{"id":55442,"date":"2019-09-20T12:42:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T07:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=55442"},"modified":"2019-09-20T12:42:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T07:42:13","slug":"epa-announces-kiln-closure-as-punjab-braces-for-smog-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-announces-kiln-closure-as-punjab-braces-for-smog-control.html","title":{"rendered":"EPA announces kiln closure as Punjab braces for smog control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: In a bid to control expected smog during the winters, the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to shut down the kilns operating on conventional technology from October 15 to December 31, 2019, a news source reported. Furthermore, the agency also announced that factories and mills found emitting smoke will also be sealed.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/red-notices-issued-to-pollution-causing-factories-and-kilns.html\">Red notices issued to pollution-causing factories and kilns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To keep the threat of at bay, the EPA made it mandatory for brick kilns to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/notices-to-be-issued-to-kilns-still-operating-on-conventional-mode.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">convert to zigzag technology<\/a> \u2013 a method that ensures reduction in smoke emission. Reportedly, only a limited number of kiln owners have shifted their units to the recommended technology. According to a source, owners of only 200 kilns, out of the total 10,000 kilns in operation, have converted to the zigzag technology.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/special-committee-on-conversion-of-brick-kilns-to-zigzag-technology-begins-work.html\">Special committee on conversion of brick kilns to zigzag technology begins work<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Responding to the ban announcement, Bhatta Association has requested the EPA to extend the ban by November to save the kiln owners from heavy financial losses.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to banning the kilns, the EPA has decided to take action against vehicles causing pollution. Furthermore, the agency has decided to install a monitoring system to keep an eye on pollution levels in the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: In a bid to control expected smog during the winters, the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to shut down the kilns operating on conventional technology from October 15 to December 31, 2019, a news source reported. Furthermore, the agency also announced that factories and mills found emitting smoke will also be sealed. Read:\u00a0Red notices issued to pollution-causing factories and kilns To keep the threat of at bay, the EPA made it mandatory for brick kilns to convert to zigzag technology \u2013 a method that ensures reduction in smoke emission. Reportedly, only a limited number of kiln owners have shifted their units to the recommended technology. According to a source, owners of only 200 kilns, out of the total 10,000 kilns in operation, have converted to the zigzag technology. Read:\u00a0Special committee on conversion of brick kilns to zigzag technology begins work Responding to the ban announcement, Bhatta Association has requested the EPA to extend the ban by November to save the kiln owners from heavy financial losses. In addition to banning the kilns, the EPA has decided to take action against vehicles causing pollution. Furthermore, the agency has decided to install a monitoring system to keep an eye on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":40345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13071,13072],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-epa-announces-kiln-closure-as-punjab-braces-for-smog-control","8":"tag-latest-update-on-ban-on-kilns-in-punjab"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EPA announces kiln closure as Punjab braces for smog control - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: In a bid to control expected smog during the winters, the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to shut down the kilns operating on\" \/>\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\/epa-announces-kiln-closure-as-punjab-braces-for-smog-control.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EPA announces kiln closure as Punjab braces for smog control - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: In a bid to control expected smog during the winters, the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to shut down the kilns operating on\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-announces-kiln-closure-as-punjab-braces-for-smog-control.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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