From banning tuk-tuks and barbecues to demolishing old brick kilns, Pakistan's government is pushing a series of measures to fight record-breaking smog.
Published: 10:09 AM, 15 Nov, 2024Stay tuned with 24 News HD Android AppFrom banning tuk-tuks and barbecues to demolishing old brick kilns, Pakistan's government is pushing a series of measures to fight record-breaking smog.
The UN food agency FAO pinpoints transport as the main source of air pollutant emissions, followed by industry and agriculture. "It is a good starting point", the Pakistan Air Quality Experts group, a coalition of 27 professionals spanning public health, environmental science, law, and economics, wrote in a letter to the government.
"It should petrol, move to renewables, improve the industry, otherwise, we're just showing something for the sake of showing it," he said.More than 24 million vehicles ply the streets in Punjab, a province served by a weak public transportation infrastructure.But many Pakistanis are also unable to afford more modern and less-polluting options in a country where the World Bank reports 40 percent of the population lives below the poverty line.
Employer Sajid Ali Shah told AFP that the government"replaced the old technology that we worked with for over 50 years with a new one, but many do not even know how to use the new technology". More than 35,000 patients have been reported in the five major public hospitals of Lahore during the past week, Pakistan's official news agency APP reported.
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