Best of BS Opinion: BSNL-MTNL merger, Delhi's pollution menace, and more

From the drawbacks in the four-point turnaround plan for the public sector telcos announced by the government to the challenges India faces given some of its neighbours' growing friendship with China and the additional steps the Delhi government needs to take to curb pollution, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day.

Does the government genuinely believe that BSNL and MTNL can be turned around into useful contributors to their sector? Can India afford to not keep the promises it makes to its neighbours in the face of China's growing clout in the region? Will curbing straw