Call to register trucks before ban
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Call to register trucks before ban

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Officers inspect exhaust fumes from a pickup truck in Bangkok. (File photo)
Officers inspect exhaust fumes from a pickup truck in Bangkok. (File photo)

The Department of Land Transport (DLT) is calling on operators of six-wheeled trucks and over to register their vehicles before City Hall implements its Low Emission Zone air pollution control programme next year.

Under the programme, medium- and large-sized trucks will be prohibited from entering nine districts in central Bangkok during a certain period of the day to better control hazardous particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5), DLT director-general Jirut Wisanjit said on Wednesday.

Only trucks which have registered with the programme, change their engine oil and air filter regularly, as well as electric trucks and NGV-powered ones will be allowed to enter the Bangkok districts where traffic is usually heavy and PM2.5 dust levels high.

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