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Ghazipur landfill collapse: A month on, pile of garbage strewn across road unnerves residents
Source: Indian Express, New Delhi, Date: , 2017
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Indian Express, New Delhi, Oct 24, 2017:- Every time 50-year-old Mahipal Singh crosses the pile of
garbage on the pucca road near the canal in Ghazipur, it’s a grim reminder of
the son he lost on September 1. Abhishek, 20, was on his way home to Rajbir
Colony, when a portion of the landfill fell into the canal, and the rising
water washed up those on the road. Abhishek was one of the two who died. Almost
two months after the incident, a heap of garbage from that day still remains on
the road. “I have to take that road every day, it scares me, hurts me… the
authorities have not even bothered to clear the dump,” said Singh.
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