Why does garbage keep piling up on Delhi’s streets — again and again? What kind of example does the country’s capital set for the rest of the cities? In this ground report, Akshit Chawla investigates some of the city’s garbage hotspots. What he finds is a broken waste management system — one that’s struggling under the weight of poor coordination, neglected workers, and citizen apathy.
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