Yongin City Deploys Advanced Equipment Including Drones to Crack Down on Illegal Burning of Agricultural Waste

Yongin City is deploying drones to monitor and crack down on fine dust caused by illegal burning of agricultural waste. Photo by Yongin City Hall

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province will deploy advanced monitoring equipment such as drones and mobile fine dust monitoring devices to monitor illegal burning of agricultural byproducts and waste.

According to the city's announcement on the 21st, in accordance with the 4th Fine Dust Seasonal Management Plan, from December this year to March next year, intensive crackdowns on illegal fine dust emissions will be conducted mainly in the agricultural areas of Cheoin-gu.

According to the city, measurements of fine dust concentrations at seven national monitoring sites in the area from December last year to March this year showed that the agricultural areas (32㎍/㎥) had higher levels than the urban average (29㎍/㎥).

Accordingly, the city plans to frequently deploy drones over the agricultural areas to crack down on illegal burning activities that are difficult to detect from the ground.

In addition, a mobile air quality measurement vehicle will be stationed at the Yangji-myeon Administrative Welfare Center in Cheoin-gu, where no national monitoring network is installed, to analyze and monitor the concentrations of fine dust (PM 10) and ultrafine dust (PM 2.5) in the area.

Together with this, 39 private and environmental monitors will be deployed to continuously monitor illegal sources of fine dust emissions such as agricultural waste burning.

Illegal burning activities identified through this will be fined 500,000 KRW for individuals and 1,000,000 KRW for businesses according to the Waste Management Act.

A city official said, "We are deploying advanced equipment to raise citizens' awareness of fine dust emissions and create a pleasant air environment," and urged, "We ask citizens to voluntarily practice fine dust reduction measures, such as refraining from illegal waste burning."

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