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Hanan Zaffar New Delhi | Danish Pandit New Delhi
May 23, 2022

Delhi, one of India's largest metropolitan areas, produces thousands of tons of solid trash daily. When those landfill sites burn, it aggravates the city's air pollution and negatively affects public health.

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