Vol. 4, Issue 12, Part C (2018)

Abstract
Under the purview of the growing problems pertaining waste management and its disposal in the nation, with major involvement of children in this sanitation field this area was selected to study and gain fuller knowledge for their conditions. Thus, this research was an endeavor to closely study the situation of the ‘Child ragpickers’ of Bhalswa, a landfillin the Jahangir Puri area of North-West Delhi. An effort was made to understand their work conditions, impact of the present occupation on these children and the problems faced by them. In other words, this study provides an overview of their lives in totality. The researcher looked at the situations these children faced in everyday life and understood that everyday was a struggle for them and they had to survive in such unfavorable environment for livelihood of themselves and their families.