{"id":59029,"date":"2019-12-25T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=59029"},"modified":"2020-01-28T05:14:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T05:14:24","slug":"kilns-multan-reopen-smog-threats-subside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kilns-multan-reopen-smog-threats-subside.html","title":{"rendered":"Kilns in Multan reopen as smog threats subside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Multan: As the cold weather minimised the threat of smog, as many as 335 kilns have reopened in the district, which have been closed during November 1 to December 20 by the provincial government, according to the news sources.<\/p>\n<p>The Assistant Director Environmental Protection Department Hameed Akhtar has announced that old (pollution-causing) brick kilns have been shut down and new zigzag technology-based kilns are allowed to operate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-to-convert-8000-kilns-to-zigzag-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Punjab to convert 8,000 kilns to zigzag technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-to-fund-kilns-conversion-to-zigzag-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brick kilns have shifted to zigzag technology<\/a>, while one kiln in under-construction. The department has trained kiln-labourers to utilise the said new technology, which is friendlier to the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he said that there is a ban on the burning of waste, crops, tyres, polythene\/ plastic and other pollution causing actions, under Section 144.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-orders-closure-of-brick-kilns-starting-nov-5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EPA orders closure of brick kilns starting Nov 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hameed Akhtar also said that the department will launch action against marble factories under \u00a0\u00a0Clean Green Pakistan Index (CGPI). He said that the solid waste of marble factories was causing pulmonary and other diseases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multan: As the cold weather minimised the threat of smog, as many as 335 kilns have reopened in the district, which have been closed during November 1 to December 20 by the provincial government, according to the news sources. The Assistant Director Environmental Protection Department Hameed Akhtar has announced that old (pollution-causing) brick kilns have been shut down and new zigzag technology-based kilns are allowed to operate. Read:\u00a0Punjab to convert 8,000 kilns to zigzag technology He also revealed that three brick kilns have shifted to zigzag technology, while one kiln in under-construction. The department has trained kiln-labourers to utilise the said new technology, which is friendlier to the environment. Moreover, he said that there is a ban on the burning of waste, crops, tyres, polythene\/ plastic and other pollution causing actions, under Section 144. Read:\u00a0EPA orders closure of brick kilns starting Nov 5 Hameed Akhtar also said that the department will launch action against marble factories under \u00a0\u00a0Clean Green Pakistan Index (CGPI). He said that the solid waste of marble factories was causing pulmonary and other diseases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":37502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181],"tags":[14622],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-details-on-kilns-in-multan-reopen-as-smog-threats-subside","9":"cat-15181-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kilns in Multan reopen as smog threats subside - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Multan: As the cold weather minimised the threat of smog, as many as 335 kilns have reopened in the district, which have been closed during November 1 to\" \/>\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\/kilns-multan-reopen-smog-threats-subside.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kilns in Multan reopen as smog threats subside - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Multan: As the cold weather minimised the threat of smog, as many as 335 kilns have reopened in the district, which have been closed during November 1 to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kilns-multan-reopen-smog-threats-subside.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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