PUBLISHED : 19 Dec 2023 at 04:00
Rainmaking efforts that were carried out east of Bangkok have led to a dramatic drop in pollution across the capital and its surrounding areas, with levels of harmful, ultra-fine pollutants in the atmosphere reported to have dropped back below the safe threshold yesterday.
The director-general of the Department of Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation, Supis Pitakham, said cloud-seeding operations were carried out between Dec 16-18 east of Bangkok after a spike in PM2.5 levels was observed across the city last week.
Mr Supis said that two Cessna Caravan aircraft on Saturday took part in two successful cloud-seeding operations over Ban Bung district in Chon Buri and Khong Khuan district in Chachoengsao,…
