- Al-Zaabi voices his concern over fog scenario in Pakistan.
- UAE envoy says he’s in contact with Pakistan authorities.
- He says smog have to be managed by all attainable means.
ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has provided Pakistan to offer materials and technical help to minimize the results of smog in varied components of the nation.
In a quick interview with The Information right here on Saturday, Ambassador of UAE to Pakistan Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Al-Zaabi voiced his concern over the fog scenario in Pakistan, particularly in Punjab.
He recalled that the UAE administration had supplied technical help to Pakistan in an effort to assist them overcome the haze final yr, whereas the caretaker authorities was in energy right here.
The UAE supplied particular plane for cloud seeding that helped in synthetic rainmaking in some areas and supplied reduction to the brotherly individuals, he added.
Ambassador Al-Zaabi mentioned that smog has been discomforting and it have to be managed by all attainable means. He expressed satisfaction concerning the administration right here which has been taking appropriate steps to verify the scenario.
The UAE envoy mentioned that he was in contact with the Pakistan authorities and hopefully it might take additional steps to mitigate the struggling on account of smog.
The UAE had helped Pakistan in cloud seeding for precipitation in December final yr, within the first experiment of its type for the South Asian nation.
Planes geared up with cloud seeding gear flew over 10 areas of Lahore on December 16, 2023, usually ranked one of many worst locations globally for air air pollution.
Addressing a press convention, the then Punjab’s caretaker chief minister Mohsin Naqvi had mentioned synthetic rain was used to fight hazardous ranges of smog within the Punjab’s capital.
CM Naqvi had said that the “present” was supplied by the UAE.
“Groups from the UAE, together with two planes, arrived right here about 10 to 12 days in the past. They used 48 flares to create the rain,” he instructed media.
The UAE has more and more used cloud seeding, generally known as synthetic rain or blueskying, to create rain within the arid expanse of the nation.
The climate modification entails releasing widespread salt — or a mix of various salts — into clouds. The crystals encourage condensation to kind as rain.
It has been deployed in dozens of nations, together with the US, China and India.
Even very modest rain is efficient in bringing down air pollution, specialists say.
Air air pollution has worsened in Pakistan in recent times, as a mix of low-grade diesel fumes, smoke from seasonal crop burn off and colder winter temperatures coalesce into stagnant clouds of smog.
Lahore suffers essentially the most from the poisonous smog, choking the lungs of greater than 11 million residents within the metropolis throughout the winter season.
After Punjab, the smog has unfold to a number of districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as nicely.