In this blog we put together a picture of the harsh environment endured by communities living in the shadow of garbage mountains in six metropolitan cities in India. The budget encourages garbage free cities but makes no specific provision to improve conditions for disadvantaged communities near landfills. Swacch Bharat Mission-Urban’s 2021-22 budget of INR 1,41,678 crore indicates India’s desire for cleaner cities. Called dump yards, landfills or garbage mountains, these toxic sites are the dark underbelly of India’s bustling, glittering cities and are home and workplace for tens of thousands of people. About 90% of the staggering 150,000 metric ton of urban solid wastes generated everyday make their way to such locations. Every Indian city has at least one man-made mountain where ‘waste’ generated in our homes and businesses end up.
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