{"id":45221,"date":"2024-08-16T15:41:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T10:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=45221"},"modified":"2024-08-16T15:41:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T10:41:37","slug":"govt-to-intensify-crackdown-on-smoke-emitting-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/govt-to-intensify-crackdown-on-smoke-emitting-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt to intensify crackdown on smoke emitting vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE:<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/cm-maryam-directs-institutions-to-award-teachers-of-top-students\/\"> Senior Provincial Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb<\/a> has announced that the government will ramp up its efforts to enforce environmental regulations on vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting where updates on air quality, school education, population, and health were discussed, Aurangzeb reviewed a plan to combat smog in Lahore.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, a key focus is<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/5-dead-bodies-tied-to-electricity-poles-found-in-balochistan\/\"> identifying and fining smoke-emitting motorcycles<\/a> using Safe City Authority cameras. With motorcycles contributing over 75% of transport pollution, the goal is to lower Lahore\u2019s Air Quality Index from 100 to 70 by 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The plan includes establishing 100 vehicle inspection and certification stations in Lahore and promoting electric bikes, vehicles, and buses. Public awareness and collective action are deemed essential for environmental protection.<\/p>\n<p>The senior minister also highlighted the ongoing anti-encroachment operation and the introduction of an app to improve departmental coordination.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, a plantation campaign is underway to improve air quality and public health. Aurangzeb criticized the lack of a comprehensive strategy from longstanding institutions and called for a national approach to population management.<\/p>\n<p>In education, it was announced that middle and matric tech programs will be introduced in 500 schools across Punjab. A school meal program is set to launch in September, with efforts focused on increasing enrollment and improving classroom standards.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there is a target of achieving 40% female workers in the education sector.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/qau-initiates-plantation-campaign-to-celebrate-77th-independence-of-pakistan\/\">Moreover, Punjab Population Welfare Department<\/a> Director General Saman Rai warned that the rapidly growing population is straining the country\u2019s resources, infrastructure, and environment.<\/p>\n<p>She stressed the need for improved family planning access, public education, and sustainable urban planning to address these challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Senior Provincial Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has announced that the government will ramp up its efforts to enforce environmental regulations on vehicles. During a meeting where updates on air quality, school education, population, and health were discussed, Aurangzeb reviewed a plan to combat smog in Lahore. Moreover, a key focus is identifying and fining smoke-emitting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":45224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14342,2],"tags":[7523,20400,20503,20504],"class_list":["post-45221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automobile","category-pakistan","tag-air-pollution","tag-plantation-campaign","tag-pollution-welfare-department","tag-provincial-minister-maryam-aurangzeb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45225,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45221\/revisions\/45225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}