LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Lahore ka air quality index Peer ki subah 530 se oopar chala gaya, jo khatarnak darje mein gehrai tak hai, jabke smog poore Punjab mein phail gaya aur Gujranwala mein 675 tak ki readings record hui, air quality monitor IQAir ke mutabiq.
Subah 8 baje IQAir ne Lahore ka index 535 bataya, jis mein bareek zarrat, yaani PM2.5, 343 micrograms per cubic metre tha. Yeh nanhe zarrat phephron mein gehrai tak ja sakte hain aur khoon ke dhare mein daakhil ho sakte hain. Pakistan ki jaiz had 35 micrograms hai.
IQAir ki live ranking mein mulk ke sab se zyada alooda chhe shehron mein Punjab ke paanch shehr shamil thay. Gujranwala 606 ke saath sab se oopar raha aur Lahore 509 ke saath doosre number par, jabke Faisalabad aur Multan donon 310 par aur Sialkot 260 par thay. Peshawar 216 ke saath chhathe number par tha. Har ghante ki updates ke darmiyan readings tezi se badalti rahin.
Yeh tezi fasalon ki baqiyaat jalane mein tez izafe ke baad aayi hai. NASA ke satellites ne 1 se 29 October ke darmiyan Punjab mein aag ke 13,241 fire spots ki nishandehi ki, monitoring website HamariHawa ke tajziye ke mutabiq, jin mein se taqreeban 92% khet ki zameen par thay. Taqreeban aadhe maheene ke aakhri 7 dinon mein saamne aaye, jin mein Okara, Gujranwala aur Nankana Sahib sab se zyada mutasir thay. Kamzor hawaein aur thandi hawa ke inversions is dhuein ko gariyon aur sanat ke ikhraj ke saath zameen ke qareeb qaid kar sakte hain.
October mein kuch rahat mili thi. Pakistan Air Quality Initiative ne paya ke Lahore mein PM2.5 pichhle saal ke muqable mein kam tha, lekin kaha ke is ka bara hissa mausam ki wajah se tha. Mausami halaat ko hisab mein lene ke baad is ne behtari taqreeban 4% bataya, aur jin 30 dinon ka record is ne pesh kiya, un sab mein satah qaumi had se oopar rahi.
