India, Jan. 3 -- Overflowing garbage bins, unsegregated waste and foul-smelling dumping spots continue to define several neighbourhoods of the city, leading to citizen groups flagging solid waste management and hygiene as critical civic failures which need to be addressed as it impacts health. Residents point to irregular garbage collection, lack of accountability and poor enforcement of rules that have led to dumping becoming an accepted occurrence across wards. Citizen charters have called for systemic fixes rather than cosmetic clean-up drives. In its charter, the CCWA has demanded that the civic body "ensure 100% segregation of wet and dry waste at source and hold both residents and contractors accountable for non-compliance," while also insisting on regular door-to-door collection without overflow or spillage. Residents have also highlighted poor maintenance of public toilets, irregular cleaning of drains and garbage accumulation near water bodies....