LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Jumma ko halki baarish aur hawaon ke rukh mein tabdeeli se Lahore mein smog se kuch relief mila, shehar ka air quality index (AQI) taqreeban 111 tak gir gaya aur Lahore aalmi aloodgi ki darjabandi mein pehle number se hat gaya, jabke Delhi duniya ka sab se aloodah bara shehar ban gaya.
Fazai miyaar ki nigrani karne wale Swiss idaray IQAir ne Jumma ko Delhi ka AQI 334 bataya, jise woh khatarnak qarar deta hai. Bharat ke Central Pollution Control Board ne maqami waqt ke mutabiq subah 9 baje is se zyada yani 403 ki reading record ki aur ise shadeed qarar diya. Dono adad-o-shumaar mein farq is liye hai ke Swiss aur Bharti nizaam mukhtalif paimane aur tareeqe istemal karte hain.
Maqami reports ke mutabiq Jumma ko Lahore ka AQI 111 se 115 ke darmiyan record kiya gaya, jis ke baad shehar aalmi darjabandi mein 15wen number par aa gaya. 50 tak ki reading achhi samjhi jati hai, jis mein sehat ko bohat kam ya koi khatra nahin hota.
Mehkma-e-Mosmiyat ne kaha ke Jumeraat ki shaam se chalne wali hawaon aur soobe ke kuch hisson mein halki baarish ne fiza saaf karne mein madad di. Jumma ko Lahore mein matla abr-aalood rehne, boonda baandi ke imkaan, zyada se zyada darja-e-hararat 29 aur kam se kam 17 degree centigrade rehne ki tawaqqo thi.
Punjab ne behtari ka sehra apne smog plan ko diya
Punjab ki senior wazir Marriyum Aurangzeb ne kaha ke is behtari ko sirf mausam ka nateeja qarar nahin diya ja sakta. Un ka kehna tha ke sanati units, eenton ke bhatton, gaariyon aur kachra jalane se paida hone wali aloodgi ke khilaf karrawai ne bhi kirdar ada kiya, aur Wazir-e-Aala ki qiyadat mein smog se nimatne ke liye aik mustaqil aur science par mabni nizaam qaim kiya gaya hai.
Unhon ne kaha ke 2024 mein aloodgi ke zaraye par qaboo pane ka koi marboot nizaam mojood nahin tha, aur ab aloodgi ki rok thaam, musalsal nigrani aur sakht karrawai hukumat ki tarjeehat hain. Un ka kehna tha ke paidar behtari ke liye saazgaar mausam bhi zaroori hai.
Is hafte ke aaghaz mein Lahore aalmi darjabandi mein sar-e-fehrist tha, aur Punjab ki Environment Protection Agency ne kaha tha ke Diwali ke baad 24 ghanton mein Bharat se aane wali hawa soobe ke taqreeban nisf hisse tak pohanchi. Soobai hukumat keh chuki hai ke school maamool ke mutabiq khule rahenge aur smog ki wajah se izafi chhuttiyan nahin hongi.
Delhi’s air worsens after Diwali
Delhi mein Diwali (8 November) ke baad se sarkari AQI musalsal barh raha hai. Mangal ko yeh 299, Budh ko 313 aur Jumeraat ki seh pehar 350 tha, jabke Jumma ko shehar ke 58 mein se 33 monitoring stations shadeed zumre mein thay. Ghani smog ke baais darul hukumat ki bari sarkon par had-e-nigah kam ho gayi.
Har mausam-e-sarma mein shimali Bharat aur Pakistan mein smog laut aati hai, jab sard aur bhaari hawa gaariyon ke dhuen, taameerati gard aur faslon ki baqiyat jalane se uthne wale dhuen ko rok leti hai. Pakistan ke Mehkma-e-Mosmiyat ne is hafte mulk geer mausami alert ke baad aainda 24 ghanton mein mulk bhar mein mazeed baarish aur barfbari ki peshgoi ki hai.
