The Punjab Environmental Protection Department on Thursday sealed 39 factories and mills in northern Lahore during a campaign against environment pollution.
Led by District Officer Environment Younis Zahid, a raiding team sealed steel rerolling mills for using old tyres, carbon powder of tyres, coal powder without wet scrubber and for producing tyre powder by extracting oil from old tyres.
According to details, this action was taken on complaints from citizens of northern Lahore.
The sealed mills and factories included 22 steel rerolling mills, 12 charcoal drum melting units, three furnaces, pyrolysis plants and tyre carbons go-downs.
Secretary Environment Iqbal Ahmed Chauhan meanwhile issued instructions for stern action against mills and factories causing pollution. He said factory owners should make arrangements for safe fuel and refrain from using substandard fuel. He said factory owners should install environment-friendly equipment in their mills. He also warned that action would be continued against those factories causing danger to human health and that cases lodged against them would be sent to the Environment Tribunal.
Also Director General Environment Javed Iqbal said no leniency would be shown to factories and mills violating the laws.