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In the setting is a tremendous dark hill that ascents just about 135 m high. This is the place Ahmedabad dumps its waste. "What's more, here, Citizen Nagar, is the place we have been put since 2003," says Nadeemuddin Saiyyed, 52, one of the soonest occupants of the province that was set up on the edges of Ahmedabad.

It has been 15 years post riots and only a little has changed in terms of progress.

The landfill behind them has got bigger, darker and the smouldering fires there more frequent. There are rows of shanties — one room-kitchen-toilet quarters with corrugated tin sheets for roofs — line either side of a 10-foot-wide road that’s slushy with sewage. Moreover, the colony has no corporation schools for its 100-odd children, no health centre and no piped water.The population, though has increased from initially 30 families to now around 800 citizens residing in the place.

Water problems:

Currently they survive on the municipal water tanker for drinking water. The residents there have confirmed that the tanker has never arrived before noon and the tanker would not be back until the next day. For serving other purposes of water, they have a borewell but the landfill makes the water unfit for consumption.

Education:

There are no government schools in the area and most people can’t afford the private schools that charge around Rs 500 a month. An NGO, Gyan Shala, runs free classes up to the primary level, after which most children drop out.

Working Women:

While most of the men work as labourers, auto drivers and tailors, the women here too work. Most of the women supplement their income by doing embroidery. Not only women, small girls who have school in the afternoon also work 	to earn.

Health dispensaries:

Residents of Citizen Nagar say that while they have learnt to live with the stench from the landfill, they are worried about how frequently they fall ill. With not even a dispensary in Citizen Nagar, residents have to travel to the Shah-e-Alam area which has a municipal health centre. That is nearly 3 km away but because of the un motor able road from Citizen Nagar, the travel takes long. The minimum fare to travel there by auto is also too expensive for the below average income residents. They have kids which are born with diseases and is another dangerous consequence of the huge landfill behind their residence.