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Schools closed due to pollution in Lahore
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IANS | 07 Nov, 2019
Pakistan's Lahore city closed schools on Thursday after an alarming rise
in air pollution that made it the world's most polluted city for a few
hours, covered by a dark toxic cloud.
"Due to sudden increase in
smog, all schools in Lahore will remain closed," Usman Buzdar, the head
of the government of Punjab province, whose capital is Lahore, tweeted.
Buzdar
said his administration was taking action against the burning of
agricultural waste and other factors that caused smog and the spike in
pollution, Efe news reported.
On Wednesday night, the
concentration of PM 2.5 particles (less than 2.5 microns and considered
the most harmful for health) was 580 per cubic meter in Lahore, making
the city the most polluted in the world for a few hours, according to
the Air Quality Index of the US Environmental Protection Agency.
By
Thursday morning, rain and wind had dispersed the toxic cloud and the
concentration of PM 2.5 particles came down to the 138, which is still
harmful.
Punjab Environment Protection Department spokesperson
Naseem ur Rehman blamed India for the burning of crop residue that the
increased the pollution levels.
"The trans-border wind brought smoke that specially hit areas bordering India," he told Efe news.
Air
pollution is so common in this city of 11 million inhabitants that the
period between October and January is known as the "smog season", caused
by vehicle emissions and the burning of stubble.
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