Pre-smog crackdown launched to target crop burning, industrial emissions

Rawalpindi district administration has ordered an immediate crackdown on open crop residue burning, dust emissions and smoke-emitting industrial units as part of a comprehensive pre-smog action plan rolled out across the district

RAWALPINDI, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Jul, 2026) Rawalpindi district administration has ordered an immediate crackdown on open crop residue burning, dust emissions and smoke-emitting industrial units as part of a comprehensive pre-smog action plan rolled out across the district.

The preventive strategy was finalized during an inter-agency coordination session headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner (Headquarters) Abdul Rehman Khan, with senior officials from the Rawalpindi Waste Management Company (RWMC), Punjab Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Municipal Corporation, District Council, Agriculture Department, and education Department in attendance.

Under the directives, allied departments have been tasked with enforcing strict environmental protocols on the ground, impounding heavy smoke-emitting vehicles and deploying dust suppression measures along high-density traffic corridors and construction sites.

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The Additional Deputy Commissioner highlighted that proactive field measures were vital to curbing atmospheric pollution before the onset of the winter inversion season, emphasizing that maintaining a clean environment required a synchronized approach from all municipal and regulatory bodies.

He further instructed relevant agencies to launch targeted public awareness campaigns regarding environmental compliance while reiterating that field enforcement teams would maintain a strict zero-tolerance policy against industrial and agricultural environmental violators.

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