The Ghazipur trash heap, which stretches the equivalent of more than 40 soccer pitches, has already killed locals.
An Indian ragpicker collects recyclable materials as birds fly overhead at the Ghazipur landfill site in New Delhi on March 5, 2019.The supervisors of the dump told the newspaper the city, which has a population of over 21 million, also struggles with the effects of air pollution and dirty water.AFP/Getty Images/PRAKASH SINGH
Chitra Mukherjee, the head of the Chintan environment advocacy group, told the news agency:"It all needs to be stopped as the continuous dumping has severely polluted the air and groundwater."Al Jazeera:"Children fall sick very often here. We want to breathe freely but we can't. This mountain of trash has made our lives hell.
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