Improvements in air quality forecast urged
This file photo shows an Anti-Smog Squad lab technician preparing to inspect emissions at a factory in Lahore. Photo: AFP
The Punjab Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Technical Committee has approved a newly developed model for five-day air quality forecasting.
The committee recommended improvements, which the officials concerned.pledged to incorporate.
The mechanism designed to provide short-term predictions of air quality across Punjab was reviewed in a meeting chaired by EPA Director General Dr Imran Hamid Sheikh.
A deputy director and a data analyst from the Strategy and Analysis Wing presented the details, explaining that the model is based on real-time monitoring data collected across the province and integrates international forecasting methodologies to ensure greater accuracy.