Multan: Deputy Director Environment Zafar Iqbal recently stated that 75% of the total traditional brick kilns in the Multan district had been converted to zigzag technology as per the directives of the Punjab government, according to a news report published today (February 15).
He also revealed that the district administration held meetings with the brick kiln owners in Punjab and convinced them to shift their tradition kilns to zigzag technology. To this effect, out of 492 kilns in Multan district, 375 had begun to operate under the zigzag technology.
Moreover, it was revealed that the conversion process for the remaining kilns in Multan will be completed by the end of the month. Iqbal also mentioned that the department was assisting kiln workers in operating the new technology. He said that workers were being trained and five surveillance teams are working to ensure smooth operation.
Zafar further encouraged the old-technology based kiln owners to avail the Punjab government’s Apna Rozgaar Scheme to shift their kilns to the said environmentally-safe mechanism.
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