Little India shrouded by haze
Little India, one of the popular tourist attraction area located in the World Unesco Heritage Zone, is seen deserted thick smog blanketed Penang since this morning.
The normally congested Little India was deserted today as thick smog blanketed the Penang skyline since morning.
A check by the Sun at the popular heritage zone saw fewer people thronging the place unlike other weekends.
As the air quality deteriorated, most people preferred to stay indoors due to health concerns.
A check on the Department of Environment (DOE) website showed that all three monitoring stations in the state recorded an unhealthy reading since 11am.
As of 2pm, the Universiti Sains Malaysia monitoring station recorded 171 while at Seberang Jaya and Prai station recorded 177 and 149 respectively.
An API of 0 to 50 is good, 51 to 100 is moderate while anything over 300 is hazardous.
~News courtesy of The Sun~
Little India, one of the popular tourist attraction area located in the World Unesco Heritage Zone, is seen deserted thick smog blanketed Penang since this morning.
The normally congested Little India was deserted today as thick smog blanketed the Penang skyline since morning.
A check by the Sun at the popular heritage zone saw fewer people thronging the place unlike other weekends.
As the air quality deteriorated, most people preferred to stay indoors due to health concerns.
A check on the Department of Environment (DOE) website showed that all three monitoring stations in the state recorded an unhealthy reading since 11am.
As of 2pm, the Universiti Sains Malaysia monitoring station recorded 171 while at Seberang Jaya and Prai station recorded 177 and 149 respectively.
An API of 0 to 50 is good, 51 to 100 is moderate while anything over 300 is hazardous.
~News courtesy of The Sun~
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