{"id":69856,"date":"2020-08-30T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T04:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=69856"},"modified":"2020-08-28T17:50:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T12:50:49","slug":"punjab-preparing-smog-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-preparing-smog-prevention.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab preparing for smog prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab government has initiated preparations for smog prevention, particularly in Lahore where it can reach hazardous levels during the winter months \u2014 a news source reported on August 27. In this regard, the government departments\u2019 concerned recently submitted their reports to Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lhc-seeks-details-of-governments-smog-control-measures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LHC seeks details of government\u2019s smog-control measures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the CM instructed the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) to form monitoring teams that are expected to keep a check on cement and stone-crushing plants. The EPD will also hold awareness campaigns in all the districts of the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, a report was submitted to the CM, which contained various recommendations for tackling smog. These included the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Installation of cement plants far from urban areas<\/li><li>Transfer of brick kilns to modern technology<\/li><li>Use of environment-friendly fuel in industries<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lahore-commissioner-proposes-measures-curb-smog-levels.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lahore commissioner proposes measures to curb smog levels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CM Buzdar also issued directions to the local commissioners to form their own monitoring teams in\u00a0 order to review the transfer of brick kilns to zigzag technology and to ensure that the process is completed within the pre-set time limit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab government has initiated preparations for smog prevention, particularly in Lahore where it can reach hazardous levels during the winter months \u2014 a news source reported on August 27. In this regard, the government departments\u2019 concerned recently submitted their reports to Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar. Read: LHC seeks details of government\u2019s smog-control measures In addition, the CM instructed the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) to form monitoring teams that are expected to keep a check on cement and stone-crushing plants. The EPD will also hold awareness campaigns in all the districts of the province. Moreover, a report was submitted to the CM, which contained various recommendations for tackling smog. These included the following: Installation of cement plants far from urban areas Transfer of brick kilns to modern technology Use of environment-friendly fuel in industries Read: Lahore commissioner proposes measures to curb smog levels CM Buzdar also issued directions to the local commissioners to form their own monitoring teams in\u00a0 order to review the transfer of brick kilns to zigzag technology and to ensure that the process is completed within the pre-set time limit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":60311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181],"tags":[38058,38057],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-punjab-preparing-for-smog-prevention","9":"tag-smog-in-lahore","10":"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>Punjab preparing for smog prevention - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab government has initiated preparations for smog prevention, particularly in Lahore where it can reach hazardous levels during the winter months \u2014 a news source reported on August 27.\" \/>\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-preparing-smog-prevention.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab preparing for smog prevention - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab government has initiated preparations for smog prevention, particularly in Lahore where it can reach hazardous levels during the winter months \u2014 a news source reported on August 27.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-preparing-smog-prevention.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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