KUALA LUMPUR: Only two of the 68 air quality monitoring stations across the country recorded unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API 101 to 200) readings, namely in Sri Aman and Serian, Sarawak as at 4pm on Wednesday (Oct 4).
Department of Environment enforcement division director Shafe’ee Yasin said out of the total, six stations recorded good API readings and 59 stations recorded readings at a moderate level .
“The government will take action based on the National Haze Action Plan if the API reading worsens. The ministry and the agencies involved will step up prevention efforts on open burning which can cause haze at the local level," he said on the ‘Malaysia Petang Ini’ programme broadcast by Bernama TV on Wednesday.
“Among the measures that DOE has taken is to increase the number of patrols and monitoring areas at risk of open burning, monitoring of burning areas using drones and compound action under Section 29 of the Environmental Quality Act 1974,” he said.
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