Monday Morning, Jakarta's Air Quality Ranked 10 Worst In The World

JAKARTA - Air quality in Jakarta on Monday, May 6, 2024 this morning is not healthy for sensitive groups and ranks in the top ten as the worst air quality city in the world. Based on data from the IQAir air quality monitoring site quoted by ANTARA, the air quality index (AQI) in Jakarta is 8th with 132 or is included in the unhealthy category with PM2.5 air pollution and a concentration value of 48 micrograms per cubic meter.

This figure has an explanation of the level of unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups because it can harm humans or groups of animals that are sensitive or can cause damage to plants or aesthetic value. Meanwhile, the category is good, namely the level of air quality that does not have an effect on human or animal health and has no effect on plants, buildings or aesthetic value with a PM2.5 range of 0-50. Then, the moderate category is the air quality that does not affect human or animal health but affects plants that are sensitive and the aesthetic value with a PM2.5 range of 51-100.

Then, the very unhealthy category with a PM2.5 range of 200-299 or its air quality can be detrimental to health in a number of exposed segments of the population. Lastly, dangerous (300-500) or in general its air quality can seriously harm the health of the population. The worst-order city of air quality is Delhi, India at 182,TUki Mai second-order, Thailand at 167, third-order Kathmandu, Nepal at 165, fourth-order Lahore, Pakistan at 163, and fifth-order Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam at 158. Then the order to six Beijing, China at 156, Ranks to seven Chengdu, China at 137, ninth-order after Jakarta, namely Bangkok, Thailand at 123, and 10th-order Dhaka, Bangladesh at 120.

Previously, the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta, Heru Budi Hartono, said that his party was still intensifying the installation of a high-pressure generator to spray water mist generators into the air even though it was entering the rainy season.

"Yes, still (the water mass pair), there is no change in the handling of pollution, next year there will still be a repeat of summer," said Heru at the City Hall of DKI, Central Jakarta, last Thursday. Installation of the "water mist generator" is one of the efforts of the Provincial Government (Pemprov) of DKI Jakarta to suppress air pollution. According to Heru, the installation should continue to be added as preparation during the dry season in the future. "It's still the next year there will still be a repeat of summer. Instead, I ask that on this occasion the 'water mist' be added so that later during the dry season (here) next season there will be (many). Every high building must have a 'water mass'," said Heru. Spokesperson for the DKI Jakarta Provincial Air Pollution Control Task Force (PUPU) Ani Ruspitawati said, until November 17, 2023, the number of "water mass generators" installed was 177 units in 143 government and private buildings.

The scope of the air pollution control task force includes compiling Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Handling Air Pollution in DKI Jakarta Province, controlling air pollution from industrial activities, and monitoring periodically the air quality conditions, to the health impact of air pollution. Then, implementing the prevention of polluting sources, both from moving sources and immovable sources, including sources of disturbance and emergency control. Then implement mandatory test of motor vehicle emissions, carrying out rejuvenation of public transport and development of environmentally friendly transportation for public transportation and the government is then tasked with increasing open space, green buildings, and activating tree planting movements, increasing community participation in improving air quality improvement, carrying out monitoring of licensing compliance that has an impact on air pollution and taking action against air pollution violations.