PUBLISHED: 5 Dec 2024 at 04: 00
The People’s Party ( PP ) has urged Bangkok’s government to take immediate action to combat the city’s rising PM2.5 pollution, which has soared across all 50 of the city’s 50 districts.
Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, criticism head and PP party chief, expressed concern for Bangkok people, who are expected to experience great pollution levels until Saturday.
Citing data from the Royal Forest Department, he said 306 hotspots were detected nationwide from Dec 1–3, with 93 % ( 284 hotspots ) in agricultural areas across the central, lower northern, and northeastern regions.
The recent storm designs, which blow from north to south and east to west, have concentrated debris particles from agricultural land in Bangkok.
Mr. Natthaphong cautioned against checking for signs of poor air and warned that poor air in the city would assuredly lead to more pollution over the weekend.
He criticised the state for its lack of strategic techniques, pointing out the PP has advocated long-term alternatives to PM2.5 waste being adopted during the eight-month low-pollution time, rather than reacting to problems.
The state has yet to implement efficient and proper solutions despite proposing them during political disputes and budget conversations, he said.
Mr. Natthaphong even criticized the beginning sugarcane buying season as a possible cause of the air quality’s decline, noting the ambiguous pricing of raw sugarcane that has been harvested without burning.
On rice-related plans, the PP has proposed a 1, 000-baht-per-rai payment for corn farmers to prevent losing techniques. But, no significant progress has been made on this program.
Moreover, he recommended banning the buy or trade of agricultural items linked to using.
Such actions, he explained, may be enforced under the Agricultural Standards Act 2008 and the Export and Import of Goods Act Get 1979, without waiting for the Clean Air Act to been enacted.
” Addressing the sand waste issue should begin before it happens, no after it becomes a problem”, Mr Natthaphong said.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s air quality monitoring center, AirBKK, reported monday night that PM2.5 rates exceeded the security level of 37.5 mg per square inch (µg/m³ ) across the city.
People are advised to use PM2.5 veils outdoors.