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The national capital has witnessed intermittent heavy rainfall over the past two days. As many across the city relish the rains, the houses of hundreds of people, located near the 40 m tall mountain of garbage in North West Delhi?s Bhalswa, are under threat.

Yesterday (August 13), a major chunk of the garbage dump, the peak of which is more than half the size of the Qutub Minar, came down heavily leading to the collapse of over 15 houses and gravely injuring one person and trapping a child who was later rescued from the garbage. The injured person has reportedly died. 

Speaking to NewsClick, Akbar, a resident of the area who was present there, said, ?At 8:30 in the morning a small pile of garbage broke down from the tall mountain of garbage. On hearing this, the panicked residents vacated their houses, they barely had five minutes to do this as minutes later a bigger chunk of garbage fell right through leading to enormous damage.?

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