Court orders government to form urgent plan to address PM2.5

A court in Thailand on Friday ordered Prime Minister SretthaThavisin and the National Environment Board to draw up an emergency plan to curb air pollution within 90 days.
In the ruling, the court said that it had received information from several state agencies, among them the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency and the Pollution Control Department, stating that the levels of PM2.5 in the atmosphere in numerous northern provinces.
Air quality plummeted in Thailand in the early months of the year, as smoke from farmers burning stubble adds to industrial emissions and vehicle exhaust fumes.