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Street shot from Bhowanipore
Calcutta
West Bengal
India
#TalkingStreetsSeries
#StreetsofCalcutta
Nikon D800
50mm
Howrah bridge in Kolkata must be one of the busiest in India and possibly in the world. A fascinating piece of architecture. Underneath flows the Hoogly running to the bay of Bengal.
Fascinating Kolkata always has wonderful photo opportunities in store. Here, just one of those street scenes one comes across strolling around.
Calcutta (Kolkata) generates around 4000 MT of waste everyday and the local municipalities collect round 3932 MT of solid waste per day on an average. The ragpickers of the city are one of the key resources who help in keeping the city clean by assisting in the recycling process. (Source: www.kmcgov.in)
Sadly these ragpickers are paid way below minimum wage & such gruesome poverty level has forced them into drug addiction, its hard to come across any ragpicker who is leading sober life.