A pedestrians cover their face with a handkerchief for protection against air pollution, in New Delhi.
Photograph by Suresh K. Pandey
People hold placard and pollution masks during a demonstration rally for cleaner air, in Kolkata.
PTI Photo
A farmer burns paddy stubble in a farm at a village on the outskirts of Amritsar.
PTI Photo
Morning walkers wear pollution masks as thick haze engulfs city a day after Diwali celebrations, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary
People walk across a field engulfed in thick haze, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary
Commuters drive through heavy smog, a day after Diwali celebrations, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary
A train runs through the thick haze, a day after Diwali celebrations, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/Kamal Singh
Morning walkers wear pollution masks as thick haze engulfs city a day after Diwali celebrations, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/Kamal Singh
Morning haze envelops the skyline on the outskirts of New Delhi.
AP Photo/Altaf Qadri
A municipal worker with her daughter leaves after sweeping the India Gate area as a thick lawyer of pollution haze hangs a day after Diwali festival, in New Delhi.
AP Photo/Manish Swarup
Rashtrapati Bhawan, or the Presidential Palace is partly visible due to smog as traffic plies on Rajapth, the ceremonial boulevard in New Delhi. Toxic smog shrouds the capital as a...
AP Photo/Altaf Qadri
Smog envelopes the horizon in New Delhi. With air quality reduced to "very severe" in the Indian capital region, authorities are bracing for a major festival featuring massive fire...
AP Photo/Altaf Qadri
Morning walkers wear pollution masks as thick haze engulfs city, at Lodi Gardens in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/Atul Yadav
Dust rises as municipal workers use brooms to sweep a road on a foggy day in Greater Noida.
AP Photo/R S Iyer
Central Public Works Department(CPWD) workers sweep at India Gate Lawns as thick haze engulfs the city, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/Atul Yadav
A cyclist rides through heavy haze, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/Vijay Verma
Commuters drive through a heavy haze, in New Delhi. According to the officials, pollution levels have sharply spiked as a thick haze engulfed the national capital, ahead of Diwali,...
PTI Photo/Atul Yadav
A view of the haze engulfed city as air quality deteriorates, in New Delhi. About 44 joint teams from various agencies will be deployed from November 01, 2018, to check air polluti...
PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist
Vehicles ply at Rajpath as thick haze engulfs Vijay Chowk, in New Delhi. Delhi's air quality continued to remain in the very poor category as a thick haze engulfed the city which i...
PTI Photo/Kamal Singh
Smoke rises as a farmer burns paddy stubbles at a village on the outskirts of Amritsar. Farmers are burning paddy stubble despite a ban, before growing the next crop.
The Central Pollution Control Board has issued a notice to Delhi government over other polluting activities like improper waste disposal being carried in the national capital.