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 OF DELHI'S TRASH. THAT IS 8 MILLION TONNES OF GARBAGE.
NOW, BHALSWA MIGHT BE KNOWN FOR ITS TRASH, BUT IT ISN'T DEVOID OF LIFE, OF PEOPLE. IN FACT, ITS LARGE, IF UNSEEN, POPULATION IS PIVOTAL TO DELHI'S WASTE MANAGEMENT.
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.
HOME LOOKS INTO THE LIVES OF SOME PEOPLE AT BHALSWA, HIGHLIGHTING THEIR UNHEARD VOICES.
WELCOME TO BHALSWA,
WELCOME TO THEIR HOMES. CLICK ON THE PEOPLE TO READ THEIR STORIES
STORAGE SHACKS
BHALSWA KHATTA
COWSHED
COWDUNG
WATER RUNOFF FROM DUMP
WASTELAND
KUCHHA HOUSES
WATER DRUMS
COMMUNITY MASJID
SEGREGATING WASTE
CLEANING PLASTIC
CONSTRUCTION SCRAP
PUKKA HOUSES
PUKKA ROAD