Jokowi Tells The Story Of Bad Air Quality In Jakarta: Very Far From Standards

President Jokowi (Photo: Screenshot of Youtube by Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that the air quality index in the DKI Jakarta area and its surroundings is in the unhealthy category.

This was conveyed by Jokowi when giving a speech at the inauguration of the groundbreaking or groundbreaking for the construction of the PT Bank Tabungan Negara (Persero) Tbk office building in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), Wednesday, June 5.

"This morning I compared the air quality index in Jakarta, Singapore, Melbourne and Paris. In Jakarta 176, in Singapore 44, in Melbourne 38 and in Paris 38. And the good air standard (index) is 0-50, in Jakarta it is far from standard. I don't think Jakarta, but Jabodetabek," he said.

Jokowi is also optimistic that later IKN will have good air quality. Given, the archipelago itself will be designed as a green, smart (smart), resilient (resilient), inclusive and sustainable city.

"In the archipelago, it has not been measured (the air quality index), but I believe it will be around 20. Moreover, vehicles (conventional) are no longer allowed (to be used in IKN). Only electric vehicles (electric vehicles) are allowed," he said.

"Because the use of energy here is also allowed to be green energy. This is the concept of Nusantara in the future," he concluded.

On the official IQAir page monitored in Jakarta, Wednesday, June 5, at 08.59 WIB, the air quality index (AQI) in Jakarta is at 173, with a smooth particle number (particule matter / PM) 2.5 at the concentration rate of 86 micrograms per cubic meter.

This concentration is equivalent to 17.4 times the annual air quality guide value of the World Health Organization (WHO).

The air quality monitoring site with the latest time recorded that Jakarta is the city with the worst air quality in the world after the City of Lahore in Pakistan with 166.