{"id":82897,"date":"2022-01-09T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T04:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=82897"},"modified":"2022-01-07T16:25:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T11:25:07","slug":"rain-in-lahore-improves-air-quality-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rain-in-lahore-improves-air-quality-index.html","title":{"rendered":"Rain in Lahore improves air quality index"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lahore: After the recent rainfall in Lahore, the Air Quality Index (AQI<\/a>) has improved and the pollution level was also brought down with a recorded particulate matter (PM) rating of 160, which brings the city in the \u2018unhealthy\u2019 category from a more hazardous level, according to media reports published on Thursday (January 6). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read:<\/strong> <\/a>Administrators\u2019 permission made mandatory for road cuts in Lahore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per the details, the rainfall that continued throughout the night did not only make the weather chilly but also improved the air quality. According to a tweet shared by Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA), the air quality index at Lahore\u2019s Sundar Industrial Estate was 169, at National Hockey Stadium was 157, at Town Hall was 104, and at Township Sector C2 was 61. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read:<\/strong> Lahore to receive first artificial rain after Nov 19<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted more rainfall in the city and expects the AQI to go down further. Reportedly, the AQI is calculated based on five categories of pollution: particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, ground-level ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lahore: After the recent rainfall in Lahore, the Air Quality Index (AQI) has improved and the pollution level was also brought down with a recorded particulate matter (PM) rating of 160, which brings the city in the \u2018unhealthy\u2019 category from a more hazardous level, according to media reports published on Thursday (January 6). Read: Administrators\u2019 permission made mandatory for road cuts in Lahore As per the details, the rainfall that continued throughout the night did not only make the weather chilly but also improved the air quality. According to a tweet shared by Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA), the air quality index at Lahore\u2019s Sundar Industrial Estate was 169, at National Hockey Stadium was 157, at Town Hall was 104, and at Township Sector C2 was 61. Read: Lahore to receive first artificial rain after Nov 19 Moreover, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted more rainfall in the city and expects the AQI to go down further. Reportedly, the AQI is calculated based on five categories of pollution: particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, ground-level ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide.<\/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":[15181,15016],"tags":[41999,50416],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-new-developments","9":"tag-air-quality-index-of-lahore","10":"tag-rain-in-lahore-improves-air-quality-index","11":"cat-15181-id","12":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRain in Lahore improves air quality index - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: After the recent rainfall in Lahore, the Air Quality Index (AQI) has improved and the pollution level was also brought down with a recorded\" \/>\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\/rain-in-lahore-improves-air-quality-index.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rain in Lahore improves air quality index - 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