Jakarta Becomes The Most Polluting City In The World Today Morning

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta pollution level occupies the first position in a major city polluting the world on Saturday morning.

Quoting Antara, based on data from the IQAir air quality monitoring site at 05.45 WIB, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Jakarta is at 196 or is categorized as unhealthy with PM2.5 air pollution and a concentration value of 119.5 micrograms per cubic meter.

This figure has an explanation that the level of air quality is categorized as unhealthy for sensitive groups, namely that it can harm humans or groups of animals that are sensitive or can cause damage to plants or aesthetic values.

Meanwhile, the moderate category is the quality of the air that does not affect human or animal health but affects sensitive plants and aesthetic values with a PM2.5 range of 51-100.

The good category is the level of air quality that does not have an effect on human or animal health and does not affect plants, buildings or aesthetic values with a PM2.5 range of 0-50.

The category is very unhealthy with a PM2.5 range of 200-299 or its air quality can harm health in a number of segments of exposed population. Finally, dangerous (300-500) or in general its air quality can seriously harm the population's health.

The city with the worst air quality in second place is Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa at 171, third in Lahore, Pakistan at 159, fourth in Medan City, Indonesia at 144, fifth in Batam City, Indonesia at 141.

Regarding the air conditions, the community should avoid outdoor activities. If you are outside the room, use a mask, then close the window to avoid dirty outside air.

The DKI Jakarta Environment Agency (DLH) will imitate the world's major cities such as Paris and Bangkok in dealing with air pollution.

Learning from other cities, Bangkok has 1,000 Air Quality Monitoring Stations (SPKU), Paris has 400 SPKUs. Jakarta currently has 111 SPKUs from the previous 5 units. In the future, we will increase the number in order to intervene more quickly and accurately," said the Head of DLH DKI Jakarta Asep Kuswanto in Jakarta, Tuesday (18/3).