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Breathless in India, home to 9 of 10 most polluted cities in the world
People sifting through garbage for recyclable materials at a dump in Ajmer in Rajasthan. Fires caused by biogas from refuse in India’s giant dumps are practically inextinguishable and so common that often no one bothers trying to put them out. These smouldering dumps add to the already dire state of India’s air quality. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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Jul 17, 2018, 5:00 am SGT
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Nirmala Ganapathy India Bureau Chief In Kanpur
Ms Naseema - who goes by one name - drops wood into a chulha, or traditional wood-fired stove, and fans the flames.
She is cooking lunch - dal (lentils) and roti - as smoke fills her 150 sq ft brick hut on a day with temperatures soaring above 40 deg C. It takes at least two hours and two kilos of wood to cook one meal.
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Breathless in India, home to 9 of 10 most polluted cities in the world
People sifting through garbage for recyclable materials at a dump in Ajmer in Rajasthan. Fires caused by biogas from refuse in India’s giant dumps are practically inextinguishable and so common that often no one bothers trying to put them out. These smouldering dumps add to the already dire state of India’s air quality. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Published:
Jul 17, 2018, 5:00 am SGT
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Nirmala Ganapathy India Bureau Chief In Kanpur
Ms Naseema - who goes by one name - drops wood into a chulha, or traditional wood-fired stove, and fans the flames.
She is cooking lunch - dal (lentils) and roti - as smoke fills her 150 sq ft brick hut on a day with temperatures soaring above 40 deg C. It takes at least two hours and two kilos of wood to cook one meal.
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