Jakarta Air Pollution, Member Of DKI DPRD Kenneth: DKI Provincial Government Must Immediately Engineering Weather

Member of Commission D of the DKI Jakarta DPRD from the PDI-P (PDIP) faction, Hardiyanto Kenneth. (Ist)

JAKARTA - The Provincial Government (Pemprov) of DKI Jakarta will carry out Weather Modification Technology (TMC) or better known for artificial rain to reduce air pollution. The reason is, air quality in Jakarta is at number three worst in the world on Saturday, June 22 with the AQI index score of 161 in the unhealthy category

Responding to this, Member of Commission D of the DKI Jakarta DPRD from the PDI-P (PDIP) faction, Hardiyanto Kenneth supports the steps taken by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to use TMC to eliminate pollutants, because water mist technology or spraying water fog into the air is considered not very effective as a solution to control air pollution.

"I fully support the provincial government's move to carry out weather engineering strategy to control air pollution in Jakarta because I consider that the use of Water Mist in high-rise buildings is not very effective, because it is limited from its level of altitude," Kenneth said in a statement received Thursday, June 27.

In carrying out weather engineering, the man who is familiarly called Bang Kent said that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government must meet the formal requirements first by establishing a disaster emergency response condition in order to encourage the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) to use ready-to-use funds.

Because this is stated in the Regulation of the National Disaster Management Agency Number 02 of 20018 concerning the Use of Ready-to-Use Funds, and Government Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 22 of 2008 concerning Funding and Management of Disaster Assistance.

"The provincial government must first fulfill its formal requirements to carry out weather engineering strategies and I remind you not to use the APBD because there is a BNPB Regulation Number 02 of 2018 concerning the use of ready-to-use funds, and PP Number 22 of 2008 so you can use a ready-to-use fund scheme from BNPB, so it does not burden the DKI Jakarta Regional Budget and will not interfere with the already running Provincial Government program," said the Head of the DPD PDIP Disaster Management Agency of DKI Jakarta Province.

In the scenario of solving the air pollution problem, Kent asked all parties to move quickly and collaborate between institutions.

He explained that BMKG is a provider of potential cloud data that can be smeared, BRIN has the technology, the Indonesian Air Force can operate aircraft in the operation of TMC to spread salt or condensate, BNPB has the capacity to provide budget for TMC operations, to KLHK which plays a role in providing data on the development of air quality.

"From another side of the policy that might be done, namely reducing the source of pollution itself, in DKI Jakarta one of the sources of pollution is motorized vehicles, industry and PLTU, this problem actually needs to be controlled," said Kent.

Furthermore, Kent explained, weather engineering is very important to reduce pollution because this is expected to accelerate the occurrence of rain. Because, when it rains there will be pollutant laundering in the atmosphere.

"There must be proper handling to repair bad air in the middle of this dry season. So tactical and fast steps must be taken," said the chairman of the IKAL PPRA LXII Lemhannas RI.

In addition, Kent also asked the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to make maximum efforts so that air pollution can be controlled, so that residents can breathe clean air in their daily lives. and the Provincial Government must provide information about air pollution levels in detail and periodically to the wider community and with easy-to-understand sentences.

"And if there are citizens who experience health problems, or risk groups who are vulnerable to disturbances due to air pollution, the government must provide access to citizens for the health services they need without having to burden their economy. And also intensify massively socialization, education and literacy to increase understanding to the community," he said.

In the midst of the dry season with bad air, Kent asked the public to minimize the effects of exposure to hot weather, such as avoiding outdoor activities, wearing masks, drinking lots of water with cold temperatures, especially when doing activities and exercising, consuming balanced nutritious food, wearing long and loose clothes with bright colors, wearing umbrellas, hats, or long clothes while outdoors.

"Avoid outdoor activities and wear masks. Then we are obliged to consume unpolluted and nutritious food and drinks. In reality, we also cannot choose about the air that we breathe at any time, if there is air pollution, we are forced to breathe air polluted by pollutants that will harm health. Remember, this extreme hot weather should not be underestimated, the impact will be dangerous. Hopefully this weather engineering program is successful and will succeed in reducing unhealthy pollutants," he concluded.