Lahore: The Urban Sector Planning and Management Services Unit (USPMS) organised the International Environment Council of 2019 at the Royal Palm Hotel on Thursday, where many environmental challenges faced by Punjab, including air pollution and the deteriorating smog situation were closely analysed, according to the news sources.
On the first day of the exhibition, the ideas for a more environmentally sustainable Punjab were reviewed and discussed. Various international speakers joined the Council through a video call, and related their studies featuring a multitude of aspects that lead to increased air pollution, and proposed solutions. The Environment Protection Department (EPD) displayed its techniques to measure air pollution. The provincial minister for environment Muhammad Rizwan also visited this exhibition.
This event is paving the way for the launch of the Government’s Punjab Green Development Program (PGDP) that is aimed at promoting green development.
The exhibition displayed works of many environmentalists, who presented innovative technologies for water management, environment protection, waste management, sustainable construction, renewable and efficient energy systems, and emerging industrial development trends.
It was specified that EPD has set up six fixed air monitors in Lahore, two in Multan, and two in Gujranwala. The EPD officials maintained that burning of crop residue, vehicle and industrial emissions, open burning of waste, fugitive dust emissions, and uncollected solid waste, are a few of the biggest reasons for air pollution.
Kiln owners are being trained by experts from Nepal to adopt zigzag technology, and discard traditional kilns to protect the environment. The government is holding talks with industrialists and brick kiln associations, and has made smog committees to better counter the upcoming smog season by the end of October.
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