The city of 8 million was plunged into darkness! | – #city #million #plunged #darkness

As part of the annual “Earth Hour 2023” event held in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, to draw attention to global warming and energy conservation, the city was plunged into darkness for 1 hour in the evening.

In an event organized by Bangkok Governorate and Thailand Wildlife Foundation (WWF) on the evening of March 25 at 20Between .30 and 9.30 p.m., the lights of the city are turned off. of the Royal Palace in the capital, all official buildings, school and while the lights of university buildings, Buddhist temples, many private companies and shopping malls went out, citizens also attended the event from their homes.

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt, in his statement about the event, to draw attention to energy conservation 20He stated that participation in the organization, organized since 2008, has increased every year, but it has increased every year as a result of a 1-hour power outage. 78 Megawatts of energy in the city in 2022 and approx 20 tons of energy produced event, carbon dioxide emissions are saved, he said.

Chadchart said that in this year’s organization, not only building lights, but all billboards in the city, all decorative lighting, ornamental pools and sculpture lights in parks were turned off, some highway lighting was turned off safely. (UAV)

Translation“24 HOURS”