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Air quality in Bangkok has returned to healthy levels, the Air Quality and Noise Management Division of Bangkok said.

The level of PM2.5 dust particles in the air in Bangkok has exceeded the safety standard in 70 districts, the Air Quality and Noise Management Division reported.

Bangkok’s air quality ranking took another hit, with the city being named the seventh worst in the world for air quality, while Chiang Mai was placed tenth, according to the application Air Visual today (February 25) as of 12.50pm.

The air quality levels in Bangkok have improved to safe levels, according to data seen on Thursday (February 13).

The Royal Thai Police has enforced numerous measures to reduce PM2.5 dust particles in the air, and one of them was to arrest owners of vehicles that emitted black smoke, deputy chief of Bangkok Metropolitan Police, Jirasan Kaewsangeak, said on Monday (January 27).

The Economic and Business Research Centre of Rangsit University’s Institute of Economics urged the government to raise the budget and accelerate allocation to resolve the impact of PM2.5 dust particles and the drought.

The air quality in some parts of Bangkok is in unsafe territory, with particulate matter measuring less than 2.5 micrograms per cubic metre averaging 46-106mcg per cubic metre on Friday (January 10).

The level of PM2.5 dust particles in Bangkok averaged 35-67 micrograms per cubic metre today (January 7), which is between moderate and mildly threatening, the Air Quality and Noise Management Bureau reported.

The air quality in Singapore remains in the moderate range on Monday (Sept 16) as schools reopen after the one-week school holiday.

SINCE THE air in entire villages or towns cannot be purified in the face of the raging smog crisis in the North, safety zones have been proposed as a way of protecting the most vulnerable people.

AirAsia has launched a new route connecting Bangkok with Ahmedabad, India’s first Unesco World Heritage City.

Polluted air levels dropped in Chaing Mai province on Thursday thanks to some rainfall and strong winds.