The technology savvy city has highest repute of education environs to its credit, but, ironically, the majority areas here are turning into garbage bin, apparently due to apathy of the civic authorities. The lack of concern towards solving the problem the garbage menace has resulted into the biggest civic problem in Roorkee. The streets are littered with garbage that spills out of dustbins giving an open invitation to health hazard. Sources say inadequate sweeping staff in the health section of the Roorkee Municipal Council is the primary cause of this problem. There has been no increase in the sweeping staff of municipal council for nearly over last 20 years, the sources say. The MC at present has staff of 178 for sweeping work that is far from sufficient to cater the need of increased population of city. Residents rue that mismanagement and unconcern of the Roorkee Municipal Council has compelled them to live in most unhygienic conditions. "The garbage remains littered for several days in the same place and there's no one to clean the rubbish in the peripheral areas. It's only the posh colonies like civil lines and adjacent vicinities that are served well with cleanness,' says Pramod, a student. The dustbins are positioned at inconvenient places and that too are few in number, as a result, filth just piles up following which stray dogs and cattle scatter the garbage on the streets.