Pollution Is A Bad Gift For The 493rd Anniversary Of DKI Jakarta

The situation in Jakarta was deserted during the PSBB (Achmad / VOI)

JAKARTA - Two weeks of the implementation of the Transitional PSBB, did not necessarily decrease the level of air pollution in Jakarta. Even if you refer to AirVisual data, the air quality in Jakarta is actually the worst in the world.

Based on Air Quality Index monitoring, air quality in DKI Jakarta reaches 162 or is not healthy with pollutants of 43.9 µg / m. Meanwhile, the WHO safe standard within the reasonable limit of pollutants is 25 µg / m³.

With this figure, Jakarta is ranked first as a city with unhealthy air quality in the world. Even Jakarta beat Beijing, China which is ranked 2nd in air quality.

Screenshot of the world's air quality index (Tachta Citra Elfira / VOI)

IQAir also advised residents not to do outdoor activities, close windows to reduce dirty air from entering the house or room and install air purifiers.

"Even if you have to do activities outside, you should use a mask," wrote IQAir, Monday, June 22.

There is a high probability that the increase in air pollution levels in Jakarta will occur after the DKI Provincial Government has relaxed its large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) policy and turned it into a transition so that it can adapt to new normal conditions. As a result, the streets of the Capital City, which were once deserted, are now jammed again at busy times, such as in the morning and evening.

Warganet's Hope

Happy birthday to my capital city, I hope everyone gets better soon. What do you hope for this 493th Jakarta anniversary? #JakartaTangguh pic.twitter.com/rGdIownuHH

- Ahmad alfati (@popcorncaraamel) June 21, 2020

It coincides with Jakarta's 493th birthday which falls today. Not a few netizens have commented on the quality of Jakarta's air which is again unhealthy.

As for the Twitter account @ Theresi95332659, which hopes that Jakarta will return to normal as before, "Happy birthday to my hometown, Jakarta, I hope it will be a clean, beautiful, tidy and more advanced city, I have felt joy and sorrow here until now, Thank you Jakarta. "