Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma
Mithi: Recounting a river’s apathetic journey
Posted on 22 Aug, 2015 05:45 PMFor Kaleshwari Yadav, a resident of Morarji Nagar slums in Mumbai, rain is not her biggest worry; it is the lack of it. Residing adjacent to the Mithi (meaning sweet in Hindi) river, she says when it doesn’t rain, the stagnated river becomes a breeding ground of deadly mosquito vectors of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.
![Household waste entering Mithi in the slums of Bhim Nagar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/image_4_1.jpg?itok=Q4By8fES)