Monitoring Desk
KABUL: Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has signed two decrees which are said to help authorities who are tasked to fight with the deadly air pollution in Kabul city.
In his first decree, President Ghani has ordered that ‘standard air filtering systems’ for the townships and residential towers are obligatory from now on.
The second decree has banned the combustion of tires and plastic materials by the industries and enterprises.
Shah Zaman Maiwandi, the General Director of The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) has tweeted that NEPA will be responsible for implementing President’s degrees.
Air pollution in capital Kabul city has increased and has now become hazardous and poisonous that have so far killed dozens of the residence.
According to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), the deadly air pollution in Kabul has claimed at least 17 lives in the previous weeks.
Only 8,800 patients had referred to public health facility centers in a week, the Afghan Ministry of Public Health had said. (Khaama Press)
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