Published on November 5, 2023, at 5:00
To stop the issue of air pollution from getting out of hand, the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment( MNRE ) will push a draft Clean Air Act for cabinet consideration later this month.
The act has been posted for people comment on its website until November 13 according to Pol Gen Phatcharavat Wongsuwan, the environment minister.
The costs will be delivered to the government secretary office on November 16 so that state agencies can continue to offer their opinions before it is presented to them in November 21.
According to Pol Gen Phatcharavat, the act focuses on pollution prevention measures and reducing government red tape when carrying out pollution-reduction actions.
Additionally, once passed, the legislation will eliminate obstacles to addressing the causes of smoke from forest fires, a long-standing trans-border problem, and enable an integration of work by all parties through the Public-Private-People Partnership approach to reduce air pollutants.
” Hygienic air is a fundamental right. According to him, the MNRE has set up the Center for Air Pollution Mitigation [ CAPM ] for publishing real-time daily reports on air pollution and will issue an emergency if the situation worsens.
However, the MNRE is implementing steps to reduce air pollution in accordance with Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s policy directive, according to government lieutenant spokeswoman Kenika Ounjit yesterday.
Studies of PM2.5 waste will be posted on the CAPM’s Facebook page at 8.30 a.m. every day following the creation of the program.
When the level of PM2.5 exceeds the healthy level, the center may even sound the alarm.
A federal committee on preventing fire, haze, and haze pollution has been established by Pol Gen Phatcharavat after consulting with a number of parties.
The committee, according to Ms. Kenika, did investigate how to manage wildfires in agricultural areas on a national level as well as problems with international air pollution and collaborate with neighboring nations to clean up the area.
The MNRE will set up operations centers in 17 northeastern provinces the following month, under the direction of provincial governors who will carry out national agendas at the municipal level, she stated.
The toxic ultra-fine PM2.5 dust pollution had increased to 32.1 to 61.3 microgrammes per cubic meter, which is an unhealthy level, from about 5 to 7 am, according to a report from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Environment Department yesterday.