LAHORE: The Punjab’s metropolis, Lahore, continued to stay on the table of most polluted cities and was ranked the fifth most polluted city in the World Air Quality Index (AQI) ranking on Sunday.
The atmosphere and environment of the provincial capital has become polluted again, despite cold winds continued blowing since early morning with bright sunshine on Sunday.
The temperature was recorded at ten degrees Celsius, while the weather is likely to remain dry-polluted in the next 24 hours.
The Meteorological Department said that the maximum temperature in the city is expected to go up to 21 degrees, the humidity in the air is 90%, the wind is blowing at a speed of five km, and there is no chance of rain in the next twenty-four hours. Lahore ranks fifth in the global air pollution ranking, with an overall air quality index of 192.
Meanwhile, on the instructions of Commissioner Muhammad Ali Randhawa, the action was continued against the violation of anti-smog orders. Multiple trash-burning furnaces have been demolished for using old technology, while others were extinguished.
The Punjab Environment Protection Department also launched various initiatives to control smog, under which smog dissolution “weather generators” have been installed in the city.
EPD Director Naseem-Ur-Rehman Shah said that anti-smog generators were operating successfully in Dubai and Russia, adding a weather generator is capable of dissolving smog or a thickly polluted environment in a ten square kilometer area, APP reported.
The EPD director said that all possible steps, including generators, were being taken to control the polluted air. Short- and medium-term projects have been prepared in this regard.
He said that it was necessary to reduce the emission of harmful gases and use modern technology to control air pollution.
Moreover, the EPD’s anti-pollution squad sealed various smoky units in Lahore.
The anti-smog squad is also imposing fines worth millions on units and factories responsible for creating smog.
