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Delhi landfills ignite amid record heat wave

May 17, 2022

India is struggling with a severe heat wave. Around Delhi, fires stoked by rising temperatures broke out in two of the largest landfill sites. DW's Manira Chaudhary reports on what that means for people working and living around them.

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