BANGKOK, Jan 20 (TNA)
– Unhealthy levels of particulate matters have persisted in Bangkok, with the hardest-hit area on
Sam Sen Road in Phra Nakhon district.
The Pollution
Control Department on Monday morning reported the hazardous particle levels in
the air in Greater Bangkok ranged between 47 and 91 microgrammes per cubic
metre.
The safety
threshold is 50 mcg.
Calm wind limits
dispersal of pollutants and high pressure traps air pollution one km. above the
ground, said the department.
Meanwhile, the
meteorological department forecast a drop in the temperature in the next two
days due to mild cold air mass from China and expected rain in some areas.
In an attempt to alleviate the dust problem, the Department of Land
Transport stepped up checks on exhaust fume emissions of passenger buses and
trucks.
On Jan 19 alone,
out of all 2,560 vehicles tested, 29 vehicles were banned from roads after the
checks found them, emitting exhaust fumes over required standards or over 45
per cent.
Warnings were
given to 127 vehicles with 30-45 per cent exhaust fume emissions to improve the
vehicle engines.
Public members
can file a complaint about the vehicles with excessive exhaust fume to the
hotline 1584. (TNA)
