Sahana Goswami is Manager, Urban Water, Sustainable Cities and Transport, WRI India. She works on various urban water issues ranging from restoration of water-based ecosystems to reuse and resource recovery from urban wastewater streams. At WRI India, she has also worked on transit-oriented development and provision of safe access to transit station areas across urban centers in India.
Life near garbage dumpyards in our cities is fraught with many risks. Yet, little attention is paid to the issue of scientific solid waste management and elimination of landfills.