Bricks Kiln Association Asked To Stop Their Units From Oct 20 To Dec 31:Advisor To Prime Minister On Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam

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Bricks kiln association asked to stop their units from Oct 20 to Dec 31:Advisor to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam

Ricks kiln association has been asked to stop their units from 20 October to 31 December to counter smog issue.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Oct, 2018 ) :Bricks kiln association has been asked to stop their units from 20 October to 31 December to counter smog issue.

In a statement, Advisor to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam said that all other precautionary measures are also being taken to counter this imminent smog issue.

The Advisor said that he had two meetings with Chief Minister Punjab and other stakeholders on "SMOG" issue. Punjab government has established 11 monitoring units to evaluate the intensity of the SMOG round the clock. Special health counters have also been established in main hospitals to treat SMOG affectees on preferential basis.

We will also monitor level of SMOG coming from our neighbor country and we are also negotiating with them through MOFA to keep them from burning crops residues in bordering regions.

Malik Amin said that environment is a key priority agenda of our government and we are in the process of its implementation now.

Minister Imran Khan has constituted a national committee on climate change to ensure adequate implementation of our climate change objectives.