A fire broke out a Delhi's main landfill at Ghazipur late afternoon on April 20, 2022. This is the second time the garbage dump caught fire in less than a month.
A fire broke out a Delhi's main landfill at Ghazipur late afternoon on April 20, 2022. This is the second time the garbage dump caught fire in less than a month.
A fire broke out a Delhi's main landfill at Ghazipur late afternoon on April 20, 2022. This is the second time the garbage dump caught fire in less than a month.
A fire broke out a Delhi's main landfill at Ghazipur late afternoon on April 20, 2022. This is the second time the garbage dump caught fire in less than a month.
A fire broke out a Delhi's main landfill at Ghazipur late afternoon on April 20, 2022. This is the second time the garbage dump caught fire in less than a month.
A fire broke out a Delhi's main landfill at Ghazipur late afternoon on April 20, 2022. This is the second time the garbage dump caught fire in less than a month.
A fire broke out a Delhi's main landfill at Ghazipur late afternoon on April 20, 2022. This is the second time the garbage dump caught fire in less than a month.
The last blaze on March 28, 2022 took over two days to be doused. It caused the air quality of the capital to deteriorate just as it was recovering from an extremely polluted winter. The noxious gases have a devastating impact on the people and wildlife in the surrounding areas.
The last blaze on March 28, 2022 took over two days to be doused. It caused the air quality of the capital to deteriorate just as it was recovering from an extremely polluted winter. The noxious gases have a devastating impact on the people and wildlife in the surrounding areas.
The last blaze on March 28, 2022 took over two days to be doused. It caused the air quality of the capital to deteriorate just as it was recovering from an extremely polluted winter. The noxious gases have a devastating impact on the people and wildlife in the surrounding areas.
Ghazipur landfill has an immense burden of legacy waste that has turned it into a 65-metre high hill of garbage. Despite waste processing regulations, a significant share of the municipal solid waste that is dumped in this landfill is unsegregated.
The fire started on the side of the landfill facing Rajbir Colony, exposing many residents of this east Delhi neighbourhood to toxic fumes. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot a little after 4pm, when the Delhi Fire Service was informed.
The fire started on the side of the landfill facing Rajbir Colony, exposing many residents of this east Delhi neighbourhood to toxic fumes. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot a little after 4pm, when the Delhi Fire Service was informed.
The fire started on the side of the landfill facing Rajbir Colony, exposing many residents of this east Delhi neighbourhood to toxic fumes. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot a little after 4pm, when the Delhi Fire Service was informed.
The uncontrollable mass of waste produces methane gas that can self-ignite at 50-60 degrees Celsius. The temperatures are easily reached at the landfill in summer, turning it into a tinderbox.
The uncontrollable mass of waste produces methane gas that can self-ignite at 50-60 degrees Celsius. The temperatures are easily reached at the landfill in summer, turning it into a tinderbox.
The uncontrollable mass of waste produces methane gas that can self-ignite at 50-60 degrees Celsius. The temperatures are easily reached at the landfill in summer, turning it into a tinderbox.
The uncontrollable mass of waste produces methane gas that can self-ignite at 50-60 degrees Celsius. The temperatures are easily reached at the landfill in summer, turning it into a tinderbox.
Leaders of the SKM declared the Bharat bandh a success and as having nailed the “lie of the government’s propaganda”. Here, a journalist gives a piece to camera from atop a tractor at Ghazipur.
Farmers from Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), the joint front of farmer unions as well as trade unions, organisations of youth and students and political parties, held joint protests. Here, members of SKM sit in protest at Ghazipur, which is on the National Highway 24.
There were reports from both, Punjab and Haryana, of national highways, state highways, link roads and railway tracks being completely blocked, bringing road and rail traffic to a halt. In other states like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, the shutdown evoked a mixed response. Here, two protestors sit near barricades put up by the administration at Ghazipur.