{"id":66505,"date":"2020-06-11T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T05:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=66505"},"modified":"2020-06-11T16:47:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T11:47:12","slug":"conversion-kilns-zigzag-technology-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/conversion-kilns-zigzag-technology-punjab.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab spares owners from requirement for converting kilns to zigzag technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: In the wake of an overall drop in economic activity seen following the nationwide lockdown imposed to control further COVID-19 spread, the Punjab Environment Protection Department has decided to provide relief to the province&#8217;s kiln owners by sparing them from its earlier requirement to shift their existing setups to zigzag technology, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-to-fund-kilns-conversion-to-zigzag-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punjab govt to fund kilns\u2019 conversion to zigzag technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department had earlier set December 31 as the deadline for conversion of kilns operating on conventional technology to the environment-friendly zigzag technology. According to reports, the early monsoon spell combined with the imposition of lockdown have adversely affected these businesses, where spending additional several hundreds of thousand rupees required for the technology shift won\u2019t be possible for the owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lhc-sets-age-limit-on-child-labour.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LHC sets age limit on child labour; orders kilns\u2019 registration in 6 months<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018The government doesn\u2019t wish to add additional burden on the kiln owners who are already dealing with economic turmoil,\u2019 said Environment Protection Department Direct Naseem-ur-Rehman. He further stated that the mandatory condition for kilns to shift to zigzag technology has been postponed till the lifting of lockdown in the Punjab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-starts-kilns-registration-drive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBR starts kilns registration drive to levy taxes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the moment, only 7% of kilns in Punjab have been converted to the new technology. As per the statistics shared by the department, 620 out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-to-convert-8000-kilns-to-zigzag-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">8,000 kilns in Punjab<\/a> currently operate on the efficient zigzag technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: In the wake of an overall drop in economic activity seen following the nationwide lockdown imposed to control further COVID-19 spread, the Punjab Environment Protection Department has decided to provide relief to the province&#8217;s kiln owners by sparing them from its earlier requirement to shift their existing setups to zigzag technology, a news source reported. Read: Punjab govt to fund kilns\u2019 conversion to zigzag technology The department had earlier set December 31 as the deadline for conversion of kilns operating on conventional technology to the environment-friendly zigzag technology. According to reports, the early monsoon spell combined with the imposition of lockdown have adversely affected these businesses, where spending additional several hundreds of thousand rupees required for the technology shift won\u2019t be possible for the owners. Read: LHC sets age limit on child labour; orders kilns\u2019 registration in 6 months \u2018The government doesn\u2019t wish to add additional burden on the kiln owners who are already dealing with economic turmoil,\u2019 said Environment Protection Department Direct Naseem-ur-Rehman. He further stated that the mandatory condition for kilns to shift to zigzag technology has been postponed till the lifting of lockdown in the Punjab. Read: FBR starts kilns registration drive to levy taxes At&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":66506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[31433,31434,31435],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-66505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-brick-kilns-in-punjab-news","9":"tag-kilns-in-punjab","10":"tag-zigzag-brick-kilns-in-punjab","11":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab postpones conversion of kilns to zigzag technology - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The early monsoon spell combined with the imposition of lockdown have adversely affected these businesses, where spending additional several\" \/>\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\/conversion-kilns-zigzag-technology-punjab.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab postpones conversion of kilns to zigzag technology - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The early monsoon spell combined with the imposition of lockdown have adversely affected these businesses, where spending additional several\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/conversion-kilns-zigzag-technology-punjab.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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