A rag picker works at a landfill amid dense fog on a cold morning, in Jammu.
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Smoke billows from the Gazipur landfill site after a fire, in New Delhi.
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Fire fighters try to douse a fire that broke out at Ghazipur landfill site, in New Delhi.
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Smoke billows from the Gazipur landfill site after a fire, in New Delhi.
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Smoke billows from the Gazipur landfill site after a fire, in New Delhi.
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Smoke billows from the Gazipur landfill site after a fire, in New Delhi.
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People look on as smoke billows from the Gazipur landfill site after a fire, in New Delhi.
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Firefighters attempt to douse a blaze at the Gazipur landfill site, in New Delhi.
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Fire fighters try to douse a fire that broke out at Ghazipur landfill site, in New Delhi.
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Fire fighters try to douse a fire that broke out at Ghazipur landfill site, in New Delhi.
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Fire tenders arrive at Ghazipur landfill site after a fire broke out, in New Delhi.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses a gathering after inaugurating a waste-to-power plant, at the Ghazipur fish and poultry market in New Delhi.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurates a waste-to-power plant, at the Ghazipur fish and poultry market in New Delhi. Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodoa is also seen.
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Smoke billows after a fire at a garbage mountain in a dumping yard, at Daddu Majra in Chandigarh.
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Smoke from a fire in Asuncion's main landfill covers the poor neighborhood Bañado Sur, in Paraguay. The fire began Saturday night and it has been burning ever since without firefi...
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A trommel machine during its inauguration by BJP MP Gautam Gambhir to speed up removal of solid waste at the Ghazipur landfill site, in New Delhi.
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A view of Ghazipur landfill at Ghazipur, in New Delhi.
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A view of Ghazipur landfill at Ghazipur, in New Delhi.
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East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir during inauguration of a trommel machines to speed up removal of solid waste at the Ghazipur landfill site, in New Delhi.
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East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir during inauguration of a trommel machines to speed up removal of solid waste at the Ghazipur landfill site, in New Delhi.
‘I would like to tell the residents of East Delhi that this is just the beginning and we will not give up till we completely do away with this gigantic dump,’ Gautam Gambhir asserted.
There are time-bombs ticking in the capital—after all, there’s only so much garbage landfills can take. Swachh Bharat slogans won’t stop the volcanoes from exploding, as remedies and alternatives languish for lack of vision and funds.
Magsaysay award winner Bezwada Wilson, in the wake of Ghazipur landfill tragedy, talks about the civic scenario and why, as a nation, have failed to deal with sanitation in a scientific manner...