LHC orders to impose smog emergency in Punjab

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered the Punjab authorities to declare smog emergency and call for an official meeting to take precautionary measures before the weather situation gets worse.

The season of winters is just around the corner , smog has overtake the city Lahore, Punjab once again in the beginning of October. According to the weather experts, air quality level shot to an alarming level. The rising levels of air pollution in the city have been declared harmful for human health.

Justice Shahid Jamil heard the petition of Farooq, a resident of Lahore. The petitioner maintained that the government was not taking any actions to control smog and it soars health issues.

The court should order the relevant authorities to take action in order to control the condition, it maintained.

Cars and industries that adds to the smog should be banned, he remarked.

The court further said that vehicles should be provided to the teams. If this does not happen, the vehicles of the chief secretary’s office will be handed over to them.

The court ordered the authorities to declare a smog emergency in the province and directed them to purchase air quality sensors within two weeks.

Afterward, the court ordered authorities to submit an implementation report in the next proceeding and adjourned the hearing till October 14.