Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) re-constituted special anti-smog squads to take action against polluters in the City.
As per a notification issued, the squads were re-constituted in supersession of all previous notifications on the subject, in exercise of the powers conferred upon under Section 5(5) of the Punjab Environment Protection Act, 1997, Director General EPA, Punjab, delegated functions & powers u/s Section 16(1)(2)&(3) read with Section 6(1) (a) & (t) & Section 7(f) of the Act Ibid, to the following Environmental Emergency Anti-Smog Squads with the following composition for prevention and control of air pollution constitute smog in district Lahore. For Nishtar Town, the squad comprised of Inspector Muhammad Hussnain (In-charge), Waseem Lodhi (F/A), Lab Representative and Police Representative, for Allama Iqbal Town the squad comprised of Inspector Muhammad Mumtaz (In-charge), Waqas Azam (F/A), for Shalamar Town the squad was headed by Inspector Sajid Ali and its members were Khurram Shahzad (F/A), Lab Representative and Police Representative.
