Thai junta chief demands action to cut smog.
Thailand's junta chief gave the smog-hit northern city of Chiang Mai seven days to crack down on spiralling pollution Tuesday, which has seen the tourist hotspot choke on Asia's most toxic air this week.
Crop burning during the dry season has long been blamed for poor air quality, but the smog has been exacerbated by growing industrialisation and rising numbers of vehicles on the roads."I want to reiterate that the problem of hotspots must be solved in seven days," said the junta leader, who is angling to become the elected civilian prime minister.Crop burning is normally restricted for two months in the dry season to try to curb pollution, but it remains widespread.
"The government has encouraged the population to buy more vehicles and coal plants are still running at full speed," Evrard said. The seasonal duration of the haze, which used to last for about three months, has now increased to six months, according to Chaicharn Pothirat, a lung disease specialist at Chiang Mai University's Faculty of Medicine.
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