“Pacharawat” urgently orders the Pollution Control Department to coordinate with “JISDA” to use hotspot data to find the source of PM 2.5 in each province in order to assess the situation and solve the problem.
On December 11, 2023, Police General Patcharawat Wongsuwan, Deputy Prime Minister And the Minister of Nature and Environment (Ministry of Nature and Environment) has issued an urgent order to the Pollution Control Department. To coordinate with the Office of Space and Geo-Informatics Technology Development (Public Organization) or GISTDA (GISTDA) after finding 52 provinces in Thailand with dust values exceeding the standard. that continually affects health Especially in many provinces in the central and northeastern regions. with red level air quality values And while in Bangkok, PM 2.5 dust values were found to exceed the standard in every district. Seven districts were found at the red level, including Nong Khaem, Phra Khanong, Bangna, Don Mueang, Lat Phrao, Lak Si, Bueng Kum, while other areas were at the orange level. which still exceeds the standards in more than 40 districts
The Pollution Control Department will use data on dust sources. Both hotspot data and land use maps from JISTDA and other dust source information To identify the target source of PM 2.5 in each province and emphasize supervision. along with evaluating the situation in solving problems and report to the Center for Solving Air Pollution Problems To continue reporting on the air quality situation in Thailand.
