{"id":82706,"date":"2022-01-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=82706"},"modified":"2021-12-31T11:31:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T06:31:39","slug":"lahore-aqi-units-june-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lahore-aqi-units-june-2022.html","title":{"rendered":"Lahore to get three AQI monitoring units by June 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The federal ministry of climate change on Thursday (December 30) announced the completion timeline for three out of eight smog monitoring stations in Lahore and has expediated development efforts to the same effect, news sources reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-lockdown-improved-air-quality-major-cities-pmd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 lockdown improved air quality in major cities: PMD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the deadline communication, these air quality monitoring stations will be functionalised by June 2022. The remaining five monitoring units are announced to be established after securing investment from the World Bank (WB). Reportedly, the environment protection units of f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/need-comprehensive-air-quality-management.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ederal and provincial governments held talks to monitor the <\/a>deteriorating air quality index (AQI) of the city. According to a government official, the administration is having difficulty monitoring the AQI due to insufficient resources and just two AQI monitoring facilities in the city. He also stated that current data suggests that vehicles produce 40% of pollution, with the remainder coming from improper stubble burning and industries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/new-formula-aqi-lahore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPA adopts new formula to measure Air Quality Index in Lahore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also stated that high electricity bills have discouraged kiln operators and steel mills from deploying pollution-controlling blowers and scrubbers. Furthermore, he stated that stubble burning in one of the neighbouring countries is a key contributor to poor air quality. The air quality will not improve until the country implements a comprehensive policy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The federal ministry of climate change on Thursday (December 30) announced the completion timeline for three out of eight smog monitoring stations in Lahore and has expediated development efforts to the same effect, news sources reported.&nbsp; Read: COVID-19 lockdown improved air quality in major cities: PMD As per the deadline communication, these air quality monitoring stations will be functionalised by June 2022. The remaining five monitoring units are announced to be established after securing investment from the World Bank (WB). Reportedly, the environment protection units of federal and provincial governments held talks to monitor the deteriorating air quality index (AQI) of the city. According to a government official, the administration is having difficulty monitoring the AQI due to insufficient resources and just two AQI monitoring facilities in the city. He also stated that current data suggests that vehicles produce 40% of pollution, with the remainder coming from improper stubble burning and industries.&nbsp; Read: EPA adopts new formula to measure Air Quality Index in Lahore He also stated that high electricity bills have discouraged kiln operators and steel mills from deploying pollution-controlling blowers and scrubbers. Furthermore, he stated that stubble burning in one of the neighbouring countries is a key&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":[15181],"tags":[50300,50299,50298],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-air-quality-lahoe","9":"tag-aqi-lahore","10":"tag-lahore-to-get-three-aqi-monitoring-units-by-june-2022","11":"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>Lahore to get three AQI monitoring units by June 2022 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The federal ministry of climate change on Thursday (December 30) announced the completion timeline for three out of eight smog monitoring stations\" \/>\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\/lahore-aqi-units-june-2022.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lahore to get three AQI monitoring units by June 2022 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The federal ministry of climate change on Thursday (December 30) announced the completion timeline for three out of eight smog monitoring stations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lahore-aqi-units-june-2022.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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