Sunday Morning, Jakarta's Third Worst Air Quality In The World

Air quality in Jakarta is the third worst in the world Sunday, July 13 morning (Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Air quality in DKI Jakarta ranks third worst in the world on Sunday, July 13 morning.

Launching data compiled by ANTARA from IQAir at 07.30 WIB, the air quality index (AQI) in Jakarta is at 175 or is categorized as unhealthy. The smooth particle indicator (particulate matter/PM) shows 2.5.

The city with the worst air quality in the world is Kinshasa (Kongo) with an air quality index at 183. Then in second place followed by (Lahore) Pakistan with an air quality index at 175.

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 SPKU," said Head of DLH DKI Jakarta Asep Kuswanto in Jakarta, Tuesday, March 18.

Jakarta currently has 111 SPKUs from the previous 5 units. "In the future we will increase the number so that we can intervene more quickly and accurately," he said.

He added that data disclosure is an important step in improving air quality systematically.

Submission of air pollution data must be more open so that intervention can be more effective. He considered that what was needed was not only temporary intervention, but continuous and extraordinary steps in dealing with air pollution.

DLH DKI Jakarta targets the addition of 1,000 low-cost air quality sensors (low-cost sensors) to make monitoring wider and more accurate.