Chiang Mai, April 2 – Villagers continue to illegally burn forests. Today (April 2), Chiang Mai province found as many as 308 hot spots. The sky was cloudy throughout the city. Poor air quality ranked number 1 in the world ordered to hunt down the burning hand to prosecute the decisive action
Sky conditions in Chiang Mai city Still full of forest fire smoke covered Visibility is blurry. Looking with his eyes, he saw the dust floating in the air until it became smokey. This morning, the car still had to turn on the lights. make the Chiang Mai Provincial Administrative Organization Must open the water curtain installed throughout the city at 6 points to help alleviate the matter of breathing.
Most people have to close the doors and windows to prevent dust. And in the house still have to wear a hygienic mask Even in the house, PM 2.5 dust exceeds 100 micrograms per cubic meter. The reason is still illegally setting forest fires.
Chiang Mai province found as many as 308 hot spots
around this morning. Chiang Mai also found as many as 308 hot spots spread in 21 districts out of a total of 25 districts. And conservative forests in Chiang Dao District, the most at 52 points, Fang District 46 points, Mae Taeng District 43 points, Phrao District 38 points, Hang Dong District reduced to 12 points and Mueang Chiang Mai District still has 1 point remaining, resulting in the city of Chiang Mai. Small dust less than 2.5 microns is still floating throughout the city, with the area of Chang Phuak Subdistrict, Si Phum Subdistrict and Suthep Subdistrict between 207-216 micrograms per cubic meter. The highest in the year and the highest PM 2.5 value this morning in Muang Na Subdistrict, Chiang Dao District, up to 328 micrograms per cubic meter. which is a 24-hour average.
Hourly PM 2.5 of the climate change data center Chiang Mai University at Ban Pang Phueng, Ping Khong Subdistrict, Chiang Dao District, up to 714 micrograms per cubic meter, or 14 times as high
While today, the IQ Air website It also ranks Chiang Mai as having the worst air quality in the world.
Police rush to arrest and prosecute forest burners
The commander of the Chiang Mai Provincial Police call an urgent meeting and instructed the Hang Dong Police Station officers who found that there had been a lot of forest fires in the past 2-3 days as deliberately burning until the provincial governor had to declare the area of Ban Pang Yang, Ban Pong Sub-district, Hang Dong District, and also in the area of Ban Pa Chi, Moo 3, Mae Hia Subdistrict and Ban Phu Phing Village, Moo 12, Suthep Subdistrict, Mueang Chiang Mai District to be an emergency disaster area from forest fires By allowing the authorities to investigate, follow up, arrest the perpetrators, prosecute and strictly punish.-Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency