BANGKOK (NNT) - Prime Minister, Mr. Srettha Thavisin, earlier visited the Ratchaprasong intersection to observe the PM2.5 dust particle problem there.

 

The Prime Minister said he has asked business operators, people responsible for construction sites, and owners of buildings capable of water spraying to do so, in order to reduce the problem. Concerning the issue of air pollution from vehicles, he said all relevant units must manage the problem in a more effective way, while encouraging motorists to adopt electric engines.

 

He also instructed the Ministry of Industry to monitor agricultural burning activities, which are considered harmful to the air quality and public health. He did not advocate for abolition of the practices, but rather asked for close monitoring from responsible units. The Prime Minister believes the dust situation will improve following everyone’s adherence to the government’s policies.

 

Meanwhile, Jakkapol Tangsutthitham, Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime Minister for Political Affairs, responsible for environmental matters, spoke about the issue. He reiterated that the government is urgently addressing the ongoing health and environmental problem. He stated that a committee has been appointed to work on quick-win solutions, such as promoting the draft Clean Air Act.

 

Furthermore, the government has prepared measures in three phases: short, medium, and long-term, covering all dimensions. These include increased tax measures, control of agricultural burning practices, transitioning from combustion engines to electric vehicles, and imposing stricter penalties on polluters under the “Polluters Pay Principle.”

 

All these efforts aim to create awareness across all sectors to overcome this problem sustainably.

 

Full story: NNT 2023-12-14

 

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13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Prime Minister said he has asked business operators, people responsible for construction sites, and owners of buildings capable of water spraying to do so, in order to reduce the problem. Concerning the issue of air pollution from vehicles, he said all relevant units must manage the problem in a more effective way, while encouraging motorists to adopt electric engines.

More absurdity... useless people.

14 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

More absurdity... useless people.

Maybe if he said Pretty Please ? 

Other countries have air pollution problems... but not like Thailand... BURNING is the problem and will continue to be the problem until the big conglomerate farmers are forced to move into the 21st century and STOP BURNING... all the windmills... solar panels... evs... will not alleviate the problem significantly at all.

Maybe do something about these buses, trucks and pick up trucks with black burned diesel smoke coming from their exhaust pipes

Based on my knowledge of many years in Thailand and having seen the situation only gets worse and successive governments failing to do anything positive it is fairly obvious that the only way forward is to form a large committee subdivided in to smaller committees.

I can look out from my door almost every day now and see as many as 6 fires within a 3 klm range. And this is a small village. Garbage and rice fields being burned, coconut husks, plastic trash, areas between fields. multiply this times how ever many small villages in the country and you have your causes.

Until it negatively effects tourism, no changes will happen.  The other people don't matter, only tourist money.

The OP image showing the PM with his syncophants striding into a known 2.5 polluted zone yet scorning the use of respiratory protection swells my heart with pride......

Just more empty, useless chitter chatter.  'Encourage'.  Yeah, that'll work. 

It's not only farmers who burn, Thai people in general like to burn their trash. I'm surrounded by idiots who burn every damn day, so I'm pretty annoyed that I bought this house to be honest.

 

Fed up of waking up every day with a headache and coughing my guts up.

 

It should be illegal, plain and simple. There should be a reporting hotline in each province so people can snitch on the ones ruining air quality for everyone else.

Edited December 15, 20232 yr by Brickleberry

21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

visited the Ratchaprasong intersection to observe the PM2.5 dust particle problem there

 

 

They found like a 100 particles there and put them in a bag, mission accomplished.