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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 tick tick goes electric. for decades, these 3 wheels have been a feature of bangkok street. the took took highlands unofficial. i can, it's fast, it's loud and tourists love it. when my,

when eagle eye on what everything took or something tied on should be proud of them, they are unique and represent island. we're going to have a bug as like connie gets the 3 wheeled vehicles 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 for more than 300 of these electric truck trucks. are about to change that well, have to go from a dime and buy them as a truck driver. you normally after shift gears manually. yeah. but this one is fully automatic and as far and very convenient to drive. think when look whereby will minor and not just the engine has been changed. the entire booking system is controlled by on. the clean writing cards are made for 6 passengers rather than just 3. using the up electric took took can be shared, it is comparatively cheap. die out, then i want to reduce the damage to the environment. so i prefer electric took

talks. was that it's a step towards making the world a better place. and it's nice to travel without toxic fumes. ha ha. so far, the electric truck trucks have saved some $800.00 tons of c o. 2 emissions. the company that makes the truck talks move me plans to have 1000 electric, 3 wheelers on the streets by next year, covering other major cities and thailand to most classical took truck drivers agree that they will be outnumbered so that our i didn't really think took took, has kept me going for more than 30 years. and nowadays it's very hard to earn money . i mean, especially with electric competitors. my mandate will be that 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 mobility change the light before that, that thing like, if you sit in some something is not air condition is very hot. an ac on his,

on his way is left to leave, but after call it something fresh. air with death is as 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 to were all the more relaxing. we have, sir, at 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. yeah. order. well, highlands or bank or it average, it is a crisis. if you got it, the coal we're goal is should be good for us. but for me, for me to, to just leave

a small proportion of the vehicle in bangkok. so if the chaise just took is not enough to shing, the game of the apparition 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 is been a real struggle year for, for, for thailand will bank all 4 we're call in here. maybe a little bit slowly. ching, in terms of our shame problems will combustion to b. o electric, real coal is like we sang, but it's not showing as much as are the country. it become higher to western country china or usa or ural. i think it's are older than them.

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, the 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 high vehicle, this shame from her. but to call it the conventional will to beer. it's a law and something like that. that mean the policy has been sharing all the time.

so the private sector can not her, i just them, so to be a real direction all do policy of the goldman. that why, why a little bit slowly into all. i mean, i blame the policy isn't man 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? me? but, but for thailand, for the type people, we're still not l like a middle class all over, all of the people that can have a budget to change that that will go this do have a limit of the,

that budget to shame 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 day change we're cold is take a bit, a little bit slowly. one, got it. now, bank hon 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 only in terms of academic people we how do we use us for the air pollution? we do something like a source of postman to look at the source of,

of the problem of the app solution. especially on p. m $2.00 and a particular until we found at the band, the man, the major source of the problem is come from transport ation. right. i. so i told everyone i told people about this one, how to shane this source light. oh, for super will collision in it in the car to be electric call. but as, as i mentioned before, but she is quite not clear in tumult or 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 they 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 start into real source of the problem. i mean, in terms of the transportation shing, the recall to be or car is good for everyone to, to do that in terms of technology and it to more people to do that. but we did, did people, are we need the government to house the people to shame that that, that, that, that caught their car order. got it, sir, at twilight, thank you so much for joining us. just thank you. 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, an 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 brilliant i team goes out. we rescue the animals, we bring them back to our sanctuary within the my, the cost to go up as well because and the fuel prices go outside. the van is out constantly. i don't lie the, there, the number of animals increase at the sanctuary. the thought classical and then the

medicine classical out. this is one of those unpredictable sort of came there to where i gotta keep adapting and adjusting to the the rescue load of the day. for example, a c, f mainly takes in dogs and cats, but also provide shelter from any other animals. there's an eagle enclosure for birds which have been hurt by electricity. wires are 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 bigger this bread, so much of areas for social media through our work on the streets with the rescue,

with our rescue of anger and that every day we have the rest circle and sent out the coil. as we go, we pick up animals to the more and again, these are people who have seen our, they know the think there's to, the more people find out the more the color, which is brilliant. chandra gar hopes this 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 passion and professionalism has both. this is your go to what, what all the way put in a and she's making her musical, martin, and number one go on by simply dealing

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