Lahore: Lahore High Court (LHC), on Wednesday, issued instructions for a judicial commission to monitor the process of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for projects under Naya Pakistan Housing Programme – a news source reported.
According to the details, Justice Shahid Karim passed the instructions while hearing multiple petitions relating to environmental issues. The judge had already restrained construction work on Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project (RUDAP) till approval of its EIA report.
During the hearing, the high court judge observed that Lahore had been recklessly turned into the second most polluted city in the world.
In a related case, the judicial commission comprising retired justice Ali Akbar Qureshi submitted a report to the court that 46 sugar mills had been given notices and deadline till March 2 to submit their EIAs and design of waste water treatment plants as a part of the efforts to reduce pollution.
