Mountains of garbage – The Hindu (Sep 07, 2017)
The collapse of a great wall of garbage in east Delhi’s Ghazipur area, sweeping people and vehicles into a nearby canal, is a stark reminder that India’s neglected waste management crisis can have deadly consequences. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
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Word List-2 (To Improve English Vocabulary)
- stark (adjective) – clear, simple, straightforward.
- stipulation (noun) – condition, requirement, provision.
- segregation (noun) – separation, setting apart, sorting out.
- quantum (noun) – amount, proportion/quantity; portion/division.
- concurrent (adjective) – simultaneous, coinciding, synchronous.
- stakeholder (noun) – a person with an interest in something.
- discarded (adjective) – disposed, thrown out.
- refuse (verb) – waste, litter, garbage.
- compost (noun) – organic matter, vegetable waste, fertilizer.
- ironic (adjective) – odd, strange, weird.
- drift (verb) – heap up, accumulate, gather.
- paradigm (noun) – model, pattern, example.
- run-up to (noun) – a period/time before an important event.
- fester (verb) – rot, spoil, decay/decompose.
- choke (verb) – prevent, inhibit, curb/restraint/suppress.
- bound to (adjective) – certain, sure, very likely, guaranteed.
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