By: Radhakrishna N S
To combat worsening smog, Pakistan’s government has ordered all traditional brick kilns closed for 70 days starting Saturday (20), as it promotes new cleaner kilns that could cut pollution up to 70 per cent. But the measure has produced an outcry both from kiln owners, who want incentives to make the switch and from kiln workers who fear losing income. “How I will provide food to my three children during closure of the kilns?” asked Sumaira Bibi, 35, who with her 60-year-old husband frames up 1,200 bricks a day for a kiln near Islamabad, earning about eight dollars. Under the…
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