Heavy Pollution News Today

LAHORE: Heavy pollution-fuelled smog forced authorities to close schools and markets this week in Pakistan’s most...

Beijing will launch an orange alert for heavy air pollution, and diffusion conditions are expected to improve from November 11. Affected by unfavorable meteorological conditions of regional low pressure, temperature inversion, static stability and high humidity, a regional air pollution process occurred in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas. According to the latest forecast results, from October 10 to November 30, Beijing is expected to have a moderate PM11.2 pollution process. Since No...

When the red alert for heavy air pollution is activated, odd and even driving measures will be implemented. 30% of the total number of vehicles will be stopped on the basis of the even and odd driving measures. Construction waste, muck, sand and gravel transport vehicles are prohibited from driving on the roads within the administrative area of the city throughout the day. The city has suspended the implementation of regional traffic management measures during peak hours on weekdays. The followi...

Authoritarian planning, rising class tensions, and sophisticated population surveillance cast a shadow on the country’s rapidly growing cities.