Some parts in Sylhet city are littered with household wastes due to lack of dustbins, posing a threat to public health and causing nuisance to local people. Residents of Dakkhin Kajal Shah, Bhatalia, Madhu Shaheed, Bilpar and Lala Dighirpar areas in the city are facing problems as there is no dustbin for a long time. As a result, inhabitants of these areas have to scatter their household wastes on the roadsides because there is not a single dustbin to dump the wastes, local people said. Household wastes, piled up on the lanes and by-lanes in these areas adjacent to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital, are also posing a threat to public health, they added. Apart from the residents of the areas, bad smell that comes out of the piled up wastes is causing nuisance to the pedestrians, said Ashraf, a resident of Bhatalia area.