Firefighters try to douse the fire at Bhalswa landfill site in New Delhi. (TOI photo by Sanjeev Rastogi)
NEW DELHI: The fire at north Delhi's Bhalswa landfill site that has been raging for the last six days has upended lives and livelihoods of people living in adjoining areas and left them gasping for breath.
Most of the residents living around the nearly 17-story high dumping yard are scrap dealers.