Avishek G Dastidar, December 11, 2008, Hindustan Times.

A unique trip aimed to acquaint people with city’s green spaces, initiate action.

New Delhi: A mountainous pile of garbage, nauseating stench and the countless crows and kites circling overhead – this is the infamous Ghazipur landfill in East Delhi. Now, imagine a bunch of enthusiastic tourists visiting this landfill in a bus on a weekend, clicking pictures and generally taking in the unique multi-sensory experience…

…”The eco-tourism potential of Delhi is little understood, and least explored,” said Govind Singh, founder-head of tour designer Delhi Greens, a conservationists’ forum constituted by former students of Environmental streams at Delhi University. “Along with green spaces, add landfills, the resettlement colonies, the drains and the political ecology of urban planning – and we cover the gamut of conservation and active community participation to make an ideal urban eco-tourism trip,” he said…