Lahore’s AQI improves 15pc, claims EP&C...

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• LAHORE:  Punjab government has claimed a 15pc improvement in Lahore’s air quality during the first year of its real-time monitoring programme, with the city’s peak Air Quality Index (AQI) falling 28pc in October 2026 compared to the same month last year.
• The department said the findings were based on the first full year of real-time air quality monitoring and publicly available ground-based measurements, providing a basis for assessing the impact of pollution control measures.
• According to the EPCCD, Punjab’s real-time air quality portal published its first reading on October 1, 2025, with an initial network of 30 regulatory-grade monitoring stations.

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LAHORE:  Punjab government has claimed a 15pc improvement in Lahore’s air quality during the first year of its real-time monitoring programme, with the city’s peak Air Quality Index (AQI) falling 28pc in October 2026 compared to the same month last year.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Environment Protection and Climate Change Department (EPCCD) said the improvement was recorded across six major air pollutants, including fine particulate matter (PM2.5), while Lahore experienced no days in the hazardous AQI category, against four such days in October 2025.