A ‘wetland’ in Delhi with a difference

Poor drainage has turned residential buildings in Roop Vihar and Sharma Colony in Sector 40, Rohini into a ‘wetland’, exposing residents to health risks

Here is a wetland with a difference.Photo: Vikas Choudhary/CSE

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04 May 2026, 12:25 pm

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This is a ‘wetland’ in the far northwest corner of Delhi. But it is one with a difference.

Let water drain poorly and viola! stagnant, algae-covered water and accumulated garbage give the appearance of a wetland.Photo: Vikas Choudhary/CSE

It is actually stagnant, algae-covered water and accumulated garbage that have surrounded residential buildings in Roop Vihar and Sharma Colony in Sector 40, Rohini.

In the process though, residents to persistent sanitation and health risks.Photo: Vikas Choudhary/CSE

Poor drainage has thus turned the area into a wetland-like zone, exposing residents to persistent sanitation and health risks.

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