Despite methane gas being recognized as a major cause of environment pollution, which causes gradual increases in temperature, local administration has largely ignored its immense presence in Lahore’s landfills.
Pakistan has ordered private offices and schools to remain closed on Mondays in Lahore in the hope that a three-day weekend will help reduce toxic levels of smog in the country's second-largest city.
From his office in the smog shrouded city of Lahore, environment official Saif Anjum pores over reams of pollution data and lists the actions being taken by Pakistan’s largest province to combat the toxic air. He said they have arrested hundreds of crop-burning farmers and closed construction sites and industrial furnaces.
Lahore is facing incrementally elevated levels of air pollution over the past years due to rapid industrialisation, growing vehicular emissions, tree slashing, and rampant construction activity
