{"id":28718,"date":"2017-11-04T10:41:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T05:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=28718"},"modified":"2017-11-04T10:41:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T05:41:41","slug":"severe-smog-leaves-six-dead-more-than-40-wounded-in-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=28718","title":{"rendered":"Severe smog leaves six dead, more than 40 wounded in Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAHORE Nov 04 (TNS):<\/strong> \u00a0Rough weather and low visibility due to smog left at least six dead and nearly 45 wounded in various traffic accidents throughout cities across Punjab.<\/p>\n

Smog \u2014 a chemical reaction that causes air to be significantly polluted and hinders traffic visibility \u2014 has impaired traffic routes as well flight schedules.<\/p>\n

The motorway and other national highways have extremely low visibility, creating challenges during driving and leading to accidents.<\/p>\n

Five people were killed and nine injured late Friday in Kamonki when a passenger van collided with a bus.<\/p>\n

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A truck-bus crash on the motorway near Jalalpur Bhattian left one man dead and five others wounded.<\/p>\n

A multi-vehicle accident on M2 motorway \u2014 near Sargodha section and involving eight cars \u2014 left 10 people injured.<\/p>\n

The wounded were subsequently moved to Kot Addu Hospital, rescue sources said.<\/p>\n

Police commented that the crash was caused by fog.<\/p>\n

A passenger van slammed into a truck in Sheikhupura, leaving 15 people injured. All the wounded belonged to the same family.<\/p>\n

In Lahore, four people were brought to a local hospital\u00a0after they were injured in a car crash.<\/p>\n

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Four others were hurt after an oil tanker ran over a motorbike before bumping into a truck in Arifwala.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, some five flights out of Multan and Faisalabad were canceled due to the dense haze.<\/p>\n

Earlier, three international flights \u2014 en route to Faisalabad \u2014 were disrupted; they were consequently diverted to Lahore.<\/p>\n

The smog has also triggered the closure of multiple sections of the motorway, primarily during nighttime.<\/p>\n

Motorway police commented that the visibility had dropped down to only 25-50 metres at various places from Lahore to Bhera. Authorities have, therefore, advised citizens to be careful while driving on highways and strongly recommended the use of fog lights.<\/p>\n

Various power plants were also negatively impacted by the prevalent smog, causing electricity outages in different cities \u2014 primarily in Punjab.<\/p>\n

The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has announced to carry out hour-long, scheduled load-shedding every hour today.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the duration of power outages in many cities of Sindh has also been extended.<\/p>\n

The thick fog that is blanketing large parts of the province has disrupted routine life by causing adverse effects on the citizens’ health.<\/p>\n

Many people \u2014 especially the elderly \u2014 have been forced to stay indoors since they experience difficulty in breathing, skin and eye irritation, and coughs.<\/p>\n

City-wise visibility as per PMD<\/p>\n

Jhang: 10 metres<\/p>\n

Faisalabad: 30 metres<\/p>\n

Multan: 50 metres<\/p>\n

Sahiwal: 200 metres<\/p>\n

Lahore: 300 metres<\/p>\n

Khanpur, Nurpur Thal: 500 metres<\/p>\n

Inter-city road visibility as per Motorway police<\/p>\n

Pattoki-Chichawatni section: 0-150 metres<\/p>\n

Mian Channu-Khanewal section: 0-50 metres<\/p>\n

Mian Channu-Multan section: 0-50 metres<\/p>\n

Mian Channu- Bahawalpur section: 0-50 metres<\/p>\n

Lahore-Kot\u00a0Momin section: 50-200 metres<\/p>\n

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LAHORE Nov 04 (TNS): \u00a0Rough weather and low visibility due to smog left at least six dead and nearly 45 wounded in various traffic accidents throughout cities across Punjab. Smog \u2014 a chemical reaction that causes air to be significantly polluted and hinders traffic visibility \u2014 has impaired traffic routes as well flight schedules. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,23],"tags":[157,589],"class_list":["post-28718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lahore","category-national","tag-lahore","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28722,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28718\/revisions\/28722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}