{"id":54386,"date":"2019-08-14T10:03:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T05:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=54386"},"modified":"2019-08-09T16:25:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T11:25:20","slug":"kp-govt-to-install-air-quality-monitors-in-peshawar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-to-install-air-quality-monitors-in-peshawar.html","title":{"rendered":"KP govt to install air quality monitors in Peshawar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to procure and install air quality monitors in various areas of Peshawar, according to a news report. These metres will be utilised to measure air <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/agency-to-curb-environmental-pollution-levels-to-be-established.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pollution<\/a> levels, collect data, and facilitate the formulation of mitigation plans.<\/p>\n<p>KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan revealed this information during a meeting with environmentalist and lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam. Khan told Alam that climate change and air pollution were two of the main issues plaguing the province\u2019s environment. He reiterated that more environmental initiatives needed to be launched on a priority basis; since previous projects like the \u2018Green Growth Initiative\u2019 and the \u2018Billion Tree Tsunami\u2019 project were not enough to curb the detrimental effects of air pollution and climate change.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the provision of clean air was a major agenda of the provincial government. For this purpose, the authorities concerned would install air quality monitors in Peshawar and other districts of the province.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Alam offered his full support for this initiative. He said that using the data provided by these monitors, the officials concerned could formulate smarter and responsive strategies to ensure the provision of a clean atmosphere for the residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to procure and install air quality monitors in various areas of Peshawar, according to a news report. These metres will be utilised to measure air pollution levels, collect data, and facilitate the formulation of mitigation plans. KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan revealed this information during a meeting with environmentalist and lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam. Khan told Alam that climate change and air pollution were two of the main issues plaguing the province\u2019s environment. He reiterated that more environmental initiatives needed to be launched on a priority basis; since previous projects like the \u2018Green Growth Initiative\u2019 and the \u2018Billion Tree Tsunami\u2019 project were not enough to curb the detrimental effects of air pollution and climate change. He added that the provision of clean air was a major agenda of the provincial government. For this purpose, the authorities concerned would install air quality monitors in Peshawar and other districts of the province. In response, Alam offered his full support for this initiative. He said that using the data provided by these monitors, the officials concerned could formulate smarter and responsive strategies to ensure the provision of a clean atmosphere for the residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":48055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12582,12583,6182],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-air-pollution","8":"tag-air-quality","9":"tag-kp"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KP govt to install air quality monitors in Peshawar - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to procure and install air quality monitors in various areas of Peshawar, according to a news\" \/>\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\/kp-govt-to-install-air-quality-monitors-in-peshawar.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KP govt to install air quality monitors in Peshawar - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to procure and install air quality monitors in various areas of Peshawar, according to a news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-to-install-air-quality-monitors-in-peshawar.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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