LAHORE – Punjab government’s claims of making efforts for controlling smogfell short when pollutants once again engulfed Lahore.
Air Quality Index in Lahore has reached 614 at 11pm, adding that thethreshold for hazardous level of air quality was 300.
The index warned that the soupy air in Lahore is hazardous to breathe,especially for young children. Another index ranked Lahore as the secondmost polluted city in the world.
Haziness, and nose and eye irritation is a clear indication of thebeginning of the phenomenon which has been pestering Lahore and othercities of Punjab in October and November for the past few years.
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Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has directed to close allprivate and government schools.
