Extensive Construction, Solid Trash Burning Ruins Capital’s Air Quality

News Desk

Islamabad: Due to increasing dust, the burning of solid trash, and extensive roadside construction, the federal capital’s air quality on Monday was recorded as being extremely unhealthy. Fine particulate matter, the most dangerous ambient pollutant, is present in very high concentrations.

Currently, Islamabad is at risk of smog because of increased pollution, protracted dry weather, and intense traffic congestion brought on by ongoing mega-road development projects in the capital’s east and south.

With vast farmland burning stubble, brick kilns, vast vehicle fleets spewing dark smoke, burning waste, massive industry spewing smoke and gases, and other anthropogenic activities that lead to turn the fog moisture into a thick cloud of smoke after the reaction, smog is a major risk in cities across the country.

It impairs visibility, worsens eye and respiratory conditions, and causes various health issues that endanger human survival.

The federal government has a well-kept industrial area with a number of steel mills that have installed carbon-absorbing reverse bag technology to capture dark carbon from the factory stacks and keep the air pure.

Additionally, there are 60 brick kilns close to the federal capital, 50 of which used eco-friendly zigzag technology, and the remainder are in the process of doing so to stop the dark smoke that is seriously polluting the air and generating smog.

However, the federal capital’s growing and crowded vehicle traffic and urbanisation have made poor air for residents of the mega city’s citizens a new normal during the dry and cold weather, which has exacerbated the hazards of smog.

In collaboration with the Islamabad Traffic Police, the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) is conducting inspections of various industrial facilities and vehicles that are emitting dark smoke in order to ensure proper vehicle maintenance and fine those who continue to do so despite warnings.

The burning of solid debris is generating major pollution, according to complaints made to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) helpline 1819, and measures are being taken to maintain a smoke-free and clean environment. Additional input from APP