Police yesterday asked private companies to cut their working week by one day in a bid to reduce PM2.5 levels in Bangkok.
Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas said the Royal Thai Police, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Department of Land Transport have set up 20 checkpoints across the city to monitor black carbon emissions from vehicles from Dec 1, 2020 to Feb 20, 2021.
“To help solve PM2.5 problems, the Royal Thai Police would like to ask businesses to allow their employees to work from home once a week this winter to help reduce car emissions — one of the main causes of the rising PM2.5 levels in Bangkok,” Pol Gen Damrongsak said.
The Bangkok Air Pollution Coordination and Resolution Centre yesterday reported that PM2.5 readings in 39 districts of the capital exceeded the safe level of 50 mcg/cm.
Three districts with the…
