{"id":71957,"date":"2020-11-10T16:24:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T11:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=71957"},"modified":"2020-11-10T16:24:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T11:24:27","slug":"sapm-shares-climate-ministrys-plan-to-curb-smog-in-lahore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sapm-shares-climate-ministrys-plan-to-curb-smog-in-lahore.html","title":{"rendered":"SAPM shares Climate Ministry&#8217;s plan to curb smog in Lahore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam Khan on Monday announced the executive\u2019s plan to curb smog levels in Lahore, according to news sources. He revealed the details during his visit to the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ban-kilns-curb-smog-increases-brick-rates-punjab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ban on kilns to curb smog raises brick rates in Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To this effect, Aslam stated that the Ministry of Climate Change had identified vehicles as the major contributors to the increasing smog levels; adding that transport services were seen to cause 40% of the smog in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further stated that the government was working to provide euro 5 fuel instead of euro 2, as it was considered more environment-friendly. He said that the executive had provided its approval to the \u2018Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy\u2019 to tackle the effects of climate change and offer affordable transport facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also announced that a 3,500-acre national park was being established near Balloki near Lahore; further stating that the government would initiate a \u2018National Park Service\u2019 to promote eco-tourism in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lda-asks-private-developers-adopt-anti-smog-measures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LDA asks private developers to adopt smog-preventive measures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He opined that the 10 billion tree tsunami initiative was creating jobs and contributing towards a green economy in addition to planting saplings. The SAPM stated that the government had announced the green stimulus initiative to initiate climate recovery. The city of Lahore, he said, had lost 70% of its forest cover in the last 15 years and it served as the biggest reason for the increased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-notifies-smog-prevention-measures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">smog levels<\/a> in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam Khan on Monday announced the executive\u2019s plan to curb smog levels in Lahore, according to news sources. He revealed the details during his visit to the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). Read: Ban on kilns to curb smog raises brick rates in Punjab To this effect, Aslam stated that the Ministry of Climate Change had identified vehicles as the major contributors to the increasing smog levels; adding that transport services were seen to cause 40% of the smog in the city. He further stated that the government was working to provide euro 5 fuel instead of euro 2, as it was considered more environment-friendly. He said that the executive had provided its approval to the \u2018Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy\u2019 to tackle the effects of climate change and offer affordable transport facilities. He also announced that a 3,500-acre national park was being established near Balloki near Lahore; further stating that the government would initiate a \u2018National Park Service\u2019 to promote eco-tourism in the country. Read: LDA asks private developers to adopt smog-preventive measures He opined that the 10 billion tree tsunami initiative was creating jobs&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":70824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15017],"tags":[25518,21723,38057],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-71957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-electric-vehicle-ev-policy","10":"tag-lahore-chamber-of-commerce-industry-lcci","11":"tag-smog-in-lahore","12":"cat-15181-id","13":"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>Climate Ministry&#039;s plan to curb smog in Lahore - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The city of Lahore has lost 70% of its forest cover in the last 15 years and it served as the biggest reason for the increased smog levels in the city.\" \/>\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\/sapm-shares-climate-ministrys-plan-to-curb-smog-in-lahore.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Climate Ministry&#039;s plan to curb smog in Lahore - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The city of Lahore has lost 70% of its forest cover in the last 15 years and it served as the biggest reason for the increased smog levels in the city.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sapm-shares-climate-ministrys-plan-to-curb-smog-in-lahore.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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