DELHI,
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHERE ALL YOUR WASTE GOES?
TO THE NORTH OF THE CITY, AT BHALSWA, LIES A MAMMOTH DUMPSITE.
LOCALLY CALLED THE KHATTA,IT IS A WASTE SINK FOR OVER
50 PERCENT OR 8 MILLION TONNES OF DELHI'S TRASH.
BHALSWA MIGHT BE KNOWN FOR ITS TRASH, BUT IT ISN'T DEVOID OF LIFE.
AN UNSEEN POPULATION AT BHALSWA IS PIVOTAL TO DELHI'S WASTE MANAGEMENT.
HAVING MIGRATED FROM BENGAL OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES, THESE WOMEN AND MEN HAVE STRUGGLED TO FIND THEIR PLACE IN THE CITY.
FROM LANGUAGE TO JOBS, THEY HAVE
HAD TO ADAPT TO A NEW LIFE, LEAVING THEIR HOMES AND PEOPLE BEHIND.
THIS PROJECT LOOKS INTO THE LIVES OF WASTE PICKERS AT BHALSWA,
HIGHLIGHTING STORIES FROM UNHEARD VOICES.
WELCOME TO BHALSWA,
WELCOME TO THEIR HOMES. CLICK ON THE PEOPLE TO HEAR THEIR STORIES
BHALSWA KHATTA
COWSHED
COWDUNG
WATER RUNOFF FROM DUMP
STORAGE SHACKS
WATER DRUMS
WASTELAND
KUCHHA HOUSES
COMMUNITY MASJID
SEGREGATING WASTE
CLEANING PLASTIC
CONSTRUCTION SCRAP
PUKKA HOUSES
PUKKA ROAD