This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Cydebot (talk | contribs) at 01:08, 23 August 2007 (Robot - Moving category Kolkata neighbourhoods to Neighbourhoods in Kolkata per CFD at Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 August 15.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 01:08, 23 August 2007 by Cydebot (talk | contribs) (Robot - Moving category Kolkata neighbourhoods to Neighbourhoods in Kolkata per CFD at Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 August 15.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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.
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- United Nations Environment Programme article
- "Vegetable lots to litter zone..." The Telegraph. 30 October, 2003
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