{"id":14396,"date":"2025-02-02T05:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T05:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=14396"},"modified":"2025-09-23T19:25:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:25:30","slug":"cda-world-bank-join-hands-to-combat-smog-improve-air-quality-in-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=14396","title":{"rendered":"CDA, World Bank join hands to combat smog, improve air quality in Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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World Bank Senior Disaster Risk Management Program Specialist Lesley Y. Cordero assured on Friday his full cooperation to Chairman CDA Muhammad Ali Randhawa in tackling smog-related challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CDA chairman in a meeting with World Bank delegation led by Lesley Y. Cordero  proposed establishing a Carbon Credit Cell within the CDA, seeking the World Bank\u2019s technical support in obtaining carbon credits for various green initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cordero offered assistance in developing short-term, medium-term, and long-term strategies to improve Islamabad\u2019s air quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussions revolved around formulating effective measures to curb air pollution and ensure a healthier environment for Islamabad\u2019s residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairman Randhawa emphasized the need for a reliable Air Quality Index (AQI) to provide accurate data for public awareness and policy decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He underscored the urgency of implementing preventive measures against smog before the peak season begins, stressing the need for strict control over smoke-emitting vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A key decision taken during the meeting was to enforce fitness certification for all vehicles in the city to reduce emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CDA chief reiterated a zero-tolerance policy against vehicles contributing to pollution, highlighting the introduction of electric buses as a major step toward sustainable urban transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also outlined plans for an extensive tree plantation campaign this year, aimed at mitigating air pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairman Randhawa reaffirmed CDA\u2019s commitment to leveraging global expertise in environmental management, ensuring that Islamabad remains a cleaner and greener city for its residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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World Bank Senior Disaster Risk Management Program Specialist Lesley Y. Cordero assured on Friday his full cooperation to Chairman CDA Muhammad Ali Randhawa in tackling smog-related challenges. The CDA chairman in a meeting with World Bank delegation led by Lesley Y. Cordero  proposed establishing a Carbon Credit Cell within the CDA, seeking the World Bank\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[11785,11786,6186,3080,11783,132,11782,36,3820,5304,11787,2589,60,11789,11788],"class_list":["post-14396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-disaster-risk-management","tag-green-initiatives","tag-air-quality","tag-cda","tag-cda-wb","tag-economy","tag-islamabd","tag-pakistan","tag-polution","tag-smog","tag-urgency","tag-world-bank","tag-geopolitics","tag-improve-air-quality-in-islamabad","tag-world-bank-join-hands-to-combat-smog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14398,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14396\/revisions\/14398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}