Smoke came back to Malaysia with the pollution index of 111

According to a reporter in Malaysia, the dust has returned to Malaysia with the pollution index (API) recorded in Bukit Rambai town in the state of Malacca is 111 and this index in the Cheras area of ​​Kualar Lumpur is 101 on the afternoon of July 21.

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According to the Malaysian Ministry of Environment (DOE), the healthful API indicators in Bukit Rambai and Kuala Lumpur as well as the situation in some other locations are due to cross-border haze.

APIs in other localities such as Klang port in Selangor state are 91 and Dickson port in Negeri Sembilan state is 79. Air pollution levels are classified as "emergency" when API over 500, "dangerous" when APIs are 301 upward, the level of 201-300 is very harmful to health, the word 101-200 is harmful to health, from 51-100 is the average and API from 0-50 is good.

People wear masks to go on the thick smoke street in Muar on June 23 last.(Photo: AFP / VNA)

Malaysia's Minister of Natural Resources and Environment G. Palanivel said that as before, Malaysia was ready to deal with dust and smoke, preparing to implement artificial rain if the situation got worse. DOE also proposed to close schools in regions with an API index exceeding 200.

Besides, Mr. Palanivel stated that Malaysia is ready to help neighboring Indonesia overcome the problem of dust.

According to the DOE statement on July 21, the ASEAN Meteorological Center (ASMC) discovered three hotspots in Sumatra island of the island nation on July 18, then jumped to 43 points on July 19. recently and 159 points on July 20.

On the same day, ASMC discovered four hotspots in Malaysia's southern state of Johor. After that, DOE immediately announced a ban on outdoor fire activities throughout the country due to the current drought, expected to last until October.

Recently at the 15th Meeting of the Technical Working Group and the ASEAN Sub-Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Dust Pollution, Indonesian Environment Minister Balthasar Kambuaya said the country will ratify the ASEAN Agreement. about cross-border dust pollution at the end of this year or early 2014.