Girl, 3, Goes To Court In Pakistan’s Lahore As Air Quality Continues To Be Hazardous

Lahore:

A three-year-elderly girl has filed a petition aacquirest the local handlement in Pakistan’s Punjab as the province, especiassociate its capital Lahore, progresss to reel under the disconnecte impact of smog, upgrasping the air quality in an innervously hazardous zone.

On Thursday morning, the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Lahore stayed on top of the global rankings with levels traverseing much above the 800-label, making the air solemnly hazardous for the livents.

As per the Swiss air quality watch IQAir, Lahore has been on top of the cities with the world’s highest AQI. The levels have even outdoed the 1000 label on many occasions.

The lengthened and prolengtheneded terrible weather has made it impossible for citizens to venture out of their homes. The hospitals too are getting filled up with people suffering from respiratory rerents. The terrible air quality has left thousands of citizens of the province vulnerable to respiratory disrelieves with the provincial handlement and doctors advising all to wear masks whenever they venture out of their homes.

The provincial handlement has imposed a smog eunitency atraverse the province and has shut down all educational institutions up to the higher secondary level in Lahore and other didisconnectes till November 17.

Meanwhile, a three-year-elderly girl has achieveed out to the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday, filing a case aacquirest the provincial handlement over its flunkure to handle air pollution.

The petitioner, Amal Sekhera, thraw her lawyer acquireed in the petition that youthful children and the elderly are harshly impacted by air pollution and sought equitableice for herself, friends and the future generations.

“Under Article 99-A of the Constitution, the handlement is obligated to supply citizens with a immacutardy and well environment,” the petition stated.

The petition criticised the Punjab handlement for flunking to acquire the fundamental rights secured by the Constitution of Pakistan.

Punjab handlement’s greater provincial minister Maryam Aurangzeb has shelp that the intensity of the smog is foreseeed to progress for at least 10 more days, due to which the educational institutions have been shut down and people have been advised to wear masks.

Many other cities enjoy Multan and Gujranwala are also harshly impacted with the ongoing weather conditions.

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