LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Toxic gray smog has sickened tens of thousands of people in Lahore, Pakistan’s cultural capital, forcing the government to close schools, markets and parks for four days, officials said Thursday.
The move comes after the country’s second-largest city, with a population of 11 million, was ranked as the world’s most polluted city. Doctors have pleaded with others to wear masks and stay home. Residents said many other people were coughing and breathing problems.
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“Wearing markings and staying home are the two simplest responses to being rushed to the hospital with breathing problems, eye infections and skin diseases,” said Salman Kazmi, a doctor at the main Mayo Hospital in Lahore, where thousands of people have been hospitalized. for such ailments this week.
On Thursday, the concentration of PM 2. 5, or tiny particles, in the air reached 450, considered dangerous.
Experts say burning crop residues early in the winter wheat planting season is one of the main causes of contamination.
Lahore was once known as the city of gardens, ubiquitous during the Mughal era of the 16th to 19th centuries, but immediate urbanization and vast population expansion have left little room for greenery.
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