A WORLD HERITAGE CITY, Ahmedabad boasts many places of tourist interest, including the Gandhi ashram, Sabarmati riverfront and Science City. Situated in the plains, it also boasts of a mountain—Pirana. Formed not by natural forces but by human waste, Pirana is a municipal dumping site. At the foot of this mountain of garbage, where the very act of breathing poses health risks, live hundreds of families, in a colony with an ironic name—Citizen Nagar.
Mustakin Saiyed, 25, and his family had moved to Citizen Nagar from a relief camp after fleeing their Naroda Patiya home during the post-Godhra riots of 2002. Today, Mustakin is father to a two-year-old girl. He dropped out after class three, but hopes his daughter will get proper education. It is a hope that hinges on a future far removed from his present reality.
This story is from the December 04, 2022 edition of THE WEEK India.
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