{"id":4467,"date":"2026-11-15T13:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T08:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4467"},"modified":"2026-11-15T13:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T08:03:46","slug":"punjab-seals-35-industrial-units-and-brick-kilns-in-anti-smog-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4467","title":{"rendered":"Punjab seals 35 industrial units and brick kilns in anti-smog crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>The Punjab government has intensified its anti-smog operations across the province, taking action against industrial units, brick kilns, substandard plastic manufacturers and commercial cooking points for violating environmental regulations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has issued special instructions to the district administration across the province to ensure measures to control pollution.<\/p>\n<p>During the last 24 hours, several locations were sealed or demolished, while fines amounting to millions of rupees were imposed on violators.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Provincial Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said authorities inspected 272 industrial units across Punjab, sealing 11 and demolishing two for environmental violations. Fines totalling Rs1.3 million were also imposed.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate crackdown on brick kilns, officials inspected 513 units, sealed 24 and demolished six, while eight cases were registered against violators. Fines amounting to Rs1.8 million were also issued.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also carried out inspections at 183 locations as part of the operation against the use and production of substandard plastic.<\/p>\n<p>Marriyum Aurangzeb said the anti-smog campaign was not merely aimed at improving AQI readings but also at permanently eliminating sources of pollution.<\/p>\n<p>She urged farmers to refrain from burning crop stubble and called on citizens to avoid activities that caused air quality to worsen, stressing that everyone had a role to play in protecting the environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Punjab government has intensified its anti-smog operations across the province, taking action against industrial units, brick kilns, substandard plastic manufacturers and commercial cooking points for violating environmental regulations. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has issued special instructions to the district administration across the province to ensure measures to control pollution. During the last 24 hours, several locations were sealed or demolished, while fines amounting to millions of rupees were imposed on violators. Senior Provincial Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said authorities inspected 272 industrial units across Punjab, sealing 11 and demolishing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}