{"id":63617,"date":"2020-04-04T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T05:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63617"},"modified":"2020-04-03T16:31:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T11:31:19","slug":"air-quality-index-of-islamabad-improves-amid-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/air-quality-index-of-islamabad-improves-amid-covid-19.html","title":{"rendered":"Air Quality Index of Islamabad improves amid COVID-19 lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) recently announced that it had recorded the cleanest air quality index over the capital city in several years, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pollution-dry-weather-takes-toll-islamabads-air-quality-levels.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pollution, dry weather takes its toll on Islamabad\u2019s air quality levels (opens in a new tab)\">Pollution, dry weather takes its toll on Islamabad\u2019s air quality levels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the particulate matter has dropped to 25 micrograms per cubic meter, which is quite a few meters lower than the standards (35 micrograms per cubic meter) communicated by the World Health Organisation and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/irresponsible-construction-activities-worsening-capitals-air-quality-epa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pak-EPA (opens in a new tab)\">Pak-EPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/need-comprehensive-air-quality-management.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Need for comprehensive air quality management in Lahore stressed (opens in a new tab)\">Need for comprehensive air quality management in Lahore stressed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nimproved quality is associated with the overall decline in industrial\nactivities, construction, solid waste, and traffic pollution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pak-EPA Director General Farzana Altaf Shah&nbsp;said that\ntraffic (especially diesel vehicles) are the major contributor to air pollution\nin the city (amounting to 43%). She revealed that Islamabad has a high\npopulation and vehicular growth rate owing to the absence of a good mass\ntransport infrastructure. She expressed hope that this brief period of cleaner\nair should incline people to pursue long-term changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) recently announced that it had recorded the cleanest air quality index over the capital city in several years, according to news sources. Read: Pollution, dry weather takes its toll on Islamabad\u2019s air quality levels Reportedly, the particulate matter has dropped to 25 micrograms per cubic meter, which is quite a few meters lower than the standards (35 micrograms per cubic meter) communicated by the World Health Organisation and the Pak-EPA. Read: Need for comprehensive air quality management in Lahore stressed The improved quality is associated with the overall decline in industrial activities, construction, solid waste, and traffic pollution. Pak-EPA Director General Farzana Altaf Shah&nbsp;said that traffic (especially diesel vehicles) are the major contributor to air pollution in the city (amounting to 43%). She revealed that Islamabad has a high population and vehicular growth rate owing to the absence of a good mass transport infrastructure. She expressed hope that this brief period of cleaner air should incline people to pursue long-term changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":42615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181],"tags":[25133],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63617","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-air-quality-index-of-islamabad-improves-amid-covid-19-lockdown","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>Air Quality Index of Islamabad improves amid COVID-19 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) recently announced that it had recorded the cleanest air quality index over the capital in several years\" \/>\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\/air-quality-index-of-islamabad-improves-amid-covid-19.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Air Quality Index of Islamabad improves amid COVID-19 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) recently announced that it had recorded the cleanest air quality index over the capital in several years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/air-quality-index-of-islamabad-improves-amid-covid-19.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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