Tianjin drivers confused by conflicting Weibo posts  

霧霾面前何以亂了陣腳？ 微博透視天津“烏龍限號”夜

22日晚，天津市環保部門發布預警提示22日——25日天津將出現重污染天氣，并發布Ⅲ級（黃色）重污染天氣預警，同時附有長微博明確提出從23日零時起按照日期末尾數確定限行尾號。隨后，有關政務微博紛紛轉發，但引來不少網民吐槽，質疑連夜通知限行給市民帶來不便。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Government departments in Tianjin need more coordination, as emergency measures for pollution days were released along with public alerts, but later reversed, Xinhua News Agency reported.

The official Sina Weibo account of the Tianjin Environment Protection Bureau released at 7:22 p.m. on Sunday a yellow alert for smog for the following three days, along with emergency measures that included a driving ban based on the last plate number starting on Monday.

During the next hour and a half, the official Weibo account of Tianjin news office and several influential local newspapers such as Tianjin Daily and Bohai Morning News forwarded the post, causing complaints among netizens in Tianjin.

Some netizens doubted the news, and some questioned why the government didn't issue the notice earlier or send messages to citizens' mobile phones.

A staffer from the Tianjin Environment Protection Bureau said they are only in charge of releasing alerts, leaving the emergency measures to other departments, while the Tianjin Public Security Bureau, part of which is the traffic administration bureau, said they hadn't been notified of the traffic restrictions.

At 11:22 p.m., the official Weibo account of Radio Tianjin Communication clarified the earlier posts and said that traffic restrictions will not be imposed, citing the traffic administration bureau.