Lahore is currently number one in the list of the world’s most polluted cities.
The city has an AQI of 184 as of 5:00pm PKT.
Following Lahore, Kolkata, and Delhi has the worst quality.
The cities of Hanoi and Dhaka are also in the top five cities.
Earlier in the morning of Sunday, Lahore’s AQI level hit 412, which is extremely hazardous.
The PM2.5 concentration was measured at 249.5 µg/m³, nearly 50 times higher than the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) annual air quality guideline.
The worst-affected areas were Iqbal Town, Syed Maratib Ali Road, Shadman, the Punjab University area and Shalimar.
In the last 24 hours, the tech-driven initiative identified over 460 smog-related violations so it could be the reason behind this much bad air quality.
Punjab govt’s measures after Lahore’s bad air quality
In another development, the Punjab government has revised the schools’ timings.
The timings will be now from 8:45am to 1:30pm.
The Punjab government has intensified its crackdown on smoke-emitting kilns, factories, and vehicles.
Teams from the Environment and Forest departments are operating round the clock to monitor violations.
Senior Provincial Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has urged the citizens to stay indoors during early morning and evening hours and to report any incidents of crop burning immediately.
Authorities reiterated that the government is enforcing a strict zero-tolerance policy on the burning of crop residues to curb worsening air pollution.
