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LAHORE: Adviser to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam has said that smog is considered as one of the grave environmental problems being faced by the people across the world. The air quality index of Lahore is much better than the air quality of New Delhi.

He was talking to media persons during inspection of air quality monitoring station installed at Meteorology Department here on Sunday.

He said that the news regarding high air quality index of Lahore at the international level are baseless rumours and are beyond reality. Amin Aslam further stressed that the government will increase monitoring capacity of air quality index in order to ascertain facts and figures regarding climate change. The government is planning to introduce electric cars which will help to reduce environmental pollution in the country.

He assured that strict action will be taken against those elements causing environmental pollution without any discrimination.

He said that the government is taking all possible measures to protect people from the hazards of smog.