At dusk, MW Desai Garden in Malad transforms into an open air liquor den and a haven for drug addicts, making it one of the most dreaded spots in the neighbourhood where residents never dare to venture out.

SUNDAY MiD DAY discovered that apart from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) obvious neglect of the unkempt civic garden, which the corporation also owns and manages, there were scores of empty liquor bottles and telltale marks of drug abuse, which justify the concerns of the locals.