Besides, overflowing dustbins are a common sight in the port city.

Pedestrians, mainly the office goers, garment workers, school and college students, suffer much as the dustbins in most of the city streets overflow with garbage for days. The garbage littering on the roads stinks bad smell all the time, causing serious health hazards to the pedestrians.

The city dwellers said the heaps of garbage did not develop overnight. They said the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) is not cleaning the dustbins for many days as well as a section of residents hardly use the dustbins and throw wastage on roads or footpaths.

The nasty scenario is a common sight in the areas like Bakalia, Chandanpura, Dewan Bazar, Ghat Farhadbeg, Bagmoniram, Nawab Sirajuddowla Road, Mehedibagh, Patharghata, Alkaran, Firingibazar, Madarbari, Pathantuli, Saraipara, North Agrabad, Halishahar, Chawk Bazar, Kapasgola, Katalganj, Shulak Bohar, Bohaddarhat, Nasirabad Residential Area, Sugandha Residential Area, GEC Intersection on CDA Avenue, Rail Station Road, Nalapara, Strand Road, Kattali, Pahartali, Panchlaish and Muradpur, thanks to shortage of dustbins and irresponsible dumping of wastes by the residents.

Beside, CCC conservancy department is indifferent to the problem.

Two large dustbins on the way to St. Scholastica's Girls' High School and St. Placid's Boys High School at Iqbal Road at Patharghata push the students, teachers and guardians to untold sufferings while they cross the narrow road as the dustbins always overflow with filthy substances.

Abu Taleb, a resident of the area, said the students and the guardians are to smell the vomiting odour regularly.

Jalal Uddin Iqbal, ward commissioner of Patharghata, said there is a shortage of dustbins and assured of taking immediate steps in this regard.

The same problem prevails at OR Nizam Road, Lalkhan Bazar, Kadamtali intersection to Rail Crossing, Pathantuli Road, Choumuhani, Hazipara and Momin Road areas, and in front of Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

A large dustbin in front of Star City Lab at OR Nizam Road near GEC Intersection creates serious air pollution and sufferings to the pedestrians and patients of some five clinics and diagnostic centres there. The dustbin is just beside the Central Plaza, a posh market, and Well Food, a superstore.

"A heap of scattered garbage on the footpaths in the posh area amazes and gives me an impression of what the CCC is actually doing here or other places," said businessman Imam Ali Liton, also a resident of Nasirabad area.

"We cannot use the footpath and half of the road remains filled up with the garbage, said Ferdaous Ara, a shopper of Central Plaza.

Tusher, a cleaner, said they remove wastes from dustbins twice a day. He said a section of city dwellers throw their household wastes on the road or footpath instead of using the dustbin.

Javed Nazrul islam, ward commissioner of North Agrabad, said the problem of waste disposal has increased as city is experiencing a huge rise of multi-storey buildings, shops and other establishments.

"Garbage is also being generated in line with the rise of population," he said.

Most of the entrances of the city markets, including Karnaphuli Market, Reaz Uddin Bazar, Baksirhat and Terri Bazar, remain full of garbage.

Saifuddin Mahmud Kateby, CCC chief conservator, refused to comment on the issue, saying he would be busy for three more days for the scheduled visit of the prime minister in Chittagong.

Other officials said they can't give any information in this regard without prior permission of the mayor.