<span style="color: #222222;">Uttar Pradesh is in the grip of air pollution. Lucknow is also enveloped by smog which remains dangerous. Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board has issued strict directions for the next fortnight to curb air pollution. As per weather experts, the situation will continue to remain unchanged for the next four days. AIR correspondent reports that several  Municipal Corporations, including Lucknow are  spraying water on tress to reduce the pollution level. The state government has already stopped construction work. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The government has ordered commissioners to take stock of the pollution level and burning of garbage daily. Farmers have been appealed not to burn remains of the crops in their fields. UP Pollution Control Board chairman J P S Rathore said that instructions have been issued on complete ban on the use of generators in factories in NCR. Transport and Police department have been entrusted to strictly comply with laws stopping pollution.</span><br />