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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.
Workers melt down and stir asphalt to be recycled, near the Dhapa landfill, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Hyacinth lines the banks of shallow lakes in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. In the distance is the planned satellite city of Salt Lake City.
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.
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 canal in the East Kolkata wetlands, Kolkata, India. In the distance is the planned satellite city of Salt Lake City.
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 stray dog stands on top of the Dhapa landfill, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the main landfill for Kolkata's 13 million people.
A rustic motorcycle cart carries vegetables for sale to small villages throughout the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
A rustic motorcycle cart carries vegetables for sale to small villages throughout the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
The planned satellite city of Salt Lake City, reflected in the waters of the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.