Mumbai waste-d
Much has been said and a lot more written about the problem of waste management especially in Mumbai. But alas, little is done and whatever little is being done not all of it make it in the long run. As a part of my thesis on waste management I had collected a lot of information and statistics etc. related to the issue. But everything was put into perspective once I visited the Deonar garbage dump. We took a BEST bus that took us right to the garbage dump. As the bus made its way thro the narrow lanes of Shivaji Nagar we contemplated on how the site will be like. And suddenly the bus took a turn; and to our left was this massive huge humongous ridiculously high pile of garbage. A hillock..Yes…around 10-15 storey tall…full of garbage-made of garbage! All those number finally made sense...110 hectares,31m high mounds of waste. Seeing is believing! We walked along the road to the longest side of the dump from Nirankari Bhavan till the B.M.C. office and what we experienced enroute is unf...