China’s Meteorological Administration on Tuesday has barred regional forecasters from issuing smog alerts to prevent mismatches, a move that has raised suspicions and received great criticisms from the online community.
The note reportedly came as an internal memo and was sent to prevent « incidents of the meteorological administration and the environmental protection ministry [from] frequently releasing different information about the smog, » the Hindustan Time reported, citing an unnamed official of the National Meteorological Administration.
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The notice by the meteorological department said that only one department will be tasked to post smog alerts to maintain uniformity.
