PM2.5 degrees to boom in next week
PUBLISHED: 30 Jan 2025 at 04: 45
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration ( BMA ) will request that the city of Bangkok be designated an air pollution control area because PM2.5 levels are expected to rise again over the next seven days.
Governor Chadchart Sittipunt announced on Wednesday that he would make the plan public next year. He claimed that when Bangkok is designated a pollution control place, the BMA will have more authority to better manage cloud waste in the capital, allowing it to use funds from the atmosphere account to help with efforts to combat the PM2.5 issue. The Act on the Promotion and Preservation of the Quality of the Environment established the foundation.
He claimed that the BMA is exerting every effort to combat PM2.5 cloud waste. In the town’s inside ring road method, also known as the Ratchadaphisek band road, is there a measure to prohibit non-registered six-wheeled vehicles or larger ones from entering low-emission zones.
259 surveillance cameras with AI systems are monitoring vehicles that violate the ban. He claimed that so far, more than 40, 000 cars have been registered. Those who violate the restrictions may be subject to a fine of up to 2, 000 baht.
As a result of the government’s initiative to provide free public transportation as part of measures to combat haze pollution in Bangkok, the number of passengers using electric trains increased by 50 % last Saturday and Sunday.
As a result of the measure, traffic along the roads where electric trains run, such as Phahon Yothin and Lat Phrao roads, declined by 15 %, he said. From Jan 25 to Friday, persons are being given free service on cars and electric trains.
Users who provide free public transportation have been given a finances of 140 million baht to make up for their lost profits. According to Mr. Chadchart, the BMA has even asked businesses to permit employees to work remotely in order to reduce car emissions, one of the PM2.5 substances.
Aekvarunyoo Amrapala, a spokeswoman for the BMA, stated on Wednesday that PM2.5 levels are anticipated to rise over the next seven weeks starting on Thursday. Low air air and heat inversions are expected to occur throughout the money during this time.
These conditions may hinder the spread and movement of air pollutants, raising the level of good sand particles, he said. ” From Jan 30 to Feb 5, PM2.5 rates are expected to increase and cause a health risk”, he said.
Citizens have been urged to wear masks when leaving homes, burn outside waste, and avoid using automobiles that generate extreme black dust, he said.
The BMA’s Air Quality Information Centre said concentrations of PM2.5 pollutants in Bangkok’s 43 districts were “moderate”, averaging 32.8 micrograms per cubic metre of air (µg/m³ ), below the safety standard of 37.5µg/m³.
Air quality improvements are accessible through the AirBKK software, website. airbkk .com, Line Alert and the BMA’s Environment Department Facebook page, he said.
Anutin Charnvirakul, the Interior Minister, and municipal governors and state authorities on Wednesday discussed ways to stop fog and forest fires. He claimed that in 17 regions in the North, a moratorium on burning outside waste was in effect.
Municipal governors will monitor air pollution prevention initiatives in their regions and provide regular updates.