{"id":104108,"date":"2025-12-07T06:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T01:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=104108"},"modified":"2025-12-04T12:37:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T07:37:41","slug":"smog-reduction-drive-intensified-in-lahore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-reduction-drive-intensified-in-lahore.html","title":{"rendered":"Smog-reduction drive intensified on major Lahore roads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has intensified its anti-smog operations across the city to mitigate the adverse effects of rising air pollution. Under the supervision of CEO Babar Sahib Din, the daily water sprinkling schedule at key city entrances and exits has been ramped up, alongside accelerated roadside scraping and mechanical sweeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mechanical sweeping and scraping are currently underway on major thoroughfares, including Mall Road, Jail Road, Gulberg, Ferozepur Road, Canal Road, Shimla Pahari, Press Club, Egerton Road, Kashmir Road, and Queen Mary Road. In areas with higher Air Quality Index (AQI) readings, intermittent water sprinkling is being carried out to reduce dust and particulate matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lahores-major-roads-set-for-commercialization.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lahore\u2019s six major roads set for commercialization<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scraping operations are also ongoing on Multan Road, Bhekewal Mor, Punjab University, Queen Mary Road, Gol Bagh, Shad Bagh, McLeod Road, Allama Iqbal Road, GT Road, Kacha Jail Road, Madar-e-Millat Road, and Raiwind Road. Meanwhile, mechanical sweeping continues on Pine Avenue, Ada Plot, Raiwind Road, and Khayaban-e-Ferdowsi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CEO Babar Sahib Din emphasized that the scraping process will be conducted in phases across all towns of Lahore to ensure comprehensive coverage and better air quality for residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has intensified its anti-smog operations across the city to mitigate the adverse effects of rising air pollution. Under the supervision of CEO Babar Sahib Din, the daily water sprinkling schedule at key city entrances and exits has been ramped up, alongside accelerated roadside scraping and mechanical sweeping. Mechanical sweeping and scraping are currently underway on major thoroughfares, including Mall Road, Jail Road, Gulberg, Ferozepur Road, Canal Road, Shimla Pahari, Press Club, Egerton Road, Kashmir Road, and Queen Mary Road. In areas with higher Air Quality Index (AQI) readings, intermittent water sprinkling is being carried out to reduce dust and particulate matter. Read: Lahore\u2019s six major roads set for commercialization Scraping operations are also ongoing on Multan Road, Bhekewal Mor, Punjab University, Queen Mary Road, Gol Bagh, Shad Bagh, McLeod Road, Allama Iqbal Road, GT Road, Kacha Jail Road, Madar-e-Millat Road, and Raiwind Road. Meanwhile, mechanical sweeping continues on Pine Avenue, Ada Plot, Raiwind Road, and Khayaban-e-Ferdowsi. CEO Babar Sahib Din emphasized that the scraping process will be conducted in phases across all towns of Lahore to ensure comprehensive coverage and better air quality for residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":65110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181],"tags":[12583,62291,66382,69677,69675,39,7976,69676,60387,69673,60554,69674],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-air-quality","9":"tag-aqi","10":"tag-babar-sahib-din","11":"tag-city-cleanup","12":"tag-environmental-initiative","13":"tag-lahore","14":"tag-lwmc","15":"tag-mechanical-sweeping","16":"tag-pollution-control","17":"tag-road-scraping","18":"tag-smog-reduction","19":"tag-water-sprinkling","20":"cat-15181-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Smog-reduction drive intensified in Lahore - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The daily water sprinkling schedule at key city entrances and exits has been ramped up, alongside accelerated roadside scraping...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-reduction-drive-intensified-in-lahore.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Smog-reduction drive intensified in Lahore - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The daily water sprinkling schedule at key city entrances and exits has been ramped up, alongside accelerated roadside scraping...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-reduction-drive-intensified-in-lahore.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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