgrown bushes and weeds in a vacant site on Uttaradi Mutt East 2nd Cross is attracting rodents, insects and reptiles and has become a place for mosquitoes to breed. Residents say that their pleas to clean the site went in vain besides stating that in recent days, the vacant site has become a hideout for criminals and also a place for the public to answer nature’s call. Residents have urged the authority concerned to get the site cleaned at the earliest and prevent illegal activities from taking place at the weed-filled site.