{"id":57922,"date":"2019-11-23T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T05:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=57922"},"modified":"2019-11-22T18:56:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T13:56:53","slug":"lahore-commissioner-proposes-measures-curb-smog-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lahore-commissioner-proposes-measures-curb-smog-levels.html","title":{"rendered":"Lahore commissioner proposes measures to curb smog levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: In the wake of increasing smog levels reported in the city, Lahore Commissioner Asif Bilal Lodhi has proposed a measure to combat the issue, a news source reported. Lodhi stated that he has sent a proposal for using artificial rain to get rid of the smog in Lahore to the Finance Department Punjab.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-launches-green-development-programme-combat-smog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Punjab launches \u2018Green Development Programme\u2019 to combat smog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The commissioner said that upon the receiving the proposal, the Finance Department would forward it to Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar. Lodhi explained that his proposal includes the use of a \u2018cloud-seeding\u2019 technique to create artificial rains. He added that the departments concerned could activate these process via a rocket launcher or ship.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner said that the process would cost about PKR 300 million. He expressed his hope that the government would approve the proposal so he can move forward with the testing of the technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-reveals-anti-smog-plan-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EPA reveals anti-smog plan for Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Amnesty International has issued a warning pertaining to smog levels in Punjab. The organisation has urged Pakistan to take urgent action in order to resolve the issue. Several Amnesty officials revealed that Punjab\u2019s air quality was toxic \u2013 leading people\u2019s health and lives into grave danger. They added that schools were being forced to shut down, respiratory illnesses were rising in number and people were experiencing breathing problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: In the wake of increasing smog levels reported in the city, Lahore Commissioner Asif Bilal Lodhi has proposed a measure to combat the issue, a news source reported. Lodhi stated that he has sent a proposal for using artificial rain to get rid of the smog in Lahore to the Finance Department Punjab. Read:\u00a0Punjab launches \u2018Green Development Programme\u2019 to combat smog The commissioner said that upon the receiving the proposal, the Finance Department would forward it to Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar. Lodhi explained that his proposal includes the use of a \u2018cloud-seeding\u2019 technique to create artificial rains. He added that the departments concerned could activate these process via a rocket launcher or ship. The commissioner said that the process would cost about PKR 300 million. He expressed his hope that the government would approve the proposal so he can move forward with the testing of the technology. Read:\u00a0EPA reveals anti-smog plan for Islamabad Meanwhile, Amnesty International has issued a warning pertaining to smog levels in Punjab. The organisation has urged Pakistan to take urgent action in order to resolve the issue. Several Amnesty officials revealed that Punjab\u2019s air quality was toxic \u2013 leading people\u2019s health and lives&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":42231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14094],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-lahore-commissioner-proposes-measures-to-curb-smog-levels"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lahore commissioner proposes measures to curb smog levels - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: In the wake of increasing smog levels reported in the city, Lahore Commissioner Asif Bilal Lodhi has proposed a measure to combat the issue, a\" \/>\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\/lahore-commissioner-proposes-measures-curb-smog-levels.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lahore commissioner proposes measures to curb smog levels - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: In the wake of increasing smog levels reported in the city, Lahore Commissioner Asif Bilal Lodhi has proposed a measure to combat the issue, a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lahore-commissioner-proposes-measures-curb-smog-levels.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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