Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand has decided to temporarily shut down some 600factories around the capital city of Bangkok so as to reduce emissions ofpollutants.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha made theannouncement while talking to local media after a Government meeting onFebruary 5.
Recently, the Thai Government has carried out anumber of measures to cope with the severe air pollution in Bangkok that hastriggered public concerns and health warnings.
The pollution is attributable to vehicle exhaustemissions, industrial factories, construction of big buildings and farmers’burning practice.
PM Prayut Chan-o-cha said that most of the finedust particles are caused by vehicles, so unqualified vehicles must be removed.He also called on the public to support the Government’s measures to minimiseair pollution.
Air pollution has forced the Government to closemore than 400 schools in Bangkok. The city’s administration has been applyingmany measures to combat pollution such as firing water cannon, hosing downstreets, dispersing chemicals into the air to aid cloud condensation,generating artificial rain and even using drones to spray water.-VNA