LAHORE, : The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered a seven-day extension in winter vacations across educational institutions in Lahore due to unrelenting smog.<\/p>\n
The Punjab School Education Department had on December 14 announced winter vacations for public and private schools across the province from Dec 24 to Dec 31.<\/p>\n
Last week, the LHC directed authorities to propose to the school education department to implement a two-week-long winter vacation as a step to help curb smog in Lahore.<\/p>\n
The court previously ordered the closure of schools on Fridays and Saturdays.<\/p>\n
The TLTP learnt that hearing the public interest petitions on different environmental issues, Justice Shahid Kareem of the LHC observed that vacations in schools and colleges ought to be extended due to the persistent smog.<\/p>\n
A representative of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), who was also present during the hearing, told the court that letters had been written to satellite channels to run advertisements for the awareness and prevention of smog.<\/p>\n
The court remarked that smog was in control to a considerable extent. However, it said the prevention of smog was the responsibility of the government.<\/p>\n
The judge also summoned the director general of the Pakistan Disaster Management Authority to the next hearing. The hearing was adjourned till January 6.<\/p>\n
A few days ago, the Lahore deputy commissioner submitted a report to the court containing recommendations to mitigate smog.<\/p>\n
The report revealed that the Punjab government had already approved a project to procure 200 drone cameras under a World Bank-funded programme. It said modern drones with night-vision cameras could be programmed to report smoke emissions even during night-time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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