Pakistan authorities shut school after smog leaves people complaining about itchy eyes and breathing difficulties
A pall of smog descended on Pakistan’s second city of Lahore on Wednesday, enveloping its historic monuments in a haze, leaving people with itchy eyes and forcing authorities to suspend school, according to local mediaIn recent years, smog has become a problem for some cities in Pakistan and neighboring India due to industrial and transport pollution and practice of farmers to burn stubble crop.
Earlier this week, Indian authorities had to declare a public emergency after pollution level in New Delhi became so high that experts said it was like smoking up to 50 cigarettes a day. In Lahore on Wednesday, micro air pollutants reached Air Quality Index level of 500 - a situation where it's considered hazardous for humans to breath.
Alert: At this time, the U.S. Consulate General Lahore’s AQI monitor is reporting PM2.5 pollutants at over 500. Other monitors in the city are reporting even higher levels.
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