Muar: Haze worst ever hit this area when the Air Pollution Index (API) recorded the highest reading reached 519 at 8 o'clock last night.
That was why the limits visibility only about 50 meters, as well as the smell of smoke and dust that strong.
Disaster Operations Room (Air Pollution and haze) in open Muar District District Office since Saturday, told the haze that is classified as hazardous was found to continue to increase.
The condition can cause respiratory problems, as well as can cause a variety of diseases with early symptoms including cough, sore eyes or throat and fever.
District Officer who is also the Chairman of Natural Disaster (Air Pollution and haze) Muar District, Hall of Abdul Rahman Mohamed, said the district's API reading of 276 recorded at about 7 am, followed by 312 (8 am), 338 (9 am), 360 (10 am ) and 373 (11 am and 12 noon) the next 421 at 2pm.
He said, to prevent and ensure that the impact can be reduced haze, operation room will work to formulate action plans and monitoring involving eight government agencies.
He said the agency is Muar Municipal Council (MMC), the Land Office, the police, the District Education Office, Fire and Rescue Department, Public Health Service, Office of Agriculture, Road Transport Department (RTD) and the Department of Environment (DOE).
Make patrols, monitoring
"MMC will conduct patrols and monitoring of the open fire in their respective administrative areas such as in landfills, a dumpster, and roadside construction site housing. They will also inform the fire brigade to extinguish fire, as well as spraying water on the main street and the building, "he said.
Abdul Rahman said the Land Office will direct the quarries and mines to limit activities to reduce the effects of haze, while the police will be on patrol to monitor open burning.
He said the District Education Office will provide advice to reduce activities outside of the classroom when the school opened, as well as identifying schools that have supplied to cover the nose and mouth.
IPU increase in Sabah, Labuan
Kota Kinabalu: The haze in Sabah and Labuan worse when the Air Pollutant Index (API) in some areas almost reached unhealthy levels.
Visibility between the hours of 8 am and 12 noon today, estimated to be only three to five kilometers (km), compared to more than 10 miles for normal viewing distance.
Keningau recorded the highest API readings of 98 at 11 am, compared to 93 at 8 am, about two to reach unhealthy levels.
Kota Kinabalu IPU is 91 at 11 am, compared to 90 at 8 am, while Labuan recorded 97 readings.
Spokesman for the Department of Environment (DOE) Sabah said, predictable haze continued several days depending on the change in the wind and rain.
Keep up to date
Meanwhile, the director of the State Education Department (NRD), Jame Alip said the school should keep abreast through the media and on the DOE website API readings before taking any decision, including the stop curricular activities as contained in the circular the Ministry of Education.
In Kuantan, Pahang had three locations in the Air Pollution Index (API) medium until yesterday afternoon, with New Balok, near here, recorded API 90, and Indera Mahkota and Jerantut respectively 80 and 64.
Chairman of the Health, Human Resources and Special Task state, Norol Azali Sulaiman said the state government is constantly monitoring the Air Pollution Index (API) so that appropriate action can be taken if the haze is more critical in the state.
In Kota Bharu, Kelantan now in high alert in the face after the two areas of air pollution in the state after increasing in the API.
Two regions recorded an increase in API is Secondary School (SMK) Tanjung Chat, Kota Bharu, the readings at 7 am 54 and grew 57 at 11 am, while Red Land API at 7am is 67 and rising to 70 at 11 am .
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