{"id":70854,"date":"2020-09-24T17:51:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T12:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=70854"},"modified":"2020-09-25T09:40:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T04:40:40","slug":"smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html","title":{"rendered":"Smog Control Measures: Kilns to be closed for two months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has informed the Lahore High Court (LHC) of its decision to close all the brick kilns in Punjab from November 7 to December 31 \u2013 in a bid to control smog levels ahead of the winter season, according to a news report published on September 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kiln-owners-given-deadline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kiln owners in Rawalpindi given deadline to shift to zigzag technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A report submitted before the LHC detailed that the secretary for the environment department held a meeting with the Brick Kilns Owners\u2019 Association Pakistan to discuss an environment related petition \u2013 and finalised an accord to shut down the brick kilns for two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kiln-owners-demand-relief-package-kil-industry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kiln owners demand relief package for brick industry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the report revealed that the chief secretary held a virtual meeting with the deputy commissioners in Punjab under the chairman of the judicial environment commission. During the said meeting. instructions were given regarding to control emission from kilns, industrial units, stubble burning, and solid waste burning in order to restrain accumulation of smog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, the Punjab government had announced a four-year programme to shift brick kilns to zigzag technology at a cost of PKR 200 million. Under the said initiative, training to implement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-to-fund-brick-kilns-conversion-to-zigzag-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">zigzag technology<\/a> will also be imparted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has informed the Lahore High Court (LHC) of its decision to close all the brick kilns in Punjab from November 7 to December 31 \u2013 in a bid to control smog levels ahead of the winter season, according to a news report published on September 24. Read: Kiln owners in Rawalpindi given deadline to shift to zigzag technology A report submitted before the LHC detailed that the secretary for the environment department held a meeting with the Brick Kilns Owners\u2019 Association Pakistan to discuss an environment related petition \u2013 and finalised an accord to shut down the brick kilns for two months. Read: Kiln owners demand relief package for brick industry Moreover, the report revealed that the chief secretary held a virtual meeting with the deputy commissioners in Punjab under the chairman of the judicial environment commission. During the said meeting. instructions were given regarding to control emission from kilns, industrial units, stubble burning, and solid waste burning in order to restrain accumulation of smog. Previously, the Punjab government had announced a four-year programme to shift brick kilns to zigzag technology at a cost of PKR 200 million. Under the said initiative, training to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":70599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15016,15017],"tags":[40247,40245,40246,40244],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-new-developments","9":"category-notices-announcements","10":"tag-brick-kilns-owners-association-pakistan","11":"tag-environment-protection-agency-epa","12":"tag-lahore-high-court-lhc","13":"tag-smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months","14":"cat-15181-id","15":"cat-15016-id","16":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Smog Control Measures: Kilns to be closed for two months - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Also, instructions are given regarding to control emission from kilns, industrial units, stubble burning, and waste burning in order to control smog.\" \/>\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\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Smog Control Measures: Kilns to be closed for two months - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Also, instructions are given regarding to control emission from kilns, industrial units, stubble burning, and waste burning in order to control smog.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-24T12:51:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-25T04:40:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/kilns.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hazafa Hasan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hazafa Hasan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Smog Control Measures: Kilns to be closed for two months - Zameen News","description":"Also, instructions are given regarding to control emission from kilns, industrial units, stubble burning, and waste burning in order to control smog.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Smog Control Measures: Kilns to be closed for two months - Zameen News","og_description":"Also, instructions are given regarding to control emission from kilns, industrial units, stubble burning, and waste burning in order to control smog.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html","og_site_name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","article_published_time":"2020-09-24T12:51:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-09-25T04:40:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/kilns.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Hazafa Hasan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_site":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Hazafa Hasan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html"},"author":{"name":"Hazafa Hasan","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/422fcc128fcaf82dae8406d1cf62a52b"},"headline":"Smog Control Measures: Kilns to be closed for two months","datePublished":"2020-09-24T12:51:32+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-25T04:40:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html"},"wordCount":211,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/kilns.jpg","keywords":["Brick Kilns Owners\u2019 Association Pakistan","Environment Protection Agency (EPA)","Lahore High Court (LHC)","Smog Control Measures: Kilns to be closed for two months"],"articleSection":["Environment","New Developments","Notices &amp; Announcements"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html","name":"Smog Control Measures: Kilns to be closed for two months - Zameen News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/kilns.jpg","datePublished":"2020-09-24T12:51:32+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-25T04:40:40+00:00","description":"Also, instructions are given regarding to control emission from kilns, industrial units, stubble burning, and waste burning in order to control smog.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/kilns.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/kilns.jpg","width":1170,"height":400,"caption":"Horse and Tattoo show 2010 at Race Club. Lahore"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/smog-control-measures-kilns-to-be-closed-for-two-months.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Smog Control Measures: Kilns to be closed for two months"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Zameen.com","alternateName":"Zameen","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Zameen.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","https:\/\/x.com\/ZameenProperty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zameenpk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/422fcc128fcaf82dae8406d1cf62a52b","name":"Hazafa Hasan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Avatar-Icon-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Avatar-Icon-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Avatar-Icon-96x96.jpg","caption":"Hazafa Hasan"},"description":"Hazafa reveres the art of writing and has been turned into a property enthusiast by profession. Her daily survival kit includes; tea, coffee, keyboard and paperbacks.","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/author\/hazafa"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70854"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70859,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70854\/revisions\/70859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70854"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=70854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}