Dhapa Solid Waste Disposal Area (Kolkata)

India / Bangla / Bidhannagar / Kolkata
 landfill site / rubbish/garbage dump, wetland, marshfield, waste
Dhapa is a locality on the eastern fringes of Kolkata, India. The area consists of landfill sites where the solid wastes of the city of Kolkata are dumped. "Garbage farming" is encouraged in the landfill sites. More than 40 per cent of the green vegetables in the Kolkata markets come from these lands. There are four sectors in Dhapa for dumping garbage that are filled with 2,500 tonnes of waste per day.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhapa,_India
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Coordinates:   22°32'17"N   88°25'11"E

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  • At present ( August,2009) 3,800 tonnes of garbage are removed to Dhapa daily by the civic conservancy department.
  • KMC municipal solid waste disposal yard at Dhapa , is unique in the world as this is the only site in the world which is spreading vertically . Hope this will go forever and show the other cities the efficient way to dispose MSW which the other cities think is the number one problem of city. Nakul Jana- 9836477465
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