Panel to propose anti-pollution measures

By THE NATION

 

 

The Pollution Control Committee, under the National Environment Board, will propose to the Cabinet measures for tackling the problem of dust particle pollution on January 21, which involves other state agencies.

 

According to its proposal, the Royal Thai Police should limit diesel-engine trucks entering Bangkok inner zone to even-number dates within specified hours in January and February.

 

The Industrial Works Department should inspect factories generating excessive dust particles and order them to alleviate the situation. 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration should seek ways to control dust from  construction sites, especially the electric train system. Burning for the purpose of clearing must be strictly banned.

 

Individuals will be asked to avoid driving their personal cars to work.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30380672

 

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35 minutes ago, webfact said:

Individuals will be asked to avoid driving their personal cars to work.

Benz to bus? Personal vehicles mean face...…......what chance of that changing? 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Individuals will be asked to avoid driving their personal cars to work.

self restraint ? thais ? never happen

No mention of crop burning?

Why the hell are they not informing the public of the facts that its sugarcane burning thats the major problem.

Why the conspiracy? <deleted> is going on here? Do they really think Thai people are this dumb?

More fakw news from the government. One could argue its not fake but its certainly leaving out facts for some weird backward agenda means fake to me!

There was a news story a while ago about Sugarcane factories wouldnt accept burnt sugarcane but i past the factory the other day and every truck was full of burnt sugarcane. Seriously what is wrong with people here?

 

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Individuals will be asked to avoid driving their personal cars to work.

I imagine that is not the tag line the car salesmen will use

Another day, another article of useless 'proposals'.  Proposals up the wazoo but nothing meaningful being done, year after year.  

2 hours ago, edwinchester said:

No mention of crop burning?

No because the article appears to focus on Bangkok not the whole of the country. The latter would be in the too hard basket.

anything but roadside  stops and removal of vehicle instantly from circulation until remedied inc  all govt vehicles, all govt limos to be reduced from big  cc to 1000cc engines

7 minutes ago, Chazar said:

all govt limos to be reduced from big  cc to 1000cc engines

well thats silly. Some how Id rather have two S Class AMG amgs spewing tailpipe vis a vis one untuned barking 1000 cc puppy.

 

The problem here is not coming from a few well maintained limos.

 

I had to tailpipe one of my Benzes in AK and it was  virtually bottomed out proforma, compared to me fiddling with the 85 F-150 just to get it below the red

5 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Benz to bus? Personal vehicles mean face...…......what chance of that changing? 

Bob hope & no hope

as with all the other measures stated within the post!

Its a hub of toothless committees here that's for sure ????

They need a panel and a new government and another panel and throw in a lunch committee and get the toad to chair the lunch committee

What a joke jail the police chief sack Prayut. Rebirth.

35 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Its a hub of toothless committees here that's for sure ????

More pay cheques

4 hours ago, edwinchester said:

No mention of crop burning?

No crops in Bangkok and the metro-centric government doesn't give a stuff about the rest of the country.

 

As I write, the pollution level in Cha Am is an unhealthy 161 - ten points higher than Bangkok - with a PM2.5 count three times above the WHO maximum recommended safety level.

 

More of the same is forecast for the next few days, as local idiots continue to burn off crop stubble, toxic household rubbish and rubble on building sites without a peep of protest from any official source.

 

 

 

 

The govt is doing the same thing as previous years. That is, a lot of proposals that they do not implement...they only talk about it. Then by around March the air quality gets better because most of the fields burning is over and then all is forgotten until the burning begins again late in the year.  Then the talk cycle repeats.

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration should seek ways to control dust from  construction sites, especially the electric train system. Burning for the purpose of clearing must be strictly banned.

Is this not referring to crop burning? Not that it'll ever be strictly banned/enforced but it is right there in the article...

Without incentives people do nothing.
To begin: BTS and MRT should be free of charge. Same for bus... but replaced, they are too old, especially the red ones.

Cars with one person inside are ridiculous, ecologically speaking.

9 hours ago, webfact said:

According to its proposal, the Royal Thai Police should limit diesel-engine trucks entering Bangkok inner zone to even-number dates within specified hours in January and February.

 

And when will the Thai government buy those 3500 buses they promised to Bangkok??

 

And why only to the inner zone? The suburbs also have the same pollution and old crappy buses/touringcars/dumptrucks/bbq's and fires of burning plastic.

3 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Its a hub of toothless committees here that's for sure ????

Yup; but all those Committee's are well paid 'family and friends' who are enjoying long free lunches with quality wine (not Thai) !

10 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

No crops in Bangkok and the metro-centric government doesn't give a stuff about the rest of the country.

 

As I write, the pollution level in Cha Am is an unhealthy 161 - ten points higher than Bangkok - with a PM2.5 count three times above the WHO maximum recommended safety level.

 

More of the same is forecast for the next few days, as local idiots continue to burn off crop stubble, toxic household rubbish and rubble on building sites without a peep of protest from any official source.

 

 

 

 

No functioning law enforcement fining or arresting these e mbeciles.

I didn’t even want to read this, what a waste of time.  Early deaths, less tourists, but who cares because corruption is alive and well 

On 1/17/2020 at 8:50 AM, Nyezhov said:

The problem here is not coming from a few well maintained limos.

It is when you're a greenie that instinctively hates anything to do with private cars. Even if they were Teslas powered by solar chargers the whining would be exactly the same.

14 hours ago, Redline said:

I didn’t even want to read this, what a waste of time.  Early deaths, less tourists, but who cares because corruption is alive and well 

Well I know that I am a hypocrite, because I come on here and complain about pollution and then go out till 5 a.m. at the age of 64 and drink rum and cokes until I end up having to have my taxi driver stopped on a side street in prom pong so I can puke in the bushes. I probably did more damage to my body in smoky Mixx with the booze and cigarette smoke then all the pollution has done in the past 3 months.

 

 

On 1/17/2020 at 1:25 PM, Thian said:

And when will the Thai government buy those 3500 buses they promised to Bangkok??

 

And why only to the inner zone? The suburbs also have the same pollution and old crappy buses/touringcars/dumptrucks/bbq's and fires of burning plastic.

They sold them to private compsnies and pocketed the lot

21 hours ago, Redline said:

I didn’t even want to read this, what a waste of time.  Early deaths, less tourists, but who cares because corruption is alive and well 

Worst leader ever to sit

On 1/17/2020 at 6:19 AM, edwinchester said:

No mention of crop burning?

Again

9 minutes ago, tomauasia said:

Worst leader ever to sit

Not so sure about that? there has been some utterly astounding competition in years gone by! Taksin for all his faults was a breath of fresh air compared to his predecessors!

If the pollution isn’t monitored, does it even exist?!

 

 

On 1/17/2020 at 6:35 AM, unamazedloso said:

Do they really think Thai people are this dumb?

The govt's, previous and existing, has been working on that for generations, it's one of their success stories!