Prepare Masks, Jakarta Air Quality Enters An Unhealthy Category On Saturday Morning

Jakarta (Photo: intermediate)

JAKARTA - Air quality in DKI Jakarta has dropped again and is categorized as unhealthy with the air quality index (AQI) at 155, and ranks seventh in the country with the worst quality in the world.

According to the IQAir air quality monitoring site monitored in Jakarta Saturday at 05.00 WIB, the air quality in Jakarta is categorized as unhealthy with a fine particle PM2.5 at 61 microngrams per cubic meter.

The same site notes that PM 2.5 concentration in Jakarta is currently equivalent to 12.2 times the annual air quality guide value of the World Health Organization (WHO).

On the same day and hour, the city with the worst air quality in the world was occupied by Lahore (Pakistan) at 188, followed by Kamala (Uganda) at 179, and Medan City (Indonesia) 167.

Therefore, people who will move outside the room should wear masks, because the air quality is getting worse again.

Meanwhile, the official website belonging to the DKI Provincial Government, namely air.jakarta.go.id, shows that the average air quality in the area on Saturday is in the medium category.

Of the 31 air quality monitoring station (SPKU) points, there is only one point that enters unhealthy, namely in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, with 101.

Previously, the Head of DKI DLH Asep Kuswanto said that the equipment used to monitor air quality had been tested and had entered the Indonesian National Standard (SNI), such as SNI 9178:2023 which is the standard for testing the performance of air quality monitoring tools using low-cost sensors.

This standard, continued Asep, ensures that air quality monitoring tools meet the criteria needed to produce accurate and consistent data.

"In addition, SNI 19-7119.6-2005 established a method to determine the location of the ambient air quality monitoring test," he said.