THIS is apropos the article ‘Clearing the air: the Indo-Pak battle to breath’ (April 25) which discussed three topics crop burning, brick kiln industry and Indus Waters Treaty in relation to their impact on the air quality of the subcontinent.
Of the first two, which were dubbed as low-hanging fruit, the brick kiln industry plays a major role in air pollution, particularly in Pakistan. There are more than 18,000 brick kilns in Pakistan, with about 90 per cent of them being in Punjab and Sindh, producing about 45 billion bricks every year, making it the third largest brick producer in South Asia, behind India and Bangladesh.
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KARACHI: Air and noise pollution levels across the city, particularly in Korangi district, are worrisome and there is a dire need for urgent intervention to minimise their adverse impact on environment and public health, said participants at a consultative meeting held at the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) on Monday.
The meeting on Karachi’s air quality and noise levels was jointly organised by the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) and KATI.
Presiding over the meeting, Sepa director general Naeem Ahmed Mughal gave a presentation, highlighting the current status of the city’s air quality index, particularly the concentration of PM2.5, and noise pollution levels.
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Civil society, experts join hands to address climate change and coastal vulnerabilities
Karachi
March 14, 2021
Climate change is seriously threatening the coastal belt of Pakistan and posing a serious threat to livelihoods, health, economy and ecosystems as a whole, experts said and called for public action involving youths, women, grassroots level activists and frontline communities to lead the fight.
They said mankind has only 10 years left to radically shift economies and societies to deal with a climate emergency that is threatening to push millions into hunger and poverty. They added that climate crisis is already here and now, and it is disproportionately affecting the world’s poorest people, youth, women, indigenous people and other marginalised groups.