Waste management & nomads

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Channel: The Express Tribune · 2010 · People & Blogs

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The pollution crisis in Lahore continues to plague the city's development. 

As the city government struggles to collect and dispose waste, many Afghan refugees and nomads are making a living off of 'rag-picking' - collecting, sorting and selling trash. 

Noreen Nasir has more in this report.

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