Tag: waste management
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Anthropogenic Methane Hotspots in India
The above map has been prepared using data from an article in the Times of India highlighting a significant share of methane in greenhouse gas emissions in India. Methane constitutes about 14% of India’s greenhouse gas emissions. A significant amount of these emissions can be traced to point sources – related to activities like sewage…
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Abode of Scavengers
Bhanpur Landfill Site Bhopal Black and white constructs plethora of metaphors in mind. ‘Landfill gulls’, hawks and stench, mark their territory over the skies of Bhanpur Landfill. This area signifies and marks the decaying rotten side of the city. An unplanned unscientific dumping of waste spread across 57.80 acres, has been continuously exploited for more than…