BANGKOK, Dec 18 (TNA) – Senior officials of the Pollution Control Department spearhead a campaign to reduce air pollution by stopping personal car use every Wednesday to urge all sectors to help cut PM2.5 particulate matter.
Starting the campaign today, The Pollution Control Department Director-General Pralong Damrongthai took skytrain to work in the morning as his department asks for cooperation from about 549 senior officials and civil servants to stop using personal cars on Wednesdays and to switch to use public transportation vehicles including electric trains instead.
The campaign is aimed to set an example of reducing PM2.5 emission, so other agencies and public members will follow suit.
Most officials at the Pollution Control Department joined the campaign to reduce air pollution and travelled by bus and skytrain to work today. Some were seen riding bicycles.
The air quality readings in Bangkok on Wednesday at 8 a.m. by the department’s application “Air4Thai” showed the PM 2.5 particulate matter levels exceeded safety standard in several areas including Din Daeng district, Bang Khun Thian district and Pathumwan district. (TNA)
