Thick, murky smog cloaked Lahore

LAHORE: The threat of toxic smog has receded in Lahore due to overnight rain in the city.

According to Meteorological department sources, the rain is expected to continue till Friday with wind directions to change within next 24 hours.

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Different parts of the city recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 600-800, double the safety limits. In fact, Wednesday night was Lahore’s worst and most hazardous smog recording so far, this year.

Meanwhile, the residents of Lahore reported to have burning eyes and a sore throat, whereas, some of them is getting troubled with acrid smell of smoke in the air.

Before Tabdeeli vs After Tabdeeli #SmogWaliTabdeeli pic.twitter.com/NupKQuBXH4
— Atif Rauf (@Atifrauf79) November 7, 2019

Zartaj Gul needs to visit Lahore to breathe in this air . Maybe she’ll then believe that the data and the indices calculating the air quality aren’t hatching a conspiracy!#SmogWaliTabdeeli pic.twitter.com/NWVDvCm9Wh
— Muzzamil Khawaja (@KhuwajaMax) November 7, 2019

Lahore SMOG levels crossed 550 on the air quality index.#SmogWaliTabdeeli pic.twitter.com/e4pUgXDcQM
— RATHORE (@UsmanRathore10) November 7, 2019

Lahore is unbearable right now. The smog is impossible to escape.

We destroyed our water resources. Now our air is hazardous. We have turned elements of life into vehicles of death.

Urgent discussion needed on environmental costs of our developmental models. #SmogApocalypse
— Ammar Ali Jan (@ammaralijan) November 6, 2019

I’ve just reached #Lahore from Islamabad and immediately felt an assault of gross smoke. Eyes burning, lungs feeling heavy, coughing. This feels more severe than our familiar (also gross) smog. What’s going on? #LahoreSmog
— Mariam TS (@mariamtee) November 6, 2019

#Lahore has become a gas chamber where people start their day choking through eye-burning smog. Meanwhile, the government is busy blaming India instead of taking precautionary measures. It is trying to hide its incompetence behind the propaganda. #LahoreSmog #SmogWaliTabdeeli pic.twitter.com/JgdyQ67C5A
— timesofpakistan (@timesofpak123) November 7, 2019