"It's a slow poisoning of people living here. The poison enters their bodies through the air weakening their immunity and medicines are not as effective as they should be," Dr Arshad Khan says.

Overlooking the city Delhi in India, the huge mound of waste known as the Ghazipur landfill is causing real harm to people ...

The Bhalswa waste mountain in the capital's northern outskirts has long been an eyesore and a public health hazard. Delhi's new government says it's confident it can clean it up.The newly formed ...

Garbage mountain of Delhi 'slowly poisoning' residents Successive governments have failed to deal with the growing problem of Delhi's "garbage mountain" and the health of local residents is ...

Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh ... According to the Minister, the height of the garbage mountain at Bhalswa has been reduced from 60 to 53 metres. “By December 2025, the landfill ...

This massive heap of waste, brought daily from across Delhi in hundreds of trucks ... the pileup is acknowledged today as the largest garbage mountain in India. This moment, apart from the ...

India's capital New Delhi has vowed to clear one of its largest trash piles by next year as part of a plan to eradicate unsightly landfills dotting the megacity's skyline. Around 32 million people ...

One of the largest landfills in the country, it is also called the "garbage mountain of Delhi". A monstrosity, an eyesore - but more than that a source of death, decay, disease and pollution for ...

"It's a slow poisoning of people living here. The poison enters their bodies through the air weakening their immunity and medicines are not as effective as they should be," Dr Arshad Khan says.