Revenue Staff to Answer for Residue Fires, Commissioner Warns

Key Points:

Commissioner Faisalabad Dr Imran Hamid Sheikh orders faster and result-oriented anti-smog measures across the division
Revenue Department, EPA and Agriculture Department to submit daily action reports
No fire on any government land; revenue staff to answer wherever crop residue is burned
ADCs Revenue made responsible for rural areas and ADCs Enforcement for urban areas
District anti-smog committees in all four districts to meet and send minutes to the Commissioner Office

FAISALABAD: Commissioner Faisalabad Dr Imran Hamid Sheikh has ordered faster and more result-oriented anti-smog measures across the division.

Revenue staff will be held responsible if crop residue is set on fire anywhere in the division. According to the official handout, the commissioner directed the Revenue Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Agriculture Department to provide daily action reports on the anti-smog drive.

The handout said the commissioner made it clear that no fire should be lit on any government land. He said emergency measures were indispensable for preventing smog.

No fire should be lit on any government land.

The handout added that overall responsibility in rural areas went to the additional deputy commissioners (Revenue), while urban areas went to the additional deputy commissioners (Enforcement).

He also directed the district anti-smog committees in all four districts to meet and send their minutes to the Commissioner Office.

He directed the Environmental Protection Agency to speed up the ongoing measures against the elements that cause smog in the division.

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