LAHORE: The district administration on Tuesday demolished 18 pyrolysis plants in Shalimar Town for causing pollution. They were found extracting furnace and crude oil from wires and used tyres.

The anti-smog squad first sealed the plants, but plant owners broke the seals and started operating their plants.

The city district teams later raided the plants and demolished them for different violations, including unsealing the plant without permission and erecting different structures without approving maps from authorities and causing pollution.

Also, the administration got demolished plants in Lakho Dair, Turkey Road, Eastern Bypass, Shalimar, Mehmood Booti, Burki Road and Karol Ghati areas.

The plants include MSRR, MS Haroon Farooq, MS Shoiab, Saleem Roshan, MS Tayyab, MS Daud, MS Azeem Kasuri, MS Waqas Akbar, MS Gohar Ali, Sohail, Ayaz, Naeem Haron, Saleem, Zulfiqar, Ahmed Butt, MS Sheikh Irfan, Ramzan plant one and two and Ijaz.

Also, the district administration retrieved one kanal and 13 marlas from grabbers in mauza Beriyakay and got Asif Mayo arrested. The building constructed on the land would be used for a patwar khana.

The district administration also sealed a store in Gulberg for not having sugar and flour while an anti-encroachment operation was conducted in Moon Market at Gulshan-i-Ravi.

Published in Dawn, December 8th, 2021

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