- In Jaigaon, a town in West Bengal on the border of India and Bhutan, poor waste disposal and the lack of waste management is becoming a critical environmental issue.
- Jaigaon is a key tourist and trade entry point to Bhutan.
- Content creators from the town are using social media to raise the problem and are participating in clean up drives while they wait for action from the authorities.
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The article presents an environmental crisis in the border town of Jaigaon, West Bengal, where poor waste management and disposal are causing health concerns for residents and damaging its image as a key tourist and trade entry point to Bhutan. The crisis reflects a broader structural issue of rapid urbanisation without proper climate-resilient infrastructure planning. Content creators from the town are using social media to raise awareness about the problem, participate in clean up drives, and ...