Lahore: Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab has called a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Anti-Smog Saturday smog lockdown.

According to the sources, a meeting of the anti-smog committee has been called today at 12 noon and in the meeting, proposals are being prepared to impose a soft smog lockdown to remedy the smog.

According to the sources, the proposal to close all schools, colleges, universities is being considered on this Friday, while the proposal to completely close markets, gyms, cinemas, theaters and factories will also be proposed on Saturday.

Apart from this, it will be recommended to close restaurants on Saturdays and only take away and home delivery.

According to the sources, the proposal to restrict public and private vehicles in the city is also under consideration, while half the employees will work in the government offices, besides the proposal to install culverts in the city after the soft lockdown on Friday and Saturday. will be considered.

According to the sources, it is also proposed to implement section 144 in Lahore along with closure of factories working against the law and heavy fines.

On the other hand, Lahore is on the first place in the list of the most polluted cities, where the air quality index has been recorded at 504.

Apart from this, Karachi is ranked sixth in the list of the most polluted cities and the air quality index of the city was recorded at 177.

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