It is sad that it needed the Prime Minister to tell the Ministers what to do in the current haze problem. He was giving the hint when he said “they don’t need to ask me. There should be a trigger mechanism so that once the index goes beyond 500; automatically they should declare an emergency for affected areas,”When the PM acts, I had expected the Ministers to be “suddenly active” in doing their job.
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It is already depressing to go to work in a heavy traffic jam. It is depressing with the haze. It is more depressing to see that some of the politicians want to be the nice guy to an inconsiderate neighbor.
Read this and tell me whether your blood boils or not?… [Click to read the rest] “It is depressing…”
(Air Pollution Index – why is is being kept secret when it is crucial in informing the citizen on the actual condition of the air pollution in the country. Image source: http://pdsblogs.org)
There is a lot quarters crying out to the Government for the API reading and the DPM confidently inform that the Government has no plans to release the API reading.… [Click to read the rest] “When Government think is the best time to reveal the daily API?”
Everyone knows that the source of the haze – it is from opening burning and Indonesia is the biggest culprit of all. It is not a secret. Everyone knows. But do you want to know the real cause of haze? Poor farmer in Indonesia? Nah, you are wrong!
This is what I think is the real cause.… [Click to read the rest] “Haze – The “Real” cause of it”