Deonar is a suburb of Mumbai. The east is in Chembur whereas the west in Govandi. It has gained prominence for being the location of the largest dumping ground in Asia [1] and also the location of city's largest abattoir, [2] Deonar Municipal Abattoir. [3]

The Deonar dumping ground is a waste dumping ground or landfill in the city of Mumbai. Located in Shivaji Nagar, an eastern suburb of the city, it is India's oldest and largest [1] [2] dumping ground, set up in 1927.

2021年10月17日 · More than 16 million tonnes of trash make up Deonar's rubbish mountains - eight of them spread over a 300-acre sprawl - that are said to be India's largest and oldest.

2023年3月22日 · Deonar, located in east Mumbai, is one of the largest and oldest landfills in India — entrenched for nearly a century. It's not just one single mountain but eight different massive mounds,...

2016年2月5日 · The Deonar dump is one of the world's largest, and in January suffered a huge blaze which blacked out the sky. The dump is home to thousands of scavengers, says one man who makes his...

2016年2月29日 · From above, the sprawling trash heap of Deonar (pronounced “Devnar”), in eastern Mumbai, resembles a large left ear. A curving stream traces its outer edge, feeding into Thane Creek, the body of...

2022年1月27日 · Journalist-activist Saumya Roy, whose non-fiction book charts the rise of Deonar’s waste peaks, talks about its past and possible future. Between Mumbai’s eastern suburb of Chembur and the salt...