Anarkali and Ichhra are most polluted areas of the provincial capital, revealed a report put together by Sustainable Development Centre to provide a clear picture of the current situation of pollution in some main localities of Lahore such as Anarkali, Urdu Bazaar, Kalma Chowk, Ichhra and Data Darbar Chowk.
The report measured noise pollution and the amount of oxides of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur. Results indicate a wide variation in the amount of gases currently present in the air from those of National Emission Quality Standards (NEQS)’s range i.e. very polluted 100 mg/m3. The biggest SOx value was recorded at Kalma Chowk at 155 mg/m3 while amount of NOx was much high in Ichhra i.e. 125 mg/m3.
Anarkali and Ichhra were also polluted with high amount of Cox i.e. 247 mg/m3 and 182 mg/m3 respectively. Noise levels were much higher in Anarkali and Urdu Bazaar (101.2db) than those of NEQS range (70 db). The pollution levels at Anarkali, Ichhra were much higher when compared to National Ambient Air Quality Standards and World Health Organisation.
