Burning banned across North
published : 16 Mar 2023 at 06:33
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Apinya Wipatayotin and Supoj Wancharoen
The National Environment Board (NEB) on Wednesday ordered all 17 provinces in the North to stop burning activities until the end of April.
The Department of Pollution Control said the level of PM2.5 had reached as high as 225 microgrammes per cubic metre (μg/m³) in some spots early this month.
Also, the number of hotspots from January to March jumped to 56,439 points nationwide, with 31,719 in the North.
The NEB has come up plans to deal with the PM2.5 pollution, including enforcing a zero-burning policy in both forest and agricultural zones in the 17 northern provinces.
The NEB also banned purchases of sugar cane harvested by burning methods; limited the number of trucks allowed to enter urban areas; planned to make artificial rain and set up PM2.5-free spaces.
Kasetsart University said the main source of PM2.5 smog in Bangkok is from burning activities outside the city.
Vocabulary
- agricultural (adj): of the science or practice of farming - ที่เกี่ยวกับเกษตรกรรม
- artificial: made by people instead of being something natural - ที่ประดิษฐ์ขึ้น
- banned: officially not allowed to do something - ถูกห้ามอย่างเป็นทางการ
- enforce : to make sure laws are obeyed - บังคับให้ใช้, บังคับให้ทำ, ใช้กำลังบังคับให้ปฏิบัติตาม
- forest: an area with trees, animals and plants - ป่า
- harvest: to gather in ripe crops - เก็บเกี่ยว
- hotspot: a place where there is a lot of activity, or a higher temperature than normal -
- nationwide: throughout a whole country - ทั่วทั้งประเทศ
- pollution (noun): contaminated, when something has been made dirty, poisonous, unpleasant to see or smell and possibly dangerous to health - การทำให้เป็นมลพิษ, การทำให้สกปรก, ภาวะมลพิษ, สภาวะมลพิษ, มลภาวะเป็นพิษ, สภาพเป็นพิษ, ความสกปรก
- smog (noun): clouds of dirty and smokey air - หมอกควัน, ควัน, ควันพิษ,
- sugar cane (noun): a tall tropical plant with thick stems that is used for producing sugar - ต้นอ้อย, อ้อย
- urban: connected with towns and cities - เขตเมือง
