Treñas orders CENRO to formulate air quality management plan
City Mayor Jerry Treñas has ordered the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) to conceptualize an Air Quality Management plan to lessen the health impact of air pollution among the Ilonggos.
Treñas made such order after he was briefed by CENRO chief Noel Hechanova on the importance of the so-called Air Quality Management (AQM) plan. Other than CENRO, the help of the Environmental Management Bureau should also be tapped in formulating the AQM.
The conceptualization and implementation of an air quality management plan will address the air pollution in every city. There is a high risk of catching respiratory and cardio-vascular diseases because of air pollutants.
Hechanova was sent by Treñas last month in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to attend the professional program on urban air quality management. He was allowed by the mayor to learn and know the importance of having an air quality management plan as well as its health impact brought about by air pollution.
The chief executive allowed Hechanova to join the international seminar as he deemed it necessary for the development of the city. The environmental hazards should not be rejected over the development brought about in the city.
The same conference was organized by the Canadian Institute of Development Authority together with the Asian Institute of Technology of Bangkok, Thailand and the Malaysia University and Science and Technology.
In the said seminar, the participants were briefed on the necessity of developing an integrated air quality plan for their own city and the importance of monitoring ambient air quality.