Chadchart in Chiang Mai to address haze crisis

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Chadchart in Chiang Mai to address haze crisis

By The Nation

 

 

The 52-year-old Chadchart Sittipunt is a Pheu Thai candidates for prime minister plans to hold discussion on Friday with local academics and people and private sector representatives in a bid to find a solution to the northern haze crisis.

 

Chadchart - subject of countless memes as 'World's Strongest Minister' – flew to Chiang Mai on Thursday morning. On arrival at Chiang Mai Airport, he used an air quality-measuring device that showed the dangerous level of 90 micrograms of PM2.5 – airborne particulates 2.5 microns or less in diameter – per cubic metre of air.

 

 

Chadchart then went to Chiang Dao district, where the PM2.5 amount was reportedly as high as 192 mcg, to talk to residents. 

 

He found the haze largely stemmed from a farming lifestyle that led to forest fires. Some farmers started fires to clear farmland which sometimes got out of control, and there was also deliberate forestland burning. 

 

He also found that many state agencies were not well integrated and lacked the previous years' data for analysis to formulate preventive measures.

He also inspected the forest fire situation on Doi Luang Chiang Dao before returning to Muang Chiang Mai.

 

Chadchart said that the haze problem in Chiang Mai and the North wasn't easy to solve but it was possible. He said he would try to push the matter to become an urgent policy so short-term, mid-term and long-term solutions could be formulated and implemented.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30366781

 

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[Vacuum]

37 minutes ago, webfact said:

He found the haze largely stemmed from a farming lifestyle that led to forest fires. Some farmers started fires to clear farmland which sometimes got out of control, and there was also deliberate forestland burning.

This is great news, I'd never have guessed.

[worgeordie]

You are too late Sir,there is not much left to burn.

I just hope next year someone with vision,gets

the Army,Police and any volunteers camping and 

patrolling up in the hills,to deter,catch any arsonists,

before the burning gets out of hand,been proactive

is much better than sitting around and thinking how

to get rid of the smog.

 

regards worgeordie

[from the home of CC]

using potentially increased cancer rates to blow your own horn, shameless..

[Chicken George]

 

[Dljohnt]

Sadly there are no short term solutions anymore, for this season it's much to late now just as every year we get bobo's check te area on the last moment.

Long term solution, stop the burning with huge fines and jail time for everyone that produce, sell or buy the mushrooms.

Go after the big companies who don't take care of the farmers working for them and let them burn there crop leftovers rather than supply them with the right machinery and fuel for them.

Go after transport department and let them take all those black smoke belching pick ups and busses of the road.

 

 

[khunpa]

Chadchart said that the haze problem in Chiang Mai and the North wasn't easy to solve but it was possible.

 

Of course the problem can be fixed, but it requires REAL motivation to fix it. We all know the cause. No need to waste time on confirming that.

 

So Mr. Chadchart..... what are you or any other official going to do about it???

 

Let me guess. NOTHING!!! Useless!!! The whole bunch of you!!

 

Edited April 1, 2019 by khunpa