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== Health issues ==
[[File:Mumbai oli 2016028.jpg|thumb|NASA Image: Smoke from the fire which broke out on 28 Jan 2016 at the Deonar dumping ground, Mumbai<ref>{{cite news|title=Fire Burns in Mumbai Landfill|url=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87429&src=eorss-iotd|accessdate=18 March 2016|date=28 Jan 2016|location=Mumbai}}</ref>]]
The Deonar dumping ground has caused health issues for the residents from Mumbai's neighbourhood of [[Chembur]], [[Govandi]] and [[Mankhurd]].<ref name=dna1/> Recurrent fires at the dump have caused conditions unfit for habitation for residents of the adjacent area.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kulkarni|first=Poorvi|title=Deonar dump smoke makes locals Fume|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Deonar-dump-smoke-makes-locals-Fume/Article1-820862.aspx|accessdate=23 March 2012|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|place=Mumbai|date=5 March 2012}}</ref> In 2008, around 40 residents of Chembur went on a hunger strike to protest against the frequent fires and smoke.<ref>{{cite news|title=Residents protest fire at Deonar dumping ground|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/residents-protest-fire-at-deonar-dumping-ground/288102/|archive-url=https://archive.is/20120731021653/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/residents-protest-fire-at-deonar-dumping-ground/288102/|dead-url=yes|archive-date=31 July 2012|accessdate=23 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=25 March 2008}}</ref> Again in 2012, Chembur residents complained to the [[Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai]] about the smoke coming out of the dumping ground, which has been affecting [[asthma]] patients.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chembur residents fume over smoke from Deonar dumping ground|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-18/mumbai/31764530_1_kanjurmarg-major-fire-deonar|accessdate=18 May 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=18 May 2012|author=[[Times News Network]]|location=Mumbai}}</ref> In 2015, neighbourhood surrounding to the dumping ground was identified as the city's most polluted area.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Richa Pinto|title=Chembur city’s most polluted suburb, thanks to dump fires and industries in neighbourhood|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Chembur-citys-most-polluted-suburb-thanks-to-dump-fires-and-industries-in-neighbourhood/articleshow/49510779.cms|accessdate=24 October 2015|work=The Times of India|date=23 October 2015}}</ref> Another fire broke out at the Deonar dumping ground in January 2016 causing the [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]] (BMC) to shut down 74 schools run by it for two days, as the smoke from the ground veiled the area causing breathing difficulties.<ref>{{cite news|title=Deonar dump fire chokes suburbs; smog across city|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Deonar-dump-fire-chokes-suburbs-smog-across-city/articleshow/50762897.cms|accessdate=2 February 2016|date=28 January 2016|location=Mumbai}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Smog from dumping ground fire shuts down 74 schools in Mumbai|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/smog-from-dumping-ground-fire-shuts-down-74-schools-in-mumbai/story-L2HqUMVUV8JHdOYEju9AXJ.html|accessdate=30 January 2016|date=28 January 2016|location=Mumbai}}</ref>
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