The stinking heaps of Ghazipur landfill site

Around 1800 street dogs hang around the Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi. These have been captured from the streets in other parts of the city. HT Photo/Raj K Raj

Updated on: Apr 30, 2013 2:14 AM IST

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Around 1800 street dogs hang around the Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi. These have been captured from the streets in other parts of the city. HT Photo/Raj K Raj

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Garbage by the truckloads are deposited in the Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi. HT Photo/Raj K Raj

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Garbage by the truckloads are deposited in the Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi. HT Photo/Raj K Raj

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A rag picker rummages for recyclable rubbish along a crude path on the garbage heaps in the Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi. HT Photo/Raj K Raj

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A scavenging bird rummages for food through the garbage heaps in the Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi. HT Photo/Raj K Raj

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Flocks of scavenging birds fly aroung the garbage heaps in the Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi. HT Photo/Raj K Raj

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An MCD worker chases away ragpickers with a stick at the Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi. HT Photo/Raj K Raj

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Rag pickers sort through the garbage and pick out recyclable materials to sell from the 70 acre Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi. HT Photo/Raj K Raj

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Rag pickers sort through the garbage and pick out recyclable materials to sell from the 70 acre Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi. With the trifurcation of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the Ghazipur landfill project has been put on hold as the East Delhi Municipal Corporation doesn't have space to dump the processed waste. HT Photo/Raj K Raj