Gyeonggi Province will implement 10 tasks, including strengthening surveillance of industrial complexes, throughout March to reduce fine dust.
First, to protect the health of residents, Gyeonggi Province will ▲conduct special inspections of indoor air quality in multi-use facilities ▲intensively collect agricultural waste and crack down on illegal burning ▲clean roads in concentrated management roads and zones.
As measures to reduce pollution sources from workplaces, roads, and non-road mobile sources, the province will also carry out focused crackdowns on illegal activities such as surveillance of industrial complexes using advanced monitoring equipment like scanning LiDAR, enforcement against businesses emitting air pollutants, patrols in areas subject to idling restrictions, and strengthened on-site inspections to limit the use of old construction machinery. Scanning LiDAR is an advanced device that emits laser beams into the atmosphere to measure fine dust within a 5 km radius in under 30 minutes.
In addition, the province will reduce incineration volumes at public institution-operated incineration facilities and elevate emergency reduction measures during the full-scale response period.
During the full-scale response period, if emergency reduction measures are implemented due to high concentrations of ultrafine dust, 19 cities and counties within the province, including Suwon City, will enforce measures such as banning certain processes like excavation at government construction sites, recommending reduced operating hours and fuel usage at public workplaces, and completely restricting the operation of internal combustion engine government vehicles.
Cha Seong-su, Director of the Climate, Environment, and Energy Bureau of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "As this is the time when outdoor activities begin, we will do our best to reduce fine dust so that residents can enjoy comfortable leisure time."
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