India, Nov. 28 -- London's Brent Council has revealed that it spends more than £30,000 every year cleaning shops, pavements and buildings stained by paan, a dark red chewing mixture widely used within parts of the South East Asian community.

The figures were shared on the official Brent Council website and highlight the scale of the problem, described as both costly and damaging to the appearance of public spaces.

A video posted on the Brent Council Instagram page shows workers cleaning paan stains across multiple locations. A voice over in the clip states: "We have had enough of people staining our streets with paan. There are more enforcement officers on Brent streets to catch those responsible, as well as a massive clean-up oper...