LUCKNOW, Oct. 23 -- Several parts of the state capital continue to be littered with piles of garbage and uncleaned streets, exposing the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC).

Mounds of garbage, unattended horticulture waste, and dust-laden roads continue to be a common sight, indicating that the instructions issued ahead of Diwali and Chhath Puja did not translate into ground action.

Municipal commissioner Gaurav Kumar on Thursday said that staff was scarce due to which the work was not done on time but now most of the staff has returned to work and the normal routine of road sweeping and waste collection will begin from Friday.

During an HT visit on Thursday (October 23), waste was found lying openly along the Vibhuti Khand stretch nea...