Overview
- Authorities say more than 64 illegal pollution‑emitting units in Lahore have been targeted in the latest enforcement push as part of a wider provincial campaign.
- The government has directed the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct 'grand operations' down to the union council level to locate and shut unlawful plants operating inside residential and industrial areas.
- Officials warned that all activities that contribute to smog are banned and that violators face sealing, confiscation of machinery, demolition orders and registration of criminal cases.
- Recent EPA raids in Lahore’s cattle market area sealed illegal fat‑melting and animal‑waste burning units and led to the confiscation of equipment after residents filed complaints about smoke and foul odours.
- Provincial ministers say 374 illegal units have been closed over the past two years and residents welcomed the intensified enforcement as a step toward cleaner air and lower health risks, though officials acknowledge enforcement is challenging at the neighborhood level.