Prepared by 15Dec2023

Muhammad Ammar Malik

DAWN Friday

Editorial-1

Battlefield Lahore
‫دیمانگنجالوہر‬
LAHORE is battling a severe smog crisis, one that ‫اکیوجاےسوھچڑےنےسااکنریےہاوراکیوج‬،‫الوہرومسگےکدشدیرحبانےسربندآزامےہ‬
refuses to let up and one that is keeping it at the top of
the world’s most polluted cities. Earlier this week, the ‫رہش‬،‫اےسداینےکآولدہرتنیرہشوںںیمرسرہفتسرےھکوہےئےہ۔اسےتفہےکرشوعںیم‬
city was shrouded in fog so noxious (‫)رطخانک‬, the Air ‫دوالعوقںںیمارئیوکایٹلاڈنسکیوفحمظحطسےساپچنانگ‬،‫اسدقررطخانکددنھںیماھچایوہااھت‬
Quality Index in two areas was five times more than ‫زایدہاھت۔ہیادعادوامشراسرطخانکوہاےکنیگنسااشرےںیہوجرہشےکنیکماسسنےنیلرپوبجمر‬
safe levels. These statistics are a grim indicator of the
perilous air the city’s residents are forced to breathe. ،‫اسسنےنیلںیمدوشاری‬،‫لسلسماھکیسن‬-‫ںیہ۔زمکورےچباورڑبوںوکتحصےکتہبےساسملئ‬
Vulnerable children and adults are besieged by a host ‫وجہکابالوہرںیمروزرمہیکزدنیگاکہصحںیہ۔اسرحبان‬-‫آوھکنںںیمنلجاوررسںیمدرد‬
of health issues — persistent cough, breathing
difficulties, eye irritation and headaches — that are ‫ولصفںوکالجےناورہلضفےکومرثااظتنمیکیمکےس‬،‫یتعنصآولدیگ‬،‫یکڑجںیاگڑویںےکارخاج‬
now part of daily life in Lahore. The roots of this ‫ڑجیںیہ۔‬
crisis stem from vehicular emissions, industrial
pollution, crop burning, and a lack of effective waste
management.

This toxic cocktail is choking Lahore and is a ‫ہیزرہالیاککلیٹالوہراکالگوھگٹنراہےہاورتحصیکاسوطلیارمییسنجےسےنٹمنںیم‬

testament to the government’s ineptitude (‫ )انایلہ‬to ‫ےکےیلڈویلباچیاویکاگڈیئالزنئاسالہناوًاطس‬5.2 ‫وکحتمیکانایلہاکہنموباتلوبثتےہ۔ یپامی‬
address this protracted health emergency. The
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WHO’s guidelines for PM2.5 is an annual average of
10. Lahore’s average, however, stands at a ‫زایدہےہ۔ہیرصػاموحایلیترحبانںیہنےہ۔ہیاکیااسنینآتفےہ۔ اجنپباچیاییسیک‬
‫ن‬
staggering (‫ )ریحتازیگن‬269, nearly 27 times higher than ‫اسیجہک‬،‫)رپورگاموکاانپےنیکافسرش‬RECLAIM( ‫رلنجینیلکارئیا سینییوزامرٹیک‬
recommended levels. This is not just an
‫اقلبرعتفیےہ۔اسرپورگامےنپیکاڈنیرٹڈیمٹسسےکذرےعی‬،‫ارمہکیےنانذفایکےہ‬
environmental crisis; it is a humanitarian disaster. The
Punjab HEC’s recommendation to adopt the ‫اکیااسیرفمیورکرفامہایکےہےسجالوہرےکرفنمد‬،‫ارخاجوکمکرکےنںیماتریثاظرہیکےہ‬
Regional Clean Air Incentives Market ‫وجنلیچںےکاطمقبانبایاجاتکسےہ۔‬
(RECLAIM) programme, similar to what the US
implemented, is a commendable one. This programme
has shown effectiveness in reducing emissions
through a cap-and-trade system, providing a
framework that could be tailored to Lahore’s unique
challenges.

WHO: World Health Organization

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Muhammad Ammar Malik
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Editorial-1

However, adopting RECLAIM alone is not the ‫وکاانپانیہاساکالعجںیہنےہ۔الوہرںیماضفیئآولدیگیکاینبدی‬RECLAIM‫رصػ‬،‫اتمہ‬

panacea (‫)العج‬. The root causes of air pollution in
‫اپدیئارافرمےک‬،‫ووجاہتوکدوررکےنیکرضورتےہ۔اسںیمیتعنصارخاجرپتخساضےطب‬
Lahore need addressing. This includes stringent (‫)تخس‬
‫اوٹنیںےکامتموٹھبںوکدجدیانبان—آرخیکت—اوراگڑویںےک‬،‫رطوقیںیکرطػدبتیلی‬
regulations on industrial emissions, a shift towards
sustainable farm practices, modernising all the brick ‫ارخاجوکمکرکےنےکےیلوعایملقنولمحوکرفوغدانیاشلمےہ۔زمدی ہیہکاضفیئآولدیگےک‬
kilns — down to the last one — and promoting public ‫تحصرپڑپےنواےلارثاتاورذایتامنشئوکمکرکےنےکرطوقیںےکابرےںیموعایمدیباری‬
transportation to reduce vehicular emissions.
Moreover, raising public awareness about the health ‫وکڑباھانتہبرضوریےہ۔نمڑھگتاورآدےھادقاامتاکوتقمتخوہایگےہ–ےسیجوزریاٰیلع‬
impacts of air pollution and ways to reduce personal ‫یکڑسوکںوکدوھےنیکرگناین۔‬
exposure is crucial. The time for platitudes (‫)نمڑھگت‬
and half-measures — like the chief minister’s
supervision of streets being washed — is over.

The government must act decisively and immediately. ‫وکحتموکہلصیفنکاوروفریوطررپاکمرکاناچےیہ۔الوہرےکرہشویںیکتحصوکارسفاشیہاور‬

The health of Lahore’s citizens cannot be held
‫ایسیسےبیسحاکریامغلںیہنانبایاجاتکس۔اکیاج عماموحایلیتتمکحیلمعےکاسھت‬
hostage (‫ )ریامغل‬to bureaucratic inertia and political
‫ومسگسجےنالوہر‬.‫اکافنذرصػاکیافسرشںیہنےہ۔ہیاکیرضورتےہ‬RECLAIM
indifference. The implementation of RECLAIM,
along with a comprehensive environmental strategy, ‫وکاینپٹیپلںیمےلراھکےہوہےبیلمعیکتمیقیکواحضایدداہینےہ۔وکحتموکتقیقحےس‬
is not just a recommendation; it is a necessity. The
‫دیباروہاناچےیہاوربسےکےیلاصػوہاوکینیقیانبےنےکےیلرجاتدنماہنادقاامترکان‬
smog that continues to blanket Lahore is a stark
reminder of the cost of inaction. The government ‫اچےیہ۔‬
must wake up to the reality and take bold steps to
ensure clean air for all.

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