{"id":71503,"date":"2020-10-19T12:37:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T07:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=71503"},"modified":"2020-10-19T15:26:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T10:26:17","slug":"climate-ministry-drafts-pakistan-clean-air-program-2020-tackle-countrys-growing-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/climate-ministry-drafts-pakistan-clean-air-program-2020-tackle-countrys-growing-air-pollution.html","title":{"rendered":"Climate Ministry drafts \u2018Pakistan Clean Air Program 2020\u2019 to tackle country\u2019s growing air pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Ministry of Climate Change has drafted the \u2018Pakistan Clean Air Program 2020\u2019 after ranking as the second-most polluted country in the World Air Quality Report 2019, according to a news report published on October 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/electric-vehicle-policy-introduced-curb-air-pollution.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Electric Vehicle policy in the works to control air pollution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new \u2018clean air program\u2019 lists down various interventions aimed at improving the general air quality \u2013 which is being polluted mainly by vehicles, industries, solid waste burning, and dust particles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the report, four industrial cities of Pakistan \u2013 Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, and Faisalabad \u2013 ranked amongst the world\u2019s most polluted cities owing to disorganised and under-maintained transportation vehicles, excessive usage of fossil fuels to power factories and power plants, and the inefficient burning and disposal of solid waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the incumbent government has taken various initiatives to rectify the above-mentioned pollutants, including the introduction of the electric vehicle policy, import of environmental-friendly Euro-V fuel, and halting industrial operations in 12 \u2018most polluted\u2019 districts of Punjab \u2013 for two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/uspms-discusses-air-pollution-smog-situation-punjab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USPMS discusses air pollution, smog situation in Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, most brick-kilns across the country have already been shifted to the environmentally-friendly Zig-Zag technology, but efforts are underway for the entire industry&#8217;s conversion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Ministry of Climate Change has drafted the \u2018Pakistan Clean Air Program 2020\u2019 after ranking as the second-most polluted country in the World Air Quality Report 2019, according to a news report published on October 17. Read: Electric Vehicle policy in the works to control air pollution The new \u2018clean air program\u2019 lists down various interventions aimed at improving the general air quality \u2013 which is being polluted mainly by vehicles, industries, solid waste burning, and dust particles. As per the report, four industrial cities of Pakistan \u2013 Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, and Faisalabad \u2013 ranked amongst the world\u2019s most polluted cities owing to disorganised and under-maintained transportation vehicles, excessive usage of fossil fuels to power factories and power plants, and the inefficient burning and disposal of solid waste. Meanwhile, the incumbent government has taken various initiatives to rectify the above-mentioned pollutants, including the introduction of the electric vehicle policy, import of environmental-friendly Euro-V fuel, and halting industrial operations in 12 \u2018most polluted\u2019 districts of Punjab \u2013 for two months. Read: USPMS discusses air pollution, smog situation in Punjab Additionally, most brick-kilns across the country have already been shifted to the environmentally-friendly Zig-Zag technology, but efforts are underway for the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":43450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181],"tags":[41643,5447,41644,41645],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-71503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-climate-ministry-drafts-pakistan-clean-air-program-2020-to-tackle-countrys-growing-air-pollution","9":"tag-ministry-of-climate-change","10":"tag-pakistan-clean-air-program-2020","11":"tag-world-air-quality-report","12":"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>Climate Ministry drafts \u2018Pakistan Clean Air Program 2020\u2019 to tackle country\u2019s growing air pollution - 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