Will start operation against small resource recovery units: Hameed Akhtar

MULTAN: The Environment Protection Department (EPD) and anti-smog and air pollution control measures, is going to launch an operation against small resource recovery industrial units in Multan.

EPD Assistant Director Hameed Akhtar here on Sunday said on the directions of Punjab environment protection agency the move was being taken for eradicating small resource recovery units in the city and soon the officials would start operation.

Hameed Akhtar said there were more than eight lead extraction units and added that these small units becoming a cause of generating smog.

Director Hameed further said that these small units didn’t have any treatment system and becoming a cause of environmental pollution.

He said that such small units were existed in the industrial estate area and some other parts of the city and added that operation would be launched to demolish them soon.

He said they were planting trees in the city in collaboration with Parks and Horticulture Authority in connection with clean and green Punjab drive.

He said authorities were conducting operations against smoke emitting vehicles on a daily basis and fines were also being imposed on vehicles that were creating environmental pollution.