{"id":57105,"date":"2019-11-01T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=57105"},"modified":"2019-11-01T16:00:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:00:13","slug":"epa-orders-closure-of-brick-kilns-starting-nov-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-orders-closure-of-brick-kilns-starting-nov-5.html","title":{"rendered":"EPA orders closure of brick kilns starting Nov 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Director General (DG) Tanveer Ahmed Wariach has announced that kilns operating on conventional technology in Punjab will be closed between November 5 and December 31, a news source reported. He also indicated that there was a possibility that this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-announces-kiln-closure-as-punjab-braces-for-smog-control.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ban <\/a>may be extended even further if the smog-conditions deteriorated during December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-to-issue-loans-for-kilns-conversion-to-zigzag-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EPA to issue loans for kilns\u2019 conversion to zigzag technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EPA DG shared this information while holding a press conference in Lahore on Thursday (Oct 30). Addressing the media, he stated that section 144 had been in effect in Punjab since October 1, and that legal action was being taken against individuals found to be involved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-prevention-crop-residue-waste-burning-banned.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">burning of hay, rubber, and crop residue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ban-on-pollution-causing-kilns-industrial-units-can-make-faisalabad-smog-free.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ban on pollution-causing kilns, industrial units can make Faisalabad smog-free: Tahir<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the DG revealed that 12 anti-smog teams had been created for Punjab, whose purpose was to crackdown on any individuals or businesses trying to circumvent this ban. So far, they have managed to seal 117 industrial units, while another 193 have been served with red notices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/meeting-held-to-tackle-smog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meeting held to tackle smog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DG Wariach also shared details of certain factories and industries in several areas of Lahore, against whom the EPA had registered FIRs, as they had been directly responsible for causing pollution in the city. Furthermore, the EPA has set-up four stations in Lahore to monitor air quality, and have been quite diligent in scrutinizing their data to limit the rise of pollutants in the atmosphere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Director General (DG) Tanveer Ahmed Wariach has announced that kilns operating on conventional technology in Punjab will be closed between November 5 and December 31, a news source reported. He also indicated that there was a possibility that this ban may be extended even further if the smog-conditions deteriorated during December. Read:\u00a0EPA to issue loans for kilns\u2019 conversion to zigzag technology The EPA DG shared this information while holding a press conference in Lahore on Thursday (Oct 30). Addressing the media, he stated that section 144 had been in effect in Punjab since October 1, and that legal action was being taken against individuals found to be involved in the burning of hay, rubber, and crop residue. Read:\u00a0Ban on pollution-causing kilns, industrial units can make Faisalabad smog-free: Tahir Additionally, the DG revealed that 12 anti-smog teams had been created for Punjab, whose purpose was to crackdown on any individuals or businesses trying to circumvent this ban. So far, they have managed to seal 117 industrial units, while another 193 have been served with red notices. Read:\u00a0Meeting held to tackle smog DG Wariach also shared details of certain factories and industries in several areas of Lahore,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":44248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13733],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-57105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","tag-epa-orders-closure-of-brick-kilns-starting-nov-5"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EPA orders closure of brick kilns starting Nov 5 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Director General (DG) Tanveer Ahmed Wariach has announced that kilns operating on conventional technology in\" \/>\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-orders-closure-of-brick-kilns-starting-nov-5.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EPA orders closure of brick kilns starting Nov 5 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Director General (DG) Tanveer Ahmed Wariach has announced that kilns operating on conventional technology in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-orders-closure-of-brick-kilns-starting-nov-5.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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