BANGKOK, Feb 26 (TNA) – Over 400 schools in Bangkok
Metropolitan Administration (BMA) were ordered to close Wednesday and Thursday
as the meteorological department forecast a rise in PM 2.5 pollution from Dec
26-28 in the capital.
The meeting of the cooperative center to tackle air
pollution in Bangkok announced eight measures in response to the ultra-fine
dust situation, said Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) spokesman
Pongsakorn Kwanmuang.
The BMA asked metropolitan police to ban trucks from
enter Ratchada ring road on Feb 27and to set up checkpoints for vehicles,
emitting black smoke in all 50 districts.
Contractors have been asked to halt construction
work across the city until Friday.
The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority has been instructed
to check its buses for black smoke emissions.
The BMA also bans outdoor burning and sprays water
to clean roads in areas of high dust concentration. (TNA)
