Accumulation of garbage along roadsides in residential areas and in market places after Ayudha Puja is a common sight in the city.
However, the piling of banana stems, mango leaves and other materials used for the pujas started to create stench on Thursday and is yet to be cleared.
Though about 350 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste is usually created everyday in all the 60 wards in the corporation areas, an excess 120 tonnes of garbage is generated after the festival.
While traders dump the unsold banana stems on roads, residents fill up the dumper bins with used banana stems.
Also, apart from dumping garbage in bins and outside the bins, many dump the waste at places convenient to them. This includes outside their premises, houses, at new spots on the road and at secluded areas in the city.
This delays the clearing process, said a conservancy worker.
But, inadequate manpower and machines to remove the piled-up garbage lead to more accumulation.
Also, health officials warn that garbage when drenched in rain leads to forming of toxic gases which in turn affects the health of the citizens.
They wanted the garbage to be removed at the earliest.
The non-payment of salary to conservancy workers, employed by a private firm, in 21 wards of the Corporation, lack of bins and vehicles to transport the collected garbage in all the wards is delaying the garbage clearing process.
Residents wanted round-the-clock clearing of garbage at least for two days to remove the piled up garbage in the city as the monsoon is to start in a few days.
Also, they wanted more bins to be placed in thickly populated areas where garbage dumping is on the rise.
