On the special direction of EPD Secretary Dr Naeem Rauf, anti smog units adopted strict policy and an indiscriminate action is being done against air polluters.
During the raids in Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Sheikhupura and Kasur region, 15 units were seild including 5 steel mills, 3 scrap recycling units, 3 kilns and 4 pyro plants.
The Secretary Environmental Protection said that the smoke from steel mills, recycling units and kilns was causing various diseases and such indiscriminate operations would be continued in future also.
He said that zero percent tolerance policy should be adopted by the Anti Smog units as the health of common people is priority of EPD.