Not an uncommon sight..
May 7th, 2008
This photograph of cows on a heap of garbage was taken at a busy street in Old Delhi, in March 2008. A sight like this, not uncommon in any city in India, could act as a reminder that India needs to address its problem of waste urgently. It shows that organic and inorganic waste is not segregated in India, that waste often lies like this at dumps for days creating serious health risks for those living nearby and more importantly, that the problem of waste disposal in India is largely ignored. One can’t even begin to count the number of big and small polybags and pieces of plastic this heap would contain and how many of them the cows would ingest! One could go on and on about the ills of such a sight…
May 8th, 2008 at 12:10 am
Very true…I think very deeply about this problem. It directly affects me because there is a garbage dump right in front of my apartment complex! The latest idea is to write to the Ambanis…!
June 20th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
What you portrayed is exactly happening in each and every city, When I tried to understand the reason why such things happening…I feel we really lacks the CIVIC SENSE and the laziness of the authorities.
I believe each and every administration must be having concerned people to handle such issues but are they doing justice to their role..It is a big question to ask….
Wish our educational system should have some serious attention to this topic to atleast try and encourage our new generation to have a better civic sense.