K-P to buy monitors to help check air pollution.

PESHAWAR -- With the issue of air quality in the province getting worse, the provincial government has decided to purchase and install air quality metres across the provincial capital to check the level of air pollution, collect data and devise mitigation plans.

This was disclosed by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Thursday during a meeting with environmentalist and lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam.

During the meeting, Mahmood stated that air pollution and climate change are two of the biggest public health issues which currently face the province. Clearly, he said that significant changes need to be implemented to make a strong impact on reducing air pollution rates.

In this regard, he pointed out that the government had already made efforts through the Green Growth Initiative and the Billion Tree Tsunami afforestation project. Despite that, Mahmood said that they need to do more to curb air pollution and climate change.

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Noting that the provision of clean air is one of the government's most important jobs, Mahmood said that they are very clear about taking measures to improve air quality in the province as a whole and will install air quality monitors in Peshawar and other districts of the province affected by air pollution.

Alam extended his full support in providing his expertise for reducing air pollution in K-P.

Among the many environmental challenges faced by urban areas of the country, Alam said that air quality is especially difficult to manage. The negative impacts of pollution include elevated risk of...