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At 9pm of Monday (November 29), Bangkok deputy permanent secretary Chatree Wattanakhajorn presided over the opening ceremony of “Big Cleaning Day” activity at Victory Monument (Phayathai section) in Ratchathewi district.

To keep Delhi’s air quality under check, only CNG-run and electric vehicles will be allowed entry into the city from November 27, while all the petrol and diesel transports will remain banned till December 3.

India has directed six coal-fired power plants located around Delhi to shut down until the end of this month as part of measures to clean some of the worlds dirtiest air, as a cloud of smog has enveloped the city and its suburbs for nearly two weeks.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is working with the Pollution Control Department to set up measures to tackle the PM2.5 (particles less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter) dust problem, which is expected to escalate during the coming cool season, Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang said on Sunday.

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) said on Tuesday that the quality of air near the site of the chemical inferno is not at dangerous levels as some people believe.

In a bid to tackle rising air pollution and intensifying PM2.5 issues, MQDC’s Research and Innovation for Sustainability Centre (RISC) has put up a second air-purification tower, “Fahsai 2”, at Bangkok’s Makkasan Airport Rail Link station.

A 15-year-old student from Gainesville International School in Chiang Rai province, Phiyachon "Anthony" Phumwiphat, has caused a stir with his invention of green technology to reduce carbon emissions in the air .

Air pollution due to a forest fire led to an increase in the number of respiratory patients in Chiang Mai on Wednesday.

Chiang Mai was the world's most polluted city on Sunday, according to an IQAir report.

Air quality in Bangkok and its vicinity improved on Tuesday morning, with PM2.5 (particles less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter) readings coming in between 14 and 36 micrograms per cubic metre (μg/m3) of air, the Bangkok Air Pollution Coordination Centre reported.

Residents of Phayao woke up to find their province shrouded by PM2.5 air pollution on Monday, as haze spread across northern Thailand and Bangkok.

Air pollution hit unsafe levels in 14 provinces on Monday morning, the Air Quality and Noise Management Bureau reported.