Creating a Clean Capital - New Delhi

The Solid Waste Management (SWM) procedure of India's capital city New Delhi The following images relate to the daily procedure of removing New Delhi's solid waste from its streets, homes, and commercial premises to landfill sites and Waste to Energy Plant carried out by the Municipal Corporations – Municipal Corporation Delhi (MCD) and New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).
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Step 1 - 1 New Day - Reportage, India _DSC5483
Step 1 - 2 Hard to Change - Reportage, India _DSC5498
Step 1 - 3 Daily Routine - Reportage, India _DSC5334
Step 1 - 4 Labour Intensive - Reportage, India _DSC5486
Step 1 - 5 All Weathers - Reportage, India _DSC5500
Step 1 - 6 Early Morning - Reportage, India _DSC5978
Step 1 - 7 NDMC Sweepers Uniform - Reportage, India DSC00123
Step 1 - 8 MCD Sweepers Uniform - Reportage, India 6_DSC0056
Step 1 - 9 NDMC Sign to Educate - Reportage, India _DSC5381
Step 1 - 10 New Delhi - The Centre - Reportage, India _DSC5639 copy
Step 2 - 1 Put to Good Use - Reportage, India _DSC5503
Step 2 - 2 Waiting to be Moved - Reportage, India _DSC5509
Step 2 - 3 Neatly Piled - Reportage, India _DSC5910
Step 2 - 4 Street Dogs Forage - Reportage, India _DSC5912
Step 2 - 5 Not Always Next to Cleanliness - Reportage, India _DSC0004
Step 3 - 1 Piled High - Reportage, India _DSC5314
Step 3 - 2 Ladies Rickshaw - Reportage, India _DSC5315
Step 3 - 3 Disposal Point - Reportage, India _DSC5565
Step 3 - 4 Hard Labour - Reportage, India _DSC5933
Step 3 - 5 Pickup - Reportage, India _DSC5959
Step 3 - 6 Organised Collection - Reportage, India _DSC5961
Step 4 - 1 Ever Hopeful - Reportage, India _DSC5307
Step 4 - 3 Waste Collection - Reportage, India _DSC5383
Step 4 - 4 Family Unit - Reportage, India _DSC5440
Step 4 - 5 Household Collection - Reportage, India _DSC5450
Step 4 - 6 Segregation - Reportage, India _DSC5453
Step 4 - 7 Segregated - Reportage, India _DSC5455 copy
Step 4 - 8 Home Collection - Reportage, India _DSC5470
Step 4 - 9 Seeking - Reportage, India _DSC5490
Step 4 - 10 Recycle - Reportage, India _DSC5506
Step 4 - 11 For Recycling - Reportage, India _DSC5458
Step 4 - 13 Hotel Segregation - Reportage, India _DSC5521
Step 4 - 15 Bin Men - Reportage, India _DSC5594
Step 4 - 19 Magnetic - Reportage, India _DSC5949
Step 4 - 21 Rubbish Disposal Point - Reportage, India DSC00087
Step 4 - 22 Selective - Reportage, India _ Box 3 File1 m4 5
Step 4 - 23 Keeping Warm - Reportage, India _DSC5350
Step 4 - 24 Industrial - Reportage, India _DSC5357
Step 4 - 25 Animal Feed - Reportage, India _DSC5987
Step 5 - 1 Arrival - Reportage, India _DSC5329
Step 5 - 2 Ready and Waiting - Reportage, India _DSC5333
Step 5 - 3 Carting Off - Reportage, India _DSC5524
Step 5 - 4 On Doorstep - Reportage, India _DSC5534
Step 5 - 5 Storage and Segregation - Reportage, India _DSC0004
Step 5 - 6 Much to Do - Reportage, India _DSC0005
Step 5 - 7 Rickshaws Arrive - Reportage, India _DSC0002
Step 5 - 8 Picking the Materials - Reportage, India _DSC0012
Step 5 - 9 Off Loading Handcart - Reportage, India _DSC0009
Step 5 - 10 Transporting Away - Reportage, India _DSC0072
Step 6 - 1 Ever Growing - Reportage, India _DSC5655
Step 6 - 2 Death and Decay - Reportage, India _DSC5666
Step 6 - 3 Burning - Reportage, India _DSC5667
Step 6 - 4 The Future - Reportage, India _DSC5668
Step 6 - 5 Never Wasteful - Reportage, India _DSC5680
Step 6 - 6 Environmental Impact - Reportage, India _DSC5684
Step 6 - 7 Another Truck Load - Reportage, India _DSC5688
Step 6 - 9 The Sky Is The Limit - Reportage, India _DSC5708_edited-1
Step 6 - 10 Heading for Yamuna - Reportage, India _DSC5717
Step 6 - 11 Sky Full - Reportage, India _DSC5722 -
Step 7 - 1 Emissions - Reportage, India _DSC5845
Step 7 - 2 Reducing Landfill - Reportage, India _DSC5852
Step 7 - 3 Impact - Reportage, India _DSC5853
Step 7 - 4 Waste to Energy - Reportage, India _DSC5861
Step 8 - 1 Home - Reportage, India _DSC5750
Step 8 - 2 Young Waste Picker - Reportage, India _DSC5753
Step 8 - 3 Another Lifestyle - Reportage, India _DSC5755
Step 8 - 4 Never Ending - Reportage, India _DSC5758
Step 8 - 5 Plastic Dominates - Reportage, India _DSC5761
Step 8 - 6 Home Comforts - Reportage, India _DSC5771
Step 8 - 7 Home Cooking - Reportage, India _DSC5791
Step 8 - 8 All in a Days Work - Reportage, India _DSC5785
Step 8 - 9 Family Laundry - Reportage, India _DSC5786
Step 8 - 10 Backyard - Reportage, India _DSC5798
Step 8 - 11 Bringing It Home - Reportage, India _DSC5807
Step 8 - 12 First Choice- Reportage, India _DSC5809
Step 8 - 13 Car Parts - Reportage, India _DSC5888
Step 8 - 14 The Next Generation - Reportage, India _DSC5840
Step 8 - 15 Short Life Expectancy - Reportage, India _DSC5767
Step 8 - 16 Hard Life - Reportage, India _DSC5775
Step 8 - 17 Health and Well-Being - Reportage, India _DSC5769
Step 8 - 18 Learning Waste Pickers Trade - Reportage, India _DSC5822
Step 8 - 19 Waste Pickers Back Home - Reportage, India _DSC5810
Step 9 - 1 On The Street - Reportage, India _DSC5888
Step 9 - 2 Breakfast -Reportage, India _DSC5917
Step 9 - 3 Street Family -Home and Living Lifestyle Reportage, India _ Box 3 file 6 m3 17
Step 10 - 1 Over Spill - Reportage, India _DSC5386
Step 10 - 2 In the Park - Reportage, India _DSC5576
Step 10 - 3 On the Streets - Reportage, India _DSC5623
Step 10 - 4 Keeping Clean - Reportage, India _DSC5627
Step 10 - 5 Use Me - Reportage, India _DSC5630
Step 10 - 6 Hope for Future - Reportage, India _DSC5631
Step 10 - 7 In Central Park - Reportage, India _DSC5642
Step 10 - 8 From NDMC to MCD - Reportage, India DSC00085
Step 10 - 9 All in the Sign - Reportage, India DSC00115
Step 10 - 10 Beyond the Bins - Reportage, India _DSC5625
Step 11 - 1 Recycle Collection Point - Reportage, India _DSC5475
Step 11 - 3 Cartons - Reportage, India _DSC5479
Step 11 - 4 Cardboard - Reportage, India _DSC5409
Step 11 - 5 Weighing the Parts - Reportage, India _DSC5927
Step 11 - 6 Glass Bottles - Reportage, India _DSC0002
Step 11 - 7 Paper to Recycle - Reportage, India _DSC0005
Step 11 - 8 Rags to Recycle - Reportage, India _DSC0009
Step 11 - 9 Recyclers - Reportage, India_DSC0011
Step 12 - 1 Up Down - Reportage, India _DSC6013
Step 12 - 2 So Much To Reflect On - Reportage, India _DSC6024
Step 12 - 3 Waste Pickers Lifestyle - Reportage, India DSC6025
Step 12 - 4 Ever Growing - Reportage, India _DSC6028
Step 12 - 5 Removed from the Environment - Reportage, India _DSC6031
Step 12 - 6 Another Use - Reportage, India _DSC6033
Step 12 - 7 Lessening Impact on Environment - Reportage, India _DSC6034
Step 12 - 8 Tea Break - Reportage, India _DSC6037
Step 12 - 9 Happy at Play - Reportage, India _DSC6056
Step 12 - 10 Waste Picker and the Landfill - Reportage, India _DSC6065
Step 12 - 11 Care and Attention - Reportage, India _DSC6072
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