Tianjin drivers confused by conflicting Weibo posts  

雾霾面前何以乱了阵脚？ 微博透视天津“乌龙限号”夜

22日晚，天津市环保部门发布预警提示22日——25日天津将出现重污染天气，并发布Ⅲ级（黄色）重污染天气预警，同时附有长微博明确提出从23日零时起按照日期末尾数确定限行尾号。随后，有关政务微博纷纷转发，但引来不少网民吐槽，质疑连夜通知限行给市民带来不便。[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.