will not go davinci mysterious masterpiece for this perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece in the collection of the louvre and no, it is not the mona lisa. it is the virgin of the rocks, 2 versions, multiple copies, and a hidden drawing. is there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful data that perhaps we just don't understand today? search for answers store to february 10th on d w. you're watching v w news asia coming up that took, took transition. how bangkok popular mode of transport is going electric. but will that be enough to have an impact on the city's infamous air pollution? we'll take a closer look. plus the economic crisis in pakistan manifests in all quarters

including impacting the countries, animals and pets. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. if you've ever visited thailand, you know about the took, took the ubiquitous motorized rituals that can weave their way through traffic and get you where you need to be. but you may have also noticed the gas fumes contributing to air pollution. well that is starting to change as the took took goes electric. mm. for decades these 3 wheels have been a feature of bangkok street, the talk to highlands on official items. it's fast, it's loud and tourists love it. when my vanilla from what i think took or something

tied on should be proud of them. they are unique and represent island. we're going to have it. but as i conic as the 3 wheeled vehicle may be, the technology hasn't been updated for nearly half a century. and it has been a major contributor to bank hawks, poor air quality, more than 300 of these electric took, took snack are about to change that her half of the madame and but as a truck driver, you normally after shift gears manually. yeah. but this one is fully automatic on the wireless fall and very convenient to drive. then you can look whereby will minor and not just the engine has been changed. the entire booking system is controlled by an app. the clean writing cards are made for 6 passengers rather than just 3. using the app the electric took took can be shared. it is comparatively cheap. guy out if i want to reduce the damage to the environment. so i prefer

electric took talks, whether it's a step towards making the world a better place. and it's nice to travel without toxic fumes. are they? uh huh. so far, the electric truck trucks have saved some $800.00 tons of c o. 2 emissions. the company that makes the truck trucks move me plans to have 1000 electric, 3 wheelers on the streets by next year, covering other major cities and thailand to most classical truck drivers agree that they will be outnumbered so that our i didn't really took, took, took has kept me going for more than 30 years, and nowadays it's very hard to earn money, especially with electric competitors. my mandate will be in the positive news is says the move me co founder, that since the pandemic, the took took, has become more attractive for locals. and that's good news for the entire industry . the mobile, the change, the lights before at that thing. like if you sit in some something is not air

condition, it's very hot. and ac on it's on his way. luckily. but after cool with something fresh air with dave kathy with s more hill d. for tourists, the electric version has another clear advantage. the price is fixed by the up, and there is no more haggling. this can make a bangkok temple tour all the more relaxing. we have to rat waller's assistant professor focused on environmental science at cassettes art university in bangkok. joining us, sir, right, is this e took took a step in the right direction. yes. oh, well hi. land bangle the arrows in is a crisis. if you got a cold where goal is should be good us. but for me, for me to,

to just only a small proportion of do we are coal in bangkok? so if the chaise just total is not enough to shing, the game of the average and in bangkok. so how is going electric working in thailand for the other vehicles? i mean, there's a lot of infrastructure. the government would need to set up and even in rich countries like the united states, that this has been a real struggle. yes for, for, for thailand will bank vote for we'll call it here. may be a little bit slowly. ching in terms of odd shape phones will combustion to b. o, a t real cold is like the shang, but it's not showing as much as are the country is become higher to western country china or usa or ural, i think is sir older than

a lot for that one. so if the government is not doing enough, why not? i mean, is it just a budget issue? because a having to set up these electric stations is it is very costly. i think the problem is not the budget, but in terms of the policy because we shing that policy about real or a lot from time to time in the past. if you look at, in, in, in, in the past of, of, of chi vehicle, this shane cromer article is that the congressional will to beer. it's a law and something like that. that mean the policy has been ching all the time.

so the private sector cannot, or i just didn't sell to be a real direction or do policy of the goal. then that's why why a little bit slowly into all. i mean, i blame the policy isn't mand factor, right? and just so that people have an understanding on how popular are electric vehicles in thailand, i mean, they're becoming quite trendy in europe and north america. are you seeing the trends go in the right direction? the early adopters tend to be richer, but are we seeing the upper middle class buying e most? but for thailand, for the tie pupil, we're still not l like a middle class. all, all, all of the people that can have a budget to change that, that will they still have a limit of the,

that budget to shing that we call that why, if the policy is not or is not clear and people cannot, oh, have now budget to help them, so teaching that vehicle the why, the problem. all that, ching we're cold is take a bit a little bit slowly. one got it. now bank hung famously has suffered air pollution for, for decades. and can you give us a picture of other large scale attempts being made to combat the problem? i mean, i guess for those who have not been to bangkok in a while, including myself, has the problem in the city gotten worse, or are you seeing improvements? yeah, for me, for me until all debris people we have do research for the air pollution. we do something like a source apartment to look at the source of the problem of the app solution,

especially on peer to why fi and a particular until we found at the band demand. the major source of the problem is comes on transport ation, right? i so i told everyone i talk to people about this one, how to shane this source like oh for super will collision in it in the car to be it electric car. but s, as i mentioned before, but she is quite not clear into hope for a c and the, the goldman not tech go for the source of the problem. did try to shing like, her perception of the people. how did it just and protect them? so from the average it's that is do, i mean,

that is the work that we have done in the past? but right now we need to just stop in do real source of the problem. i mean, in terms of the transport, asian shing, the recall to be or car is good for everyone to, to do that in terms of technology and it to the people to do that. but we did, did people. ready are we need the government to house the people to shame that that, that, that, that caught their car or that got it so at while out. thank you so much for joining us. just thank you for pakistan is struggling to deal with rampant inflation. food prices rose by 35 percent last month. all part of the economic spiral. the country has found itself in we've reported on the people impacted. but here is

a look at how every aspect of society is dealing with run away cost. a visit to pakistan's biggest animal shelter. the stray cat was found with severe burns in a residential area of karachi. loaded onto a trailer, the animal is taken to the asia, chandry gar, foundation for treatment its burns are cleaned up, and the cats expected to make a full recovery. caring for animals is expensive at the best of times. but pakistan's, current, economic and energy crisis means soaring, costs of food medicines and transport for almost $700.00 animals, is putting a heavy burden on the foundations funds are the more people find out the more that color that and really and i team goes out, we rescue the animal, we bring them back to our sanctuary. minimize the cost to go up as well. because in the fuel prices go, our friend the, the van is out constantly. i don't lie the there, the number up, unless increase at the sanctuary. the food costs go up than the medicine glass go

out. this is one of those unpredictable sort of time. that's where i go to keep adapting and adjusting to their the rescue node of the day. for example, a cf mainly takes in dogs and cats, but also provide shelter for many other animals. there's an eagle enclosure for birds which have been hurt by electricity wires or been attacked by predators. the shelter even has room for donkeys, cows, goats, any creature that needs help. st. animals, particularly dogs, are often a part of the urban landscape and developing countries like pakistan. each year there are hundreds of thousands of dog bite cases and up to $5000.00 people, die of rabies. calling of stray dogs has been widespread. although the practice was banned in 2021 and the scheme introduced to vaccination user, the animals instead, implementation has been poor. but there is a growing debate about the mistreatment of animals. they because they spread so much of areas for social media through our work on the streets with the rescue with

our rescue van go and that every day we have the rest circle center be for coil as we go with, pick up animals to the more and again, these are people will see in our they know, the think there's to, the more people find out the more the color which is brilliant. chandra gar, hopes, is growing. awareness translates into better conditions for animals and pakistan. that's it for friday. be sure to check out our other stories on d. w dot com, forward slash asia. my name is melissa chan in berlin. thanks for watching and have a great weekend with . ah, what people have to say matters to us. m. that's why

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