Experts said that greenhouse effect, Hydrogen Sulphide and 'high level reading' of pollution in the air were the major reasons of dense smog in the provincial metropolis.
In an interview, the experts and environmentalists said that a combination of high level pollutants, calm wind and penetration of pollution from India was causing dense smog, in a greenhouse effect way, causing disruption to everyday life for the people of Lahore.
Dr Khalid Hussain from Services Hospital here told APP that heavy smog was also a major reason these days for a increase in casualties in road accidents due to poor visibility.
He advised people to move around in face-masks for protection in this connection. He said that , the smog was causing heavy breathing, as well as some eye, nose and throat infection.
Noted atmosphere master Dr Mehmood Khalid Qamar said that as indicated by new readings got through the as of late introduced observing gear, the level of carbon monoxide was 21.29 (milligram per meter) on the Mall Road, 17.52 in Mohlanwal, and 6.94 in Gulberg's Liberty Market as against the most extreme reasonable farthest point of 5.
The second toxin exuding from the channels was hydrogen sulfide with levels of 772.69 on Zafar Ali Road instead of the allowable furthest reaches of 7 every moment and 150 for each 24 hours.
Director Conservation, World Wide Fund for Conservation of Nature (WWF), Pakistan Chapter, Humera Aysha said that the level of sulfur dioxide that was the result of garbage fuel was
1373.1 at Daroghawala, north and upper east Lahore, which houses many plants, including 600 steel production lines. The tolerant maximum point of confinement is 120.
Director Conservation, World Wide Fund for Conservation of Nature (WWF), Pakistan Chapter, Humera Aysha said that the level of sulfur dioxide that was the result of garbage fuel was
1373.1 at Daroghawala, north and upper east Lahore, which houses many plants, including 600 steel production lines.
The tolerant maximum point of confinement is 120. A senior authority of the Environment Protection Department
(EPD) said the concoction particles exhibit noticeable all around were turning condition as harmful.
These included carbon monoxide from India delivered after the consuming of almost 32 tons of product buildup by its ranchers, gasses from the channels and waste material from several manufacturing plants in northern and upper east Lahore.
Riaz Khan, a senior authority from Met Department here said contamination from India entered Pakistan, particularly Lahore, when the breeze course blowed towards us in the month
of October.
To an inquiry he said that the contamination would be pushed back simply after solid north-westerly breezes move towards India. He said contamination must be washed away by rain or
solid breezes.
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