Yangju City Launches the '6th Seasonal Fine Dust Management Campaign'

Gyeonggi Yangju City (Mayor Kang Su-hyun) announced on the 6th that it held the "6th Fine Dust Seasonal Management and Energy Saving Promotion Campaign" at "Rich Mart" located in Deokgye-dong on the afternoon of the 5th.

Yangju City held the "6th Fine Dust Seasonal Management and Energy Saving Promotion Campaign" on the afternoon of the 5th at "Rich Mart" located in Deokgye-dong within the city. Photo by Yangju City

The "Fine Dust Seasonal Management" is a system that implements strengthened fine dust reduction measures from December, when fine dust concentration increases, to March of the following year to reduce fine dust.

In this campaign, 10 participants including related officials and members of the "Yangju City Fine Dust Reduction Citizen Participation Group" held hand signs with daily life rules to reduce fine dust, such as using public transportation and prohibiting illegal burning, and distributed promotional materials to citizens to encourage their participation in fine dust reduction and energy saving.

A Yangju City official said, "We hope this campaign will serve as an opportunity for citizens to make the practice of reducing fine dust a part of their daily lives," adding, "We will continue to promote various policies and do our best to create a pleasant environment."

Following this, the city official reiterated, "We hope this campaign will serve as an opportunity for citizens to make the practice of reducing fine dust a part of their daily lives," and added, "We will continue to promote various policies and do our best to create a pleasant environment."

Meanwhile, the city is implementing measures such as ▲ restricting the operation of grade 5 emission vehicles during the fine dust seasonal management period, ▲ implementing a two-day vehicle operation system for public institutions during emergency reduction measures, ▲ strengthening inspections of dust-generating workplaces, ▲ intensively collecting agricultural residues and cracking down on illegal burning, and ▲ operating fine dust intensive management roads and enhancing road cleaning.