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      <title>Artificial rain effects dying down as smog engulfs Lahore again</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Impacts of the first artificial rain in Lahore aimed to eliminate pollution have begun to end in a week and Lahore has regained position in the Air Quality Index (AQI) as the second most polluted city in Pakistan.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first artificial rain was induced on December 16 to control smog which remained beneficial for a few days but today according to the AQI’s &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.iqair.com/"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;, Lahore ranked as the second top polluted city with over 400 unhealthy particles in the air.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Smog had become a big challenge for the interim government to combat and they also used artificial rain with the help of UAE to counter smog but the analysts already had said that &lt;a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30340894"&gt;artificial downpours would not be a permanent solution&lt;/a&gt; to deal with smog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While talking to the &lt;em&gt;Urdu news&lt;/em&gt;, regional director PMD Shahid Abbas had said if the experiment of artificial rain is successful, it cannot be considered a permanent solution to eliminate pollution, because after the rain, the pollution will be less, but there is no guarantee that there will be clean air.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, air pollution and smog can retake the position after the entire process, he added.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a id="smog-disease-increasing-in-lahore" href="#smog-disease-increasing-in-lahore" class="heading-permalink" aria-hidden="true" title="Permalink"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Smog disease increasing in Lahore&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, Smog diseases including breathing problems are increasing in Lahore and surrounding areas amid a difficult situation especially for patients with Asthma the health experts advised them to adopt precautionary measures to prevent the disease.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They direct people to strive to stay home and to wear masks at the time when they are going outside.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Impacts of the first artificial rain in Lahore aimed to eliminate pollution have begun to end in a week and Lahore has regained position in the Air Quality Index (AQI) as the second most polluted city in Pakistan.</strong></p>
<p>The first artificial rain was induced on December 16 to control smog which remained beneficial for a few days but today according to the AQI’s <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.iqair.com/">website</a>, Lahore ranked as the second top polluted city with over 400 unhealthy particles in the air.</p>
<p>Smog had become a big challenge for the interim government to combat and they also used artificial rain with the help of UAE to counter smog but the analysts already had said that <a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30340894">artificial downpours would not be a permanent solution</a> to deal with smog.</p>
<p>While talking to the <em>Urdu news</em>, regional director PMD Shahid Abbas had said if the experiment of artificial rain is successful, it cannot be considered a permanent solution to eliminate pollution, because after the rain, the pollution will be less, but there is no guarantee that there will be clean air.</p>
<p>On the other hand, air pollution and smog can retake the position after the entire process, he added.</p>
<h2><a id="smog-disease-increasing-in-lahore" href="#smog-disease-increasing-in-lahore" class="heading-permalink" aria-hidden="true" title="Permalink"></a>Smog disease increasing in Lahore</h2>
<p>On the other hand, Smog diseases including breathing problems are increasing in Lahore and surrounding areas amid a difficult situation especially for patients with Asthma the health experts advised them to adopt precautionary measures to prevent the disease.</p>
<p>They direct people to strive to stay home and to wear masks at the time when they are going outside.</p>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2023 12:32:55 +0500</pubDate>
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