There have been attempts to solve it. Prime Minister Modi's party started "Clean India Mission" in 2014. People who don't separate their trash for recycling are subject to fines. One company is making mulch out of the trash.
But there are multiple hurdles to overcome. Designating new dumps faces opposition from residents. "A few hundred thousand ragpickers" live in nearby slums, picking plastic out of the dumps to sell, and they may not vote for politicians who threaten their livelihood.
Four official dumps in the Delhi metro contain about 80 billion pounds. They're getting so big that air traffic controllers may have to start steering planes around them.
During a monsoon rain, part of the dump crashed and two people were killed.
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