Climate Change
Living in plastic hell
Indian town is completely swamped by a sea of garbage that gushes out of a drain into the shanty
These images of squalor show a sea of plastic spreading through the New Delhi slum of Taimur Nagar - a symbol of the grime and waste that makes the Indian capital one of the world's most polluted cities.
The plastic bottles, bags, food wrappers and other detritus have gushed out of a drain that ends in the shanty, leaving stinking sewer water clogging the roads.
Stray dogs, goats and cows munch the plastic waste as toddlers run around trying to retrieve footballs and water bottles.
India is to be the focus of World Environment Day today, but it is far from the minds of the long-suffering inhabitants of Taimur Nagar.
Tue 5 Jun 2018 at 08:52
