Environment Board approves urgent plan to tackle PM2.5

By The Nation

 

 

The National Environment Board on Wednesday approved an urgent plan to tackle PM2.5 air pollution, which is once again rising to hazardous levels in Bangkok and other large cities.

 

The plan contains 12 measures and will be submitted to Cabinet soon, said Pollution Control Department chief Atthaphon Charoenchansa. 

 

The board, chaired Deputy PM General Prawit Wongsuwan, has set up a pollution information centre. It will work in the same manner as the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, with a spokesperson reporting on the pollution situation, and a subcommittee tasked with combating forest fires in 17 northern provinces through November.

 

The board also asked the the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) to use satellite images from December 1 to provide dust-pollution alerts three days ahead of time.

 

“A 3-day advance dust forecast is the most practical tool to deal with PM 2.5, by alerting people in affected areas via SMS,” said Atthaphon.

 

He added that the PM2.5 pollution plan also called for development of an application to regulate the seasonal burn-offs that shroud Bangkok and other cities in smog. The app would allow people to book times for burning, he said.

 

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1 minute ago, snoop1130 said:

The board, chaired Deputy PM General Prawit Wongsuwan, has set up a pollution information centre.

 

or

 

actually fix the problem.

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The app would allow people to book times for burning, he said

 

if you banned the burning and enforced it you wouldn't need the app or the other 11 measures!

 

33 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

if you banned the burning and enforced it you wouldn't need the app or the other 11 measures!

 

exactly correct   stop the burning of fields and forests and at least 80% of the "problem" is already solved

yes there are some  dirty vehicles and some dusty construction sites and  some coal fired power plants   but mostly the problem is caused by burning  fields,forests and  household rubbish that the local council doesn't collect.

10 hours ago, mr mr said:

 

or

 

actually fix the problem.

Fixing the problem is to big a problem! That’s the underlying problem. That’s how I see the problem. 

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The plan contains 12 measures

so  like their  new rice  plan , 12  strains,  hmm 12  monkeys?

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He added that the PM2.5 pollution plan also called for development of an application to regulate the seasonal burn-offs that shroud Bangkok and other cities in smog. The app would allow people to book times for burning, he said.

 

PATHETIC!

So, go through the hoops and forced quarantine for 14 days to get into Thailand only to have to stay in the hotel longer due to air pollution ? 

why? aren't we all wearing masks anyways?

The first step should be to reduce the sources of that pollution .

That is polluting vehicles ( EV's are coming ... ) and the irresponsible crop burning .

More useless Lip Service will not solve the problem !

How many forests have been destroyed to make paper on which to write yet another plan? The issue is simple, just create ways of disposing of biomass by farmers so there is no need to burn it, patrol areas where forest fires are being set and impose sanctions on village officials who do not effectively suppress fires & imprison the perpetrators of this practice, and finally impose sanctions on regional governors every time the pm 2,5 level breaches the maximum safe limit.

 

Enough of meetings, committees and plans and damn well Do Something.

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The National Environment Board on Wednesday approved an urgent plan to tackle PM2.5 air pollution, which is once again rising to hazardous levels in Bangkok and other large cities.

Yet another plan, will this be like the 10 year road plan that didn't end well?

3 hours ago, MasterBaker said:

why? aren't we all wearing masks anyways?

 

Medical masks do nothing against fine particles. You need to wear a proper respirator here in Chiang mai during the burning season.

"The plan contains 12 measures and will be submitted to Cabinet soon, said Pollution Control Department chief Atthaphon Charoenchansa. "

 

21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

will be submitted to Cabinet soon

But not urgently?

If it wasn’t so sad, it would be funny ????