Haze Returns in Bangkok
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) reported the levels of PM 2.5 particulate matter exceeded the safety standard at three locations this morning.
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) reported the levels of PM 2.5 particulate matter exceeded the safety standard at three locations this morning.
Bangkok schools are preparing to protect students if the air pollution returns next week.
The Metropolitan Police will spray water from 11 bridges over the Chao Phraya River in a bid to reduce the PM2.5 particulate matter.
Particulate matter with up to 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5) is at safe levels this morning. Air quality is at good and very good levels.
The Land Transport Department has ordered its officials to seriously take action against cars which emit black smoke.
All public buses, operated at Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) will convert to use B20 fuel by tomorrow in order to reduce PM2.5 emissions from vehicles, says BMTA acting director.
Spraying water by drones is good intention but it isn’t the right solution, says a lecturer at Mahidol University.
BANGKOK, Jan 31 (TNA) – Bangkok started using drones to spray water in six critically haze-hit areas in an attempt to reduce fine dust particles. Bangkok Governor, Pol.Gen. Aswin Kwanmuang presided over the launching of drones, the first agricultural drone flying in the capital. The two-day operation has been carried out by volunteers from the […]
Bangkok governor has ordered all 437 schools under its administration to close until Friday due to the rising fine dust pollution.
The dust pollution in Bangkok and nearby provinces has worsened as the level of the particulate matter on Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, reached 113 microgrammes per cubic metre on Tuesday morning.
The country’s first clinic to treat illnesses related to air pollution has been opened at state-run Nopparatrajathanee Hospital.
Lighting incense sticks poses health threat and worsens the air pollution, which has shrouded the capital for weeks, a doctor warns.