Seoul City Launches Citizen Participation Monitoring Group for Illegal Fine Dust Emissions

Overcoming 4:1 Competition Ratio, 50 Members Active
Focused Operation Until May

On the 10th, as the air stagnated and the concentration of ultrafine dust reached a 'bad' level, the area around Chungmuro Station in Jung-gu, Seoul appeared hazy. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] The citizen participation monitoring team, which continuously monitors illegal fine dust emissions, is starting full-scale activities.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 12th that it will hold the inauguration ceremony of the 'Citizen Participation Monitoring Team for Illegal Fine Dust Emissions' at 2 p.m. on the 13th in the main auditorium of the Welfare Building, Seosomun Annex, Seoul City Hall.

The inauguration ceremony will be attended by 50 monitors selected through a competition with a ratio of 4 to 1. The monitoring team will be actively operated until May and will be deployed to 25 autonomous districts to monitor various illegal activities such as construction sites and factories.

The city plans to conduct active guidance and inspections of emission sites in parallel with the monitoring team’s activities. Kwon Min, Director of Air Planning at Seoul City, said, "We expect a more thorough and meticulous management system to be established, creating a customized, continuous monitoring system tailored to each region."

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