New timings notified for Punjab colleges

Students wearing face masks walk along a street amid smoggy conditions in Lahore on November 21, 2023. — AFP
College students carrying face masks stroll alongside a road amid smoggy situations in Lahore on November 21, 2023. — AFP 

The faculties throughout Punjab will observe new timings from subsequent week as directed by Environmental Safety Authority within the wake of intensifying smog disaster. 

An announcement issued on Wednesday stated that the varsity timings will begin from 8:45am, taking impact from October 28 until January 31, 2025. The college administrations have been directed to organise college students’ assemblies indoors.

— Reporter
— Reporter

Residents have been suggested to keep away from outside train, preserve their doorways and home windows closed to stop soiled air, put on masks and verify their automobiles’ health amongst different precautionary measures.

In the meantime, actions like fireworks have been banned until January, 31, 2025.

Lahore topped the record of essentially the most polluted cities on this planet for the second time in a row in the present day, with an excellent larger air high quality index (AQI) than yesterday.

As per the newest IQAir information, Lahore’s air high quality dropped to 503 on the US AQI, which is “hazardous” to residents’ well being.

Medical consultants have suggested these with respiratory points reminiscent of bronchial asthma and dirt allergy symptoms to observe excessive warning to remain protected from the results of air air pollution.

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