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Waste is transported to the Kuberpur dumpsite, 14 km from the city centre.

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Shoemaking that had thrived during the Mughal Era, surviving British Raj, and burgeoning after Independence, today sees itself back to where it had all started. The city of love in India needs to find a feasible solution to the carcinogenic waste of its footwear industry.

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