Bangkok Is Making It Rain To Fight Toxic Air

A toxic gas has brought a lot of trouble and affected people living in Bangkok since last week. To prevent this situation from worsening, Thai officials are currently developing a rain-making plan to alleviate toxic dust and smoke.

During last weekend, the atmosphere in Bangkok was reported to be at an alarming level when the particulate matter levels of air quality reached 227. In fact, if this number exceeds 150, it will seriously have an effect on human health. This influence can affect everyone and at any age, including healthy people.

Severe air pollution is raging in Bangkok city

The city showed its aggressiveness in preventing this dust pollution through a plan to make rain by impacting clouds. On Monday, The Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation announced that the plan to create rain will be conducted on Tuesday, the aircraft will be levitated to inject a chemical mixture into the clouds to stimulate rain.

This is not the only method the Thai government is working on to protect its citizen from the issue. Phys.org reported that 10,000 masks were distributed to Bangkok residents. Also, they also sprayed water on the road and cannons in the air.

The Thai government will create artificial rain to prevent smog-choked in Bangkok

This scene reminds us of the same phenomenon that happened last month in India, specifically New Delhi. Meanwhile, officials must also ask firefighters to spray water from skyscraper to dispel the smog.

The areas of serious air pollution greatly affect the health of people living in there. According to World Health Organization statistics, air pollution's influence on Asia’s Western Pacific region is significantly related to one-third of deaths in the world.

Severe pollution mostly comes from the densely concentrated area of industry and heavy vehicles moving in the city. Not only the city but also rural areas have contributed to air pollution when people in these areas regularly burn crops. Typically, people living in rural areas in India regularly burn wood to cook and keep their homes warm.

Indian leaders are also making larger plans to improve air quality in the city. They have announced a national plan that has been anticipated for a long time to combat toxic air pollution. The New York Times said the plan did not receive much response since it lacked specific local guidelines, methods for practice and implementation time.

Firefighters spray water on the sky to improve the air quality.

Thailand is not the first country in the world to use artificial rain to solve problems. In the past, the United States and Jordan took the same measure to stimulate rain when drought occurs.

Although the verdict has not yet taken effect, Thai officials seem to think that this is the best measure at the moment.