jallad
n.— «Ever wondered where does the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) disposes off animal carcasses? Well, it could be just anywhere—along a deserted road, a culvert…or even on a lane along the backyard of your house. A peculiar situation seems to have gripped the state capital as scavengers are not able to find a “suitable” site to dispose off the dead animal carcasses. They had been using the banks of Gomti as dumping grounds until the river level rose. “What can we do?,” asks Chand Mian, a scavenger or jallad in LMC parlance.» —“City a dumping ground for animal carcasses” in Lucknow Times of India Sept. 30, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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