CARRY YOU HOME: A man carries his pick from the garbage heap even as a boy takes wood for fuel from the Ghazipur landfill along the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. Photo: Rajev Bhatt
SCENT OF DECAY: Vultures hovering over the mountain of garbage at the Ghazipur landfill along the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt
FISHY ACT: Wholesale fish market next to Ghazipur landfill makes a steady contribution to the ever-piling garbage along the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt
PILING ON: Several trucks like this daily dump Delhi's garbage at the Ghazipur landfill along the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt
GOLD DIGGERS: From rag-pickers to hungry cattle, a variety of beings daily try to fill up the holes in their lives by garbage-hunting at the Ghazipur landfill along the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt
STEP UP: A boy braves the garbage heap without as much as a mask and proper footwear at the Ghazipur landfill along the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt
URBAN DREAMS: Upcoming high-rise housing projects overlooking the Ghazipur landfill along the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt
LEAVING A TRAIL: Corporation workers look on as a truck loaded with waste prepares to add to the heap of garbage at the Ghazipur landfill along the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt.