The EPA closes Kiln Line A at Kohat Cement

Kohat Cement has been made to close Line A at its cement factory in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, having been found to be in violation of the permissible dust emissions by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

"The EPA has taken action against Kohat Cement Factory over public complaints about dust pollution," says Director-General Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) KP, Dr Muhammad Bashir.

Line A was said to be creating dust emissions above permissible limits on Sunday, 11 November 2018 when the EPA visited the plan,t which also operates two other production lines.