{"id":55978,"date":"2019-10-05T09:54:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T04:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=55978"},"modified":"2019-10-04T18:47:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T13:47:03","slug":"lhc-seeks-epds-reply-on-petition-seeking-ban-on-brick-kilns-during-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lhc-seeks-epds-reply-on-petition-seeking-ban-on-brick-kilns-during-winter.html","title":{"rendered":"LHC seeks EPD\u2019s reply on application to ban brick kilns during winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Lahore High Court has issued a notice to the Punjab Environment Protection Department in a petition seeking a ban on the operation of all brick kilns and crops burning in the province to avoid smog in the coming winters \u2013 a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/traditional-brick-kilns-remain-shut-between-oct-dec.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Traditional brick kilns to remain shut between Oct &amp; Dec<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advocate Salman Niazi had filed the application in a pending case pertaining to water shortage and air pollution. He pleaded that the functioning of brick kilns caused air pollution, which ultimately leads to smog.<\/p>\n<p>The applicant said that smog prevailed throughout the year, however, it got worse during the winter season. He said that the smog led to serious complaints of headaches, chest and throat infections, and burning eyes, as air pollution levels hit five times the legal limit.<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed out that as per a report of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN, Pakistan suffered one of the highest death tolls in the world from air pollution in 2015.<\/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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Special committee on conversion of brick kilns to zigzag technology begins work<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His argument was that it is of utmost importance to stop the functioning of brick kilns, halt the burning of crops, and control emissions from factories in the entire province to prevent the imminent threat of smog in the coming winter season. He said that the government needed to take immediate and effective precautionary measures to avoid a smog crisis in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Shahid Karim of the High Court sought a reply from the EPD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Lahore High Court has issued a notice to the Punjab Environment Protection Department in a petition seeking a ban on the operation of all brick kilns and crops burning in the province to avoid smog in the coming winters \u2013 a news source reported. Read:\u00a0Traditional brick kilns to remain shut between Oct &amp; Dec Advocate Salman Niazi had filed the application in a pending case pertaining to water shortage and air pollution. He pleaded that the functioning of brick kilns caused air pollution, which ultimately leads to smog. The applicant said that smog prevailed throughout the year, however, it got worse during the winter season. He said that the smog led to serious complaints of headaches, chest and throat infections, and burning eyes, as air pollution levels hit five times the legal limit. He also pointed out that as per a report of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN, Pakistan suffered one of the highest death tolls in the world from air pollution in 2015. Read:\u00a0Special committee on conversion of brick kilns to zigzag technology begins work His argument was that it is of utmost importance to stop the functioning of brick kilns, halt the burning&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":28626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13301],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-lhc-seeks-epds-reply-on-petition-seeking-ban-on-brick-kilns-during-winter"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LHC seeks EPD\u2019s reply on application to ban brick kilns during winter - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Lahore High Court has issued a notice to the Punjab Environment Protection Department in a petition seeking a ban on the operation of all\" \/>\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\/lhc-seeks-epds-reply-on-petition-seeking-ban-on-brick-kilns-during-winter.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LHC seeks EPD\u2019s reply on application to ban brick kilns during winter - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Lahore High Court has issued a notice to the Punjab Environment Protection Department in a petition seeking a ban on the operation of all\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lhc-seeks-epds-reply-on-petition-seeking-ban-on-brick-kilns-during-winter.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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