Clean environment: Shehbaz orders restructuring of EPA

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has issued instructions for reorganisation of the environment department and restructuring of Environmental Protection Agency for controlling increasing environmental pollution. He was addressing a meeting through video link for reviewing measures for controlling environmental pollution and climate change on Tuesday. The CM said a comprehensive strategy should be adopted for overcoming environmental pollution and maintaining a clean atmosphere. Annoyed over the laxity in setting up of the proposed agency, Shehbaz directed the EPA should be restructured for improving efficiency of the department. He ordered the inclusion of environmental experts for its capacity building. The CM said giving a clean atmosphere to the masses was the responsibility of the institutions concerned. “Immediate measures should be taken for necessary amendments in environmental laws,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 28^th, 2016.