Deputy Governor Riza Patria To DKI Residents: Report To Us If There Are Factorys Thataccommit Air

Environmental activists from the Capital Coalition brought mannequins and posters during an action demanding the right to clean air in the Nasional Monument area, Jakarta, Friday (16/9/2022).

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria invites residents to participate in supervising and reporting factories suspected of carrying out air pollution. "Report to us if there are factories that are considered to be polluting air, we will take action," said Riza at Jakarta City Hall, Antara, Friday, September 16. The DKI Provincial Government has imposed sanctions on companies that do not carry out mitigation efforts so that air pollution occurs. Some time ago, the DKI Environmental Agency handed down the revocation of the environmental permit of one of the companies in the Marunda area, North Jakarta, so the company automatically stopped its business. The pollution that appears is coal dust in residential areas. "We have proven the practice, anyone who violates will be given sanctions," added Riza. Meanwhile, the DKI Environmental Agency is currently finalizing a governor regulation related to 70 plans for controlling hang environment pollution, which is targeted to be completed by the end of 2022. Based on data from the DKI Environment Agency (DLH) through its official website, it supervises emissions from sources of not moving on industrial business activities in the capital city. During 2021, a total of 12 industries were supervised by DKI DLH which is engaged in the smelting of steel and power plants. However, the measurement data published through the official website in 2021 only shows the results of supervision in August 2021. Meanwhile, Greenpeace Indonesia Bondan Andrianu's activities ask that emission and surveillance data be opened transparently to the public, both the source of emissions from those that move and do not move. "So the data must be opened transparently, and the public also knows so that it can be matched with what policies are taken to control these sources," he said. Greenpeace Indonesia together with representatives of the Capital Coalition, he said, then held a demonstration around the Monas area, Central Jakarta to remind the government regarding air pollution control efforts after a year after the coalition won a lawsuit related to air quality. Emissions from immovable sources such as industry are one of the sectors that contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Based on DKI DLH data, production of greenhouse gas emissions in Jakarta from 2010 to 2018 experienced an average increase of around 2.4 million tons of CO2e. In 2019 and 2020, there was a decrease in GHG emissions production by 3.3 million tons of CO2e and 1.4 million tons of CO2e. The DKI Provincial Government previously targeted a reduction in GRK emissions by 35 million tons of CO2e by 2030. As of 2018, the achievement of reducing GRK emissions in Jakarta has reached 9 million tons of CO2e or 26.51 percent.