The Times of India

Stubble burning by Punjab farmers, which aggravates air pollution in Delhi, may be occupying all attention but there is another menace here at home. Even as Delhi’s air quality continues to deteriorate, open waste burning seems to be rampant in some areas. Dwarka residents took out a march on Saturday to highlight the violations at one particular spot.

The Economic Times

A drive along the National Highway 44, which stretches from Srinagar to Kanyakumari, would normally showcase the countryside in all its colourful glory. Last week, however, a drive down some of the highway’s stretches in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi had as its backdrop an apocalyptic horizon of grey, foretelling what’s in store this winter for residents in much of north India — a spell of deadly air pollution that will blow past all safety limits, exposing millions to air that is too foul to breath ..