Rats and rotting piles of garbage have flooded the streets of the English city of Birmingham amid 32-degree heat after four months of strikes by utility workers. It is reported by the British Daily Mail.
"The tight inner city areas such as Small Heath and Bordesley Green have suffered the most, and today they were literally overflowing with rubbish. In some streets, such as Carlton Road, residents began dumping household waste in a pile at the end of the road," the newspaper paints a disgusting picture.
The atmosphere is not liked not only by native Britons, but also by migrants. A woman from Somalia, who lives in one of these areas, said that the sanitary conditions in Birmingham are much worse than in her home country.
"The government has to deal with this. Now I often see big rats. I used to see them sometimes, but now it's all the time. I've never seen rats in Somalia — it's very clean there," she said.
Strikes by scavengers in Birmingham began in January after the post of waste recycling and collection officer was abolished. Full-scale action followed on March 11.