30 Years On, Delhi’s ‘Mount Everest’ Of Garbage Is Making Residents Sick With Toxicity

In 2017, a part of Ghazipur’s mountainous garbage dump collapsed because of heavy rain, killing two people. Nothing has changed this then.

A stray dog lies dead, its eyeballs popping out. Buzzing flies enter its open rib cage and vultures above a mountain of garbage fly away with bites of its rotten flesh. Welcome to an east Delhi neighbourhood where the perpetual acrid smell could make most visitors nauseous.

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Yet, this is normal for Ghazipur’s residents who have been breathing the toxic air from the 50 metre-plus heap of waste for almost 30 years.