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The winter brings joy for many people in the country, but not for the residents of Lahore and surrounding areas who face worsening air pollution.

The winter in Indian and Pakistani Punjab coincides with the end of Kharif season, which prompts crop burning to clear the fields and prepare it for sowing again. This smoke, released in the air reacts with the sunlight and fine particles to form smog. Since the air gets denser during colder weather, the smog remains in the air for an extended period.

And so is the case now, with winter setting foot in the country, the air quality of Lahore has begun to deteriorate. Last week, the provincial capital’s air quality scored over 200 on the Air Quality Index (AQI) to top the list of the world’s cities with the worst air quality.

The air quality monitoring system installed in the US Consulate recorded the metropolis’ AQI score over 220, which is alarming according to international standards. However, the Punjab Environment Protection Department does not seem to agree, as according to it, the index should cross 300 to make it an ‘alarming situation’.

The air pollution in Lahore has lessened a bit in the past couple of days, but the danger still looms. According to AirVisual, the leading air quality application, the level of air pollution in Lahore is going to rise to a dangerous level in the next two days.

Currently, the city is placed in an ‘unhealthy’ category with an AQI score of 189. This is expected to cross the 200-mark to enter the ‘very unhealthy’ category.

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