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Air pollution levels remain high in most of the northern population areas with little respite on the horizon for the smog-stricken northern provinces.
Roadmap and Environment Office director Saratcha Suriyakul Na Ayudhaya says that public, private and different sectors are contributing to the reducing the levels of air air pollution by spraying water and cleansing road surfaces.
But the widely high ranges of air air pollution and smoke haze persist regardless of the best efforts of locals.
Many areas of Chiang Mai still report excessive levels of haze – rating 63-90 micrograms per cubic metre of air, in accordance with the Pollution Control Department today.
Here’s Chiang Rai’s readings today as well…
Most of Chiang Mai smoke and haze points are largely due to a quantity of forest fires – a complete of 31 hot spots reported prior to now 24 hours, most of which had been in conserved forestland in Chaing Dao and Fang districts.
The PCD report that from January 1 until March 26, Chiang Mai had a complete of 934 sizzling spots – 461 of which occurred in conserved forestland. The authority imposed an outdoor burning ban from March 1 through April 30 and has so far arrested 9 violators, most of whom were poachers on the lookout for forest merchandise.
In Phayao’s Mae Chai district, Mae Puem National Park’s participation selling division head Pathom Meesap revealed that his group had a key mission to battle forest hearth that had ravaged areas in Chiang Rai and Phayao in the past month.
Many forest firefighters have now developed well being points with rashes, pores and skin and eye irritation and have been disadvantaged of sleep, having a complete of eight hours of sleep in three days, based on forestry officials.
Weather over the following 5 days in Chiang Mai shows little sign of the pure climate circumstances serving to to clear the situation..