A mountain of garbage, now 65 metres high and roughly as tall as the Qutub Minar, looms as a major civic embarrassment over Delhi.
Located at the Ghazipur landfill in the frayed eastern fringes of the capital, the garbage mountain has been in the making over the past three decades.
Getting rid of this fetid legacy now could take as long as 10 years — and that, too, if there is an innovative and well-managed effort led by the state government and municipal authorities.
Some efforts are underway, but in the meantime new waste is also being dumped around. . .