Air pollution levels in Lahore reached a critical level on Sunday. The AQI of the morning became 707, which left it as the most polluted city on earth. The entire day, this metropolis was covered in a thick layer of smog, forcing it to suffer from low levels of visibility and increased risks to health. It went up to 707 at 8 am and gradually decreased to 348 by 10 pm. Nevertheless, Lahore remained the most polluted city, followed by New Delhi at 294 on the AQI scale.
Measurement concentration at Lahore was reported 249 µg/m3-49.8 fold to the annual World Health Organization’s limit, hence smog in Lahore owes itself to crop burning; automobile emissions, and industrial air emissions necessitating the government to employ an anti-smog initiative rigorously.
With a smog alert sounded by the Punjab EPD, it has warned winds blowing from polluted areas across the state of Amritsar, New Delhi, and Chandigarh are most likely to aggravate pollution levels in Lahore. “.
Traffic police have also requested caution on roads due to poor visibility. Punjab Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb announced crackdowns on polluting industries and said that four factories in Lahore had been shut down due to non-compliance. As many as 900 vehicles were checked, and Rs503,000 worth of fines were imposed on violators; 72 smoke-emitting vehicles were impounded.
She tells the people that all those steps are to improve the condition by at least decades to secure a clean world for the kids and the next generations while Aurangzeb urged people to provide the information they felt was smoke-related by contacting 1373.
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