Jamshidpur, a city in the Indian state of West Bengal, has been facing problems with its solid waste management for a while now. In recent years, the city has started to dump its garbage 500 meters away from a river, which has made the area around the river very polluted. The city has also been dumping its garbage near a marine drive area for around 15 years, which has made the area around the drive area very polluted. Recently, more than 15 slums and apartments have come up in the vicinity of the garbage dumping site, which has made life very difficult for the residents living near the site. The smell from the garbage has made it very difficult for people to breathe, and the rag pickers have been setting the garbage on fire. The city has been informed about the problems by the administration on several occasions, but no concrete steps have been taken to address the issue.
