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Children ride in a pedal boat on a small lake near the town of Chingrihata, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Three-wheeled motorcycle carts transport vegetables from farms on rural roads around Dhapa, in the East Kolkata Wetlands, India.
Piles of asphalt waiting to be melted down and recycled at a small facility near the Dhapa landfill, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Palm trees and electrical towers mix near the town of Bantala, in the East Kolkata wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Girl at a recycling operation near Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of the main landfill for Kolkata.
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.
Sunset over the town of Chingrihata and the EM Bypass, from a remote footpath in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Fishermen ply the waters of the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India, with the backdrop of Salt Lake City reflecting in the silvery waters.
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.
Teenagers from the town of Chingrihata smoke in a fishing hut in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. Small hand-rolled cigarettes are very cheap and widely available in Kolkata.
A man stirs a leather incinerator against a backdrop of electrical towers and the setting sun, near the town of Bantala, in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
A stray dog eats a live fish given to it by nearby fishermen who are hauling in a net. The dog two whole fish. East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Fishermen unload the morning's catch at a small dock in the town of Chingrihata, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
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