Motorists drive through a thick blanket of fog.
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He said facemasks should be used while going outside to avoid negative impact of the smog on health. He said the health department was distributing masks and awareness literature among the citizens and community should also play its role in controlling the environmental pollution.
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He expressed these views while distributing masks and handbills for creating awareness against smog among the citizens at Chowk Istanbul, Shahra-e-Quaid, here today. He said due to burning of paddy stubble in east Punjab and smoke generated by factories and old vehicles, use of poor quality fuel and tyres by the industrial units, are the basic cause behind the increase of pollution.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2017.
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