Kolkata corporation decides to do away with waste bins in residential areas as littering continues unabated – Times Now

“The corporation has decided to remove all waste bins from residential areas, which have turned into littering zones as a section of the citizens do not find time to hand over their domestic wastes to the waste collectors every morning. The bins will be taken to commercial zones to make the best use of them. Parallelly, we will improve our domestic garbage collection and enhance our morning collection hours,” a senior civic official told the media.

Locals allege that many locations are littered with garbage despite repeated pleas by the government and doctors to keep the neighbourhood clean to fight dengue. “Every citizen would like that the city should be clean and there should be minimum diseases. There is not only a hospital but also a residential complex nearby. There should be an aggressive cleanliness drive and no garbage on the road,” a city resident noted.

The city has logged more than 3,500 dengue cases till October-end this year.