{"id":58382,"date":"2019-12-06T12:30:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T07:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=58382"},"modified":"2019-12-06T12:30:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T07:30:29","slug":"punjab-to-convert-8000-kilns-to-zigzag-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-to-convert-8000-kilns-to-zigzag-technology.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab to convert 8,000 kilns to zigzag technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab Commerce and Industry Department has decided to get 8,000 brick kilns to adopt the modern and less polluting zigzag technology \u2014 in order to control the rising levels of smog in the city, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/bans-kilns-revoked-conversion-zigzag-technology-emphasised.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bans on kilns revoked, conversion to zigzag technology emphasised<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As per the publication, the provincial department has formed a plan to implement the five point agenda of the Prime Minister\u2019s smog eradication programme. Under this proposal, it will adopt short term, midterm and long term policies. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ban burning of tires as fuel source for kilns<\/li>\n<li>Arrange for the provision of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-to-fund-kilns-conversion-to-zigzag-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">loans to kiln<\/a> owners to help them adopt the new zigzag technology \u2014 at a 6% mark-up rate<\/li>\n<li>Kilns located near the cities will be converted to zigzag technology on a priority basis<\/li>\n<li>Kilns failing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-to-issue-loans-for-kilns-conversion-to-zigzag-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">convert to zigzag technology<\/a> within four months of the issuance of the loans will be banned<\/li>\n<li>An immediate ban will be imposed on 84 kilns operating on conventional technology, and they will be provided with two months to make upgrades or all of them will be demolished<\/li>\n<li>Improved quality coal will be used as main fuel source in kilns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lhc-seeks-epds-reply-on-petition-seeking-ban-on-brick-kilns-during-winter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LHC seeks EPD\u2019s reply on application to ban brick kilns during winter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In order to implement the plan and convert the kilns to zigzag technology, the department will seek help and assistance from the University of Engineering and Technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab Commerce and Industry Department has decided to get 8,000 brick kilns to adopt the modern and less polluting zigzag technology \u2014 in order to control the rising levels of smog in the city, a news source reported. Read:\u00a0Bans on kilns revoked, conversion to zigzag technology emphasised As per the publication, the provincial department has formed a plan to implement the five point agenda of the Prime Minister\u2019s smog eradication programme. Under this proposal, it will adopt short term, midterm and long term policies. These include: Ban burning of tires as fuel source for kilns Arrange for the provision of loans to kiln owners to help them adopt the new zigzag technology \u2014 at a 6% mark-up rate Kilns located near the cities will be converted to zigzag technology on a priority basis Kilns failing to convert to zigzag technology within four months of the issuance of the loans will be banned An immediate ban will be imposed on 84 kilns operating on conventional technology, and they will be provided with two months to make upgrades or all of them will be demolished Improved quality coal will be used as main fuel source in kilns Read:\u00a0\u00a0LHC seeks EPD\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":41727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14302,14301],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-58382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-000-kilns-to-zigzag-technology","8":"tag-punjab-to-convert-8"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab to convert 8,000 kilns to zigzag technology - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab Commerce and Industry Department has decided to get 8,000 brick kilns to adopt the modern and less polluting zigzag technology \u2014 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\/punjab-to-convert-8000-kilns-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=\"Punjab to convert 8,000 kilns to zigzag technology - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab Commerce and Industry Department has decided to get 8,000 brick kilns to adopt the modern and less polluting zigzag technology \u2014 in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-to-convert-8000-kilns-to-zigzag-technology.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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