Residents, a doctor, and a disaster expert tell DW how the extremely hazardous air is affecting daily life in Lahore.
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00:00I can't see anything, and if I focus on something, my eyes start hurting.
00:10The main effect of this is on the eyes.
00:12I had an allergy disease the other day.
00:15Because of that, I have a lot of problems here.
00:18The government should focus on these things.
00:30If schools are closed, then universities should also be closed.
00:35The people who work in factories should also work.
00:39Parks should not be closed.
00:42Greenery gives us a better environment.
00:45Otherwise, Lahore is so dilapidated that it is difficult to breathe here.
01:01Children are very vulnerable to pollution.
01:05And with this pollution, they are likely to get not only allergies to the nose,
01:10irritation of the throat, infection of the ears, infection of the lungs,
01:15asthma, attacks of asthma,
01:18and also they are likely to have inflammation and allergies involving the eyes,
01:23which can be very discomforting for them.
01:31Lahore, Punjab
01:43The Lahore AQI is becoming worse and worse.
01:46And it is projected that for the coming months, till December end,
01:50we will have a high episode of smog that will prevail in major cities of Punjab and also the KP.
02:00Lahore AQI