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In a gorgeous and totally candid scene, a woman and her two daughters pick flowers on a farm in Dhapa, directly opposite the main landfill for Kolkata, India.
A woman walks down a footpath on a foggy winter morning in the East Kolkata Wetlands near Chingrihata, Kolkata, India.
Farmers transporting cauliflower on old three-wheel motorcycles pass in front of the Dhapa Dumping Grounds, the primary landfill for Kolkata, India.
Workers melt down and stir asphalt to be recycled, near the Dhapa landfill, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
An idyllic, pastoral scene with a large tree, fishing hut, and boat on a foggy morning, East Kolkata wetlands near Chingrihata, Kolkata, India.
Primitive furnaces in the East Kolkata Wetlands near Bantala burn scrap leather from handbag factories, Kolkata, India. The furnaces belch out thick smoke day in and day out, contributing to Kolkata's poor air quality.
Workers build a brick path through crop fields near the town of Bantala, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Primitive furnaces in the East Kolkata Wetlands near Bantala burn scrap leather from handbag factories, Kolkata, India. The furnaces belch out thick smoke day in and day out, contributing to Kolkata's poor air quality.
Workers carry baskets of leather scraps to be incinerated near the town of Bantala, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. There are more than a dozen furnaces putting out large volumes of toxic smoke all day, and workers wear no protection.
Plastic burns in a fire at the Dhapa landfill, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the main landfill for Kolkata's 13 million people.
Children walk atop a fence at a lake locally referred to as Kalighatpur, near Science City in Kolkata, India. A shantytown lines the banks of the lake.
A worker disassembles plastic toys to reclaim the plastic for recycling, at a small recycling operation in the East Kolkata Wetlands near the Town of Bantala, Kolkata, India.
A family picks flowers in Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Behind them is the Dhapa Dumping Ground, the primary landfill for Kolkata's 13 million people.