Meet Heru Budi to Discuss Jakarta's Air, Foke: I'm Happy that the Sky is Blue Again

Former Governor of DKI Jakarta for the period 2007-2012 Fauzi Bowo or Foke at DKI City Hall (Photo: Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - Former Governor of DKI Jakarta for the 2007-2012 period, Fauzi Bowo or Foke, visited DKI Jakarta City Hall to meet the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono.

During the meeting, Foke admitted that he had mentioned air quality issues in the capital city. According to Foke's observations, air pollution in Jakarta is starting to decrease

"I'm happy to see the blue sky again, do you see it? Look up, the sky is blue," said Foke after meeting Heru at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Central Jakarta, Thursday, September 7.

Foke views that a number of Heru's policies regarding tackling Jakarta air pollution implemented by the DKI Provincial Government have shown quite good results.

The former Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta for the 2002-2007 period also asked the DKI Provincial Government to look more deeply into the causes of air pollution in anticipation of future control.

"We have seen that in the last few weeks, the Governor has been busy with air quality. Thank God, it has improved. Please just look into the cause, maybe it can be controlled for longer," explained Foke.

On the one hand, Foke admitted that he did not want to compare Heru Budi's policies in overcoming air pollution with the previous DKI Governor.

"I don't think it's relevant to compare. The people of Jakarta, the government and the governor need clean air in Jakarta, which is what we need to work on," he explained.

In recent days, the DKI Provincial Government has stepped up efforts to control air pollution in the capital, starting from the WFH policy for ASN to imposing sanctions on air polluters. This was carried out in line with the holding of the 43rd ASEAN Summit.

The DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency has carried out an analysis of the traffic counting system using analytical cameras, especially since the implementation of the 75 percent WFH work system for ASN on 4-7 September 2023 to welcome the ASEAN Summit.

Based on data from 49 Dishub traffic counting sensor points, recorded traffic volume on September 5 2023 was 6,699,684 vehicles/day. This figure decreased by 2.85 percent or 196,296 vehicles compared to August 8 2023 with a traffic volume of 6,895,980 vehicles per day.

Apart from that, the traffic volume at the morning peak (06.00-10.00) on September 5 2023 was 1,794,322 vehicles or a decrease of 3.59 percent (down 66,794 vehicles), compared to the traffic volume on August 8 2023 of 1,775,254 vehicles.