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The University of Agriculture Faisalabad took out smog awareness walk and arranged a seminar in order to aware public about its hazard and take measures to tackle the situation.

The awareness session arranged by Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences and WWF was arranged on the directives of UAF Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan. Leading the walk, UAF Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences Director Prof Dr Muhammad Yaseen said amid the situation of manmade problems like increasing pollution and climate changes, we are exploiting earth. He said that factories are chunking smokes heavily, deteriorating health and environmental situation. Farah Rasheed from WWF said the nature has blessed us with tremendous resources but unfortunately, we are exploiting. She urged the people to cover their nose and mouth and worn protective glasses and helmet. Chairman Agronomy Prof Dr Shahzad Basra said that there is a need to take care of vehicles to avoid smokes from their silencer. Dr Anwar Ul Haq suggested increasing water usage that will help fight the effects of the smog on human health. Dr Hafiz Anwar, Dr Muhammad Tariq, and other notables also spoke.