Living with Waste: What Hyderabad Can Learn from Quetta.
“I Know you cannot smell it anymore. But, after living here for 17 years, it’s become normal for me,”
says Hansraj, who is working as a watchman (Chowkidar) who lives in the middle of the garbage dump in
Mehar Ali. As he has been living in the centre of the dumping station, Sindh Solid Waste Management
Board appointed him as a Watchman. As I spoke with him, I could barely stand the overwhelming stench
of rotting waste. Garbage was everywhere, mounds of it stretching across the area.