Plans activated to fight haze


Air quality in jeopardy: A firefighter at the scene of a peat fire measuring about six hectares near Taman Kopodim in Matang, Kuching. — ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/ The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The National Open Burning Action Plan and the National Haze Action Plan have been activated to coordinate measures by government agencies in addressing open burning and the haze in the country.

This was done as the air quality reached a hazardous level in Miri and a very unhealthy level in Kuala Baram, both places in Sarawak, over the past two days, said Department of Environment (DoE) director-general Norlin Jaafar.

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