LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Is hafta Lahore ka air index 500 se tajawuz kar gaya hai, aur aise mein shehr ke pasandeeda dhuein wale dinner par aik sawal mandla raha hai: kya aap ki tikka wali jagah ko khula rehne ki ijazat hai? Punjab ke smog qawaid ke teht, ab baat suction hood par aa kar rukti hai.
Punjab Environment Protection Agency ne barbecue, grilling aur dhuan paida karne wale doosre tareeqon se khana pakane wale restaurants ke liye kaam karne wale suction hoods aur exhaust systems lazmi qarar de diye hain, aur unhein ikhtiyari izafi cheez ke bajaye qanooni taqaza qarar diya hai. Jin jagahon par yeh nahin hain unhein seal kiye jane ka saamna hai.
Crackdown kitna sakht raha hai
September mein 24 ghante ki aik muhim ke dauran raat ki teams ne Punjab bhar mein 256 se zyada restaurants ka muaina kiya aur 47 se zyada ko seal kar diya. Lahore mein jin 30 restaurants ka muaina kiya gaya un mein se 27 seal kar diye gaye aur baqi teen ko notices diye gaye.
Sirf hood ka hona kafi nahin. Us maheene Lahore ka aik restaurant is liye seal kiya gaya kyunke us ka hood lagaya gaya tha magar muassir tareeqe se kaam nahin kar raha tha, jabke aik aur outlet ka sirf barbecue hissa seal kiya gaya. Punjab ki Senior Wazir Marriyum Aurangzeb ne kaha ke hoods aur ducts ka lagaya jana aur muassir tareeqe se chalna donon zaroori hain.
Agency ne kaha ke nifaz din aur raat donon mein jari rahega, aur us ki zero-tolerance policy hai. Agency ke tarjuman ne kaha ke raat ke waqt aloodgi phailane wale karobar ko bhi qanooni karwai ka saamna karna hoga.
Is hafta yeh kyun ahem hai
Lahore ka air quality index Peer ko 530 se tajawuz kar gaya, aur Pakistan Air Quality Initiative ki peshgoi hai ke Budh tak bareek zarrat ki aloodgi mein mazeed izafa hoga. Hukumat ka kehna hai ke woh aloodgi ke tamam bare zaraye ke khilaf aik saath karwai kar rahi hai, eent ke bhatton aur factories se le kar plastic ke kachre aur restaurants ke dhuein tak.
Restaurant mein khana khane walon ke liye amli nateeja saada hai. Grill ke oopar chalta hua hood aur duct woh cheez hai jo inspectors dhoond rahe hain.
