Friday Morning, Jakarta's Air Quality Is Worsening And East Jakarta's Worst

Illustration of the fog of air pollution (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Environmental Agency (LH) said that the air quality of this area is in the category of unhealthy or worsening due to the number of particles (particulate matter / PM) 2.5 based on the standard index of air pollutators (ISPU) reached 121 on Friday morning until 08.00 WIB.

The official website of the Environmental Information and Hygiene System of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Environment Agency, said that between five areas, the East Jakarta Crocodile Lubang has a PM2.5 figure of 121 or is among the 101-199 benchmarks.

As reported by ANTARA, Friday, September 8, this figure has an explanation of the level of air quality is unhealthy because it can harm humans or groups of animals that are sensitive or can cause damage to plants or aesthetic values.

Meanwhile, the good category is the level of air quality which 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.

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

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

Apart from East Jakarta, other ISPUs in the city of Jakarta are monitored moderately, namely the Central Jakarta HI Roundabout (95), Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta (96), Jagakarsa, South Jakarta (93) and Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta (90).

Meanwhile, on the IQ Air monitoring site on Friday at 07.00 WIB, Jakarta was classified as the number four city with the highest air pollution in the world, with number one polluted, namely first Kuwait City, Kuwait (199), second Lahore, Pakistan (199), third Beijing, China (168).

IKU in Jakarta is high because the current PM2.5 concentration is 17 times higher than the air quality guide value of the World Health Organization (WHO), which is 166 AQI US.

Air quality data was obtained based on monitoring at 20 monitoring stations, including on the Permai Screen (PIK), Jalan Raya Perjuangan (Kebon Jeruk) and Jimbaran (Ancol).