WHY IS PUNJAB UNDER SMOG AGAIN? - WHEN WILL WE ADOPT LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS? - Nov. 07, 2022
Once again, the plains of Pakistan are under a thick layer of smog, and yet again we are to face the consequences. Although smog is a regular phenomenon that paralyses life in Punjab every year, we will start afresh every time with the government proposing new solutions and formulating a brand-new strategy for smog control because we have yet to adopt a long-term policy direction.
Last year, various short-term actions and meetings targeted snapshot interventions and as the situation normalised, due to the rains, we forgot all about the menace. This reactive mode of handling things has never worked and results in us constantly failing to tackle the problem with long-term, scientific solutions as is done in most advanced countries.
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