{"id":82338,"date":"2021-12-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=82338"},"modified":"2021-12-17T12:14:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T07:14:25","slug":"new-formula-aqi-lahore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/new-formula-aqi-lahore.html","title":{"rendered":"EPA adopts new formula to measure Air Quality Index in Lahore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted a new formula to measure Air Quality Index (AQI), which will show 25% less figures in order to improve the air quality of the city, according to news sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-advisory-risks-smog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punjab issues advisory to curtail risks posed by smog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the details, the measures taken by the Punjab government were not fruitful to bring down the AQI of the city. According to sources, one of the reasons behind the unsuccessful efforts was the inability of EPA to close the industries, which utilize sub-standard fuel to operate their factories at night. Other reasons include the ongoing construction of projects in different corners of the city, movement of heavy traffic, and no strict action taken against the smoke-emitting vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-5-anti-smog-squads.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punjab govt constitute 5 anti-smog squads for Lahore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A focal person of EPA Dr Amir Farooq disclosed that the figures shared with the media were not accurate. Hence, the agency decided to adopt a new formula to ensure precise figures of AQI. Talking about the industries operating at night, he stated that the agency doesn\u2019t have enough resources to check every industry. The Punjab government has asked police, district government, and Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) to conduct operations against the industries that violate smog SOPs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted a new formula to measure Air Quality Index (AQI), which will show 25% less figures in order to improve the air quality of the city, according to news sources.\u00a0 Read: Punjab issues advisory to curtail risks posed by smog As per the details, the measures taken by the Punjab government were not fruitful to bring down the AQI of the city. According to sources, one of the reasons behind the unsuccessful efforts was the inability of EPA to close the industries, which utilize sub-standard fuel to operate their factories at night. Other reasons include the ongoing construction of projects in different corners of the city, movement of heavy traffic, and no strict action taken against the smoke-emitting vehicles.\u00a0 Read: Punjab govt constitute 5 anti-smog squads for Lahore A focal person of EPA Dr Amir Farooq disclosed that the figures shared with the media were not accurate. Hence, the agency decided to adopt a new formula to ensure precise figures of AQI. Talking about the industries operating at night, he stated that the agency doesn\u2019t have enough resources to check every industry. The Punjab government has asked police, district government, and Provincial&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":66506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[21400,50056],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-environmental-protection-agency-epa","9":"tag-epa-adopts-new-formula-to-measure-air-quality-index-in-lahore","10":"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>EPA adopts new formula to measure AQI in Lahore- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Punjab Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted a new formula to measure Air Quality Index (AQI), which will show 25% less figures....\" \/>\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\/new-formula-aqi-lahore.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EPA adopts new formula to measure AQI in Lahore- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Punjab Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted a new formula to measure Air Quality Index (AQI), which will show 25% less figures....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/new-formula-aqi-lahore.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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