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 Nagpur ragpickers out, machines in [1]

TWO months ago, a fleet of hydraulic trucks of a private company started collecting garbage from homes in many areas of Nagpur. The trucks transport the garbage directly to the landfill site managed by another private company. This privatization of garbage collection has alarmed some 5,000 ragpickers who earn their living by rummaging through the city

Publication Date: 
29/09/2009
Aparna Pallavi [2]
Down to Earth [3]
Tags:
Nagarpalikas [4], Sanitation [5], Urban Sanitation [6], Garbage [7], Rag Pickers [8], Waste Management [9], Nagpur (T) [10]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nagarpalikas
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanitation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-sanitation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/garbage
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rag-pickers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-management
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nagpur-t