Smog: Schools and offices in Lahore to remain closed thrice a week

Smog: Schools and offices in Lahore to remain closed thrice a week

As the pollution situation in Lahore has deteriorated, the Punjab administration on Monday decided to close private and government schools in the provincial capital three times a week.


From November 27 through January 15, the restriction would be in effect. Private offices in the city will also be closed three days a week, according to the commissioner.

The notice states, "Schools and offices will be closed on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday."


Last week, Prime Minister Malik Amin Aslam's climate change adviser Malik Amin Aslam said Pakistan was considering employing the United Arab Emirates' cloud-seeding technology to combat smog next year.

Aslam told a private television programme that the government has taken many efforts to address the problem, albeit he recognised that they were "still insufficient."

Residents of Lahore recently petitioned the authorities to take immediate action after their city was named one of the world's most polluted, with residents enveloped by haze.

Aslam stated that the transportation industry was responsible for 40% of the smog in Lahore and other parts of Punjab province, and that there was a programme in place to move toward better fuel and electric vehicles.

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