{"id":56357,"date":"2019-10-15T17:51:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T12:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=56357"},"modified":"2019-10-15T17:51:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T12:51:50","slug":"epa-to-issue-loans-for-kilns-conversion-to-zigzag-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-to-issue-loans-for-kilns-conversion-to-zigzag-technology.html","title":{"rendered":"EPA to issue loans for kilns\u2019 conversion to zigzag technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Multan: The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its decision to provide loans to kiln owners in order to facilitate the conversion of their traditional business operations to zigzag technology, a news source reported. To facilitate this measure, the EPA has requested the Punjab government to issue funds worth PKR 25 billion.<\/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>The requested amount will be spent on the provision of loans to 10,000 kiln owners, and these individuals will convert their brick-production units to the zigzag technology. At the moment, only one of the existing 300 kilns in Multan has been converted to the proposed new technology.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epd-serves-notices-300-kilns-multan-control-smog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EPD serves notices to 300 kilns in Multan to control smog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following a poor response from a majority of the kiln owners in the past, the EPA now seeks to issue loans to kiln owners on flexible terms. Further, the agency plans to hold training sessions on brick production for the kiln owners. These programmes are expected to be arranged by the Technical Education &amp; Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA).<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/notices-to-be-issued-to-kilns-still-operating-on-conventional-mode.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Notices to be issued to kilns still operating on conventional mode<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EPA has already introduced several measures with an aim to address environmental concerns caused by smog. Previously, it had announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-announces-kiln-closure-as-punjab-braces-for-smog-control.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">closure of kilns till year end<\/a> \u2013 and had decided to initiate legal proceedings against factories emitting pollutants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multan: The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its decision to provide loans to kiln owners in order to facilitate the conversion of their traditional business operations to zigzag technology, a news source reported. To facilitate this measure, the EPA has requested the Punjab government to issue funds worth PKR 25 billion. Read:\u00a0Special committee on conversion of brick kilns to zigzag technology begins work The requested amount will be spent on the provision of loans to 10,000 kiln owners, and these individuals will convert their brick-production units to the zigzag technology. At the moment, only one of the existing 300 kilns in Multan has been converted to the proposed new technology. Read:\u00a0EPD serves notices to 300 kilns in Multan to control smog Following a poor response from a majority of the kiln owners in the past, the EPA now seeks to issue loans to kiln owners on flexible terms. Further, the agency plans to hold training sessions on brick production for the kiln owners. These programmes are expected to be arranged by the Technical Education &amp; Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA). Read:\u00a0Notices to be issued to kilns still operating on conventional mode The EPA has already introduced several measures with an&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":[13451],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-56357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-epa-to-issue-loans-for-kilns-conversion-to-zigzag-technology"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EPA to issue loans for kilns\u2019 conversion to zigzag technology - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Multan: The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its decision to provide loans to kiln owners in order to facilitate the conversion of their\" \/>\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-to-issue-loans-for-kilns-conversion-to-zigzag-technology.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EPA to issue loans for kilns\u2019 conversion to zigzag technology - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Multan: The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its decision to provide loans to kiln owners in order to facilitate the conversion of their\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-to-issue-loans-for-kilns-conversion-to-zigzag-technology.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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