{"id":33112,"date":"2023-12-08T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T21:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/lhc-orders-rs50000-fine-on-restaurants-violating-anti-smog-measures\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T21:00:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T21:00:09","slug":"lhc-orders-rs50000-fine-on-restaurants-violating-anti-smog-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/lhc-orders-rs50000-fine-on-restaurants-violating-anti-smog-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"LHC orders Rs50,000 fine on restaurants violating anti-smog measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday ordered authorities to impose a fine of Rs50,000 on restaurants not adhering to the government\u2019s anti-smog measures.<\/p>\n<p>It also instructed authorities to seal cafes violating the guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The directions come as several cities of Punjab, especially Lahore, remain blanketed with toxic smog after pollutants in the air quality spiralled with the start of cooler temperatures in November.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1795816\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iqair.com\/pakistan\/punjab\/lahore\">Air Quality Index<\/a>, the AQI in Lahore at 1pm today was recorded at 201, which falls under the category of very unhealthy. The main pollutant was PM2.5, which is a fine particulate matter that can enter the lungs and bloodstream, resulting in serious health issues.<\/p>\n<p>The provincial government has recently taken a string of measures to control smog, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1790211\">partial lockdowns<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1790681\">campaigns<\/a> to wear masks. However, the anti-smog steps have had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1792805\">little impact<\/a> thus far.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, LHC\u2019s Justice Shahid Karim, while hearing a set of environment-related petitions, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1793379\">ordered<\/a> the closure of all commercial activities in the provincial metropolis by 10pm every day of the week as a measure to control smog.<\/p>\n<p>As the proceedings commenced today, the judge directed authorities to seal cafes in Lahore\u2019s Johar Town for violating the orders. He also directed the administration to fine restaurants not adhering to the anti-smog measures.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the counsel for the Lahore Development Authority told the court that the construction and renovation of underpasses in the city would be completed by Dec 25.<\/p>\n<p>However, the judge stated that the said work should be wrapped up before the aforementioned date. \u201cThe construction of nine underpasses is creating traffic jams,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I give you permission to continue work on underpasses during the day how much time would it take to complete them,\u201d he asked the LDA lawyer. \u201cHold consultations on this and give the court a final date,\u201d the judge added.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Justice Karim also inquired if the Punjab Central Business District Development Authority had initiated a \u201cgreen project\u201d in the city. He lamented that high-rise buildings were being constructed but no one was working on a green project.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, the court sought a report on the matter from the CBD at the next hearing and adjourned the proceedings till Monday (Dec 11).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday ordered authorities to impose a fine of Rs50,000 on restaurants not adhering to the government\u2019s anti-smog measures. It also instructed authorities to seal cafes violating the guidelines. The directions come as several cities of Punjab, especially Lahore, remain blanketed with toxic smog after pollutants in the air quality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/12\/081356229b6af9c.jpg?r=135836","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}