Pezeshkian stresses acceleration of flare gas curb projects to combat pollution
President Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized on Wednesday his administration’s commitment to accelerating efforts to curb gas flaring, saying no official should be indifferent to the burning of the country's wealth and resources in the form of implementing the associated gas control plan.
Stressing that gas flaring has caused severe air pollution across the country, Pezeshkian said, “Not even a single day should be overlooked in achieving the early results of the various parts of the containment plan.”
Emphasizing that equipment procurement for the containment project should not be delayed by administrative complexities, the president said, “Although domestic equipment procurement takes precedence over foreign procurement, the quality and final price of devices and equipment, the production capacity of domestic units, and whether these equipment are truly produced domestically or if their parts are imported from abroad and merely assembled here and offered at a higher price, must be carefully considered by suppliers.”
Pezeshkian also emphasized that, in addition to creating an online dashboard, the technical and visual monitoring of the progress of gas flaring reduction projects should be made available to him in his personal office as soon as possible, so that he can personally follow up on it on a daily basis.