As the fire in the Deonar dumping ground rages on, and so do the voices from political parties and locals to shut it down, 2,000 ragpickers are now demanding alternative means of income from the BMC. The ragpickers, who are also dependent on the cheaper alternative medicine centres in the area, claim that BMC’s health centres did not help them, as they are open when they are busy earning the day’s pay and closed by the time they finish work.

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