Smog alert issued on motorway

Commander says positive results were yielded by an effective strategy to control the burning of crop residue

MULTAN:

National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) issued a smog alert on the M4 motorway.

According to details, a briefing regarding the installation of fog lights on vehicles at all toll plazas was ordered by Deputy Inspector General Motorway Central 2 Zone Shahid Javed and Sector Commander M4 Atif Ali Chaudhary.

Pamphlets were also distributed among citizens traveling on the motorway warning them of smog and fog and strict legal action was taken against the burning of crop residue within the proximity of the motorway.

Beat Commander Muhammad Hassan Bhatti said that positive results were yielded by an effective strategy to control the burning of crop residue.

He added that all these steps were being taken in the large public interest and urged citizens to dial the National Highway Motorway Police helpline ‘130’ or use the ‘Humsafar App’ smartphone application in case of any assistance while traveling on national highways.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 20^th, 2022.