• The decision to implement smog emergency taken in meeting.
• Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi chaired meeting.
• CM said action should be continued against smoke emitting vehicles.

LAHORE: The caretaker government of Punjab has imposed a smog emergency across the province for a month and wearing masks will be mandatory in schools and government offices.

The decision to implement the smog emergency in Punjab was taken in a meeting chaired by Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi.

The caretaker chief minister said that masks have been made mandatory for the health of students and provincial ministers should visit government and private schools. Challenges against farmers should be withdrawn during smog.

He said that farmer brothers should not burn crop residue. He said action should be continued against smoke emitting vehicles and factories and all possible steps should be taken to reduce smog.

Environmentalists say school holidays and transport closures won’t make a difference.

It should be noted that earlier the Lahore High Court had held the Punjab government responsible for the current smog situation and had directed to impose an immediate smog emergency.

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Besides, the court ordered to give guidance to children against smog in the school assemblies.