As he wound his way through the alleys that curve around the massive garbage dump, Rajesh Prajapati pointed out the ways in which countless waste pickers get through to the sprawling, imposing mountain on the edge of the slum that colours their entire way of life.
“It looks like a mountain,” the local doctor said. “But it’s not a proper mountain, it’s a waste mountain, which is made up of plastic bags and papers and lots of waste from all of Mumbai.”
The mountain is a source of misery for residents of the area because of the numerous health hazards associated with breathing in
