{"id":81423,"date":"2021-11-15T14:09:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T09:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=81423"},"modified":"2021-11-15T14:09:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T09:09:30","slug":"punjab-advisory-risks-smog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-advisory-risks-smog.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab issues advisory to curtail risks posed by smog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab government has warned citizens of the detrimental and dangerous effects of the ongoing smog calamity in the province, and citizens have been asked to take additional care in this respect, an advertisement in the leading daily reads.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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>As per the advertisement, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-smog-calamity-steps-afoot-mitigation.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"80365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">provincial government has declared SMOG a ca<\/a>lamity under Punjab National Calamity (Prevention &amp; Relief) Act, 1958. The advertisement advised the citizens to take following precautions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wear mask while going out&nbsp;<\/li><li>Use eye protection and glasses&nbsp;<\/li><li>Wash hands and eyes frequently&nbsp;<\/li><li>Keep windows and doors closed&nbsp;<\/li><li>Use indoor air purifiers for clean breathing air&nbsp;<\/li><li>Restrict unnecessary movement of sensitive groups such as children and elderly&nbsp;<\/li><li>Consult doctors in case of flu, nausea, cough and shortness of breath<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the advertising warned of the potential legal ramifications of violating environmental protection procedures. The advertisement also warned against smoke-emitting automobiles, stubble burning, the failure to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ban-kilns-curb-smog-increases-brick-rates-punjab.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"71825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> install zig-zag<\/a> technology on brick kilns, and improper emission control systems in industrial systems. It was confirmed that violators will face FIRs, severe penalties, and jail. In this respect, the administration has built up an SMOG monitoring control cell at Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab Control Room. The citizens are instructed to report any violations at helpline number 1129.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sapm-shares-climate-ministrys-plan-to-curb-smog-in-lahore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAPM shares Climate Ministry\u2019s plan to curb smog in Lahore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Punjab has been under a thick curtain of SMOG with the start of winter with Lahore declared as the worst performing metropolitan city in the world in terms of SMOG and air quality index by the American Air Quality monitoring unit. If not controlled, the air quality may further deteriorate in the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab government has warned citizens of the detrimental and dangerous effects of the ongoing smog calamity in the province, and citizens have been asked to take additional care in this respect, an advertisement in the leading daily reads.\u00a0\u00a0 Read: LDA asks private developers to adopt smog-preventive measures As per the advertisement, the provincial government has declared SMOG a calamity under Punjab National Calamity (Prevention &amp; Relief) Act, 1958. The advertisement advised the citizens to take following precautions: Wear mask while going out&nbsp; Use eye protection and glasses&nbsp; Wash hands and eyes frequently&nbsp; Keep windows and doors closed&nbsp; Use indoor air purifiers for clean breathing air&nbsp; Restrict unnecessary movement of sensitive groups such as children and elderly&nbsp; Consult doctors in case of flu, nausea, cough and shortness of breath In addition, the advertising warned of the potential legal ramifications of violating environmental protection procedures. The advertisement also warned against smoke-emitting automobiles, stubble burning, the failure to install zig-zag technology on brick kilns, and improper emission control systems in industrial systems. It was confirmed that violators will face FIRs, severe penalties, and jail. In this respect, the administration has built up an SMOG monitoring control cell at Provincial Disaster Management&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":70824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[41583,49496,49497],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-punjab-govt-notifies-smog-prevention-measures","9":"tag-punjab-issues-advisory-to-curtail-risks-posed-by-smog","10":"tag-smog-decared-calamity","11":"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>Punjab issues advisory to curtail risks posed by smog - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab government has warned citizens of the detrimental and dangerous effects of the ongoing smog calamity in the province, and citizens have\" \/>\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-advisory-risks-smog.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab issues advisory to curtail risks posed by smog - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab government has warned citizens of the detrimental and dangerous effects of the ongoing smog calamity in the province, and citizens have\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-advisory-risks-smog.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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