Punjab Minister for Industries and Trade Mian Aslam Iqbal has said that mapping of all industries of the province will be done with the participation of urban units for protecting environment.
He stated this while presiding over a meeting held on Monday to review the performance of the department of Environmental Protection, capacity building and future strategy at the committee room of Punjab Board of Investment and Trade.
Provincial Minister for Environmental Protection Bao Muhammad Rizwan, Secretary Environmental Protection department Syed Mubashar Hussain, head of special monitoring unit Fazeel Asif and other concerned officers attended the meeting.
The meeting also reviewed the ongoing and new schemes under the ADP of the department. The meeting decided to accelerate the pace of implementation of the Punjab Green Development program.
While addressing the meeting, Mian Aslam Iqbal mapping of all industrial units of Punjab will be done and brick kilns would also be included in the process. All industrial units will be made bound to install air quality monitors, he added.
He directed that a comprehensive awareness campaign be launched regarding environmental protection. Institutions concerned with controlling environmental pollution should fulfil their responsibilities. Letters should be sent to those responsible for this purpose.
The provincial minister also directed that a policy should be formulated to make it mandatory to cover sand and mud trolleys in the city. Vehicles and industries creating pollution should be classified and an action plan should be formulated.
Secretary Protection Environmental department Syed Mubashar Hussain told that the one window cell in the department is fully operational and a new smog policy has also been prepared on the directions of the Prime Minister.
