Thailand strengthen actions against fine dust pollution


Image from The Nation Thailand/ANN

BANGKOK, Dec 6 (Bernama): Thailand’s Pollution Control Department (PCD) has set a target to reduce 10 per cent of hazy days in Bangkok and 17 northern provinces next year -- thanks to strict control measures against PM25 fine dust.

PCD’s Director General Pinsak Suraswadi said Thailand’s National Environmental Board and its cabinet approved a special plan for reducing haze pollution next year with a focus on three areas namely urban, agriculture and forests.

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