Punjab Government has announced to change the schools timings all over Punjab due to heavy smog. This announcement is made via tweet. The schools will open at 9:00 A.M and close at 2:30 PM. The Friday Timings will be 9:00 AM to 12:15 PM. This notification has been sent to all the Government and private schools.
Due to smog, timings of trains are also affected. Most of the trains are getting late and people are facing many problems due to these weather conditions. Many flights have been cancelled due to this bad smoggy condition. Motorway has also been closed at different places.
Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, the Chief Justice of Lahore High Court has immediately taken an action to control this smog condition. He ordered his secretary to make an action plan to grow new trees in the city to overcome pollution problem.
Authorities of Aitchison College said that this heavy smog is dangerous to human health, so they have announced vacations for their playgroup and prep classes.
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Private schools are not very happy with this decision. According to Kashif Mirza, the secretary of all Pakistan Private Schools Federation, such decision will create massive traffic problem in the city. 9 AM is also the timing of all the offices, so there will be an un-controlled burden of traffic on the roads.
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