Jakarta's Air Quality Is Bad, DKI Provincial Government Relys On Emission Test Solutions

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JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Environment Agency (LH) responded to the poor condition of air quality in the capital, which was again widely discussed by the public.

Public Relations Officer of the DKI Jakarta Environment Agency, Yogi Ikhwan, emphasized that his party was implementing a strategy to control air pollution.

One of the most reliable air quality control programs for the DKI Provincial Government is emission tests. The DKI Provincial Government requires all motorcyclists in Jakarta to carry out emission tests every year.

"Currently 20 million motorcyclists cross Jakarta every day. If the 20 million motorists carry out emission tests every year, Jakarta will be better," Yogi told reporters, Wednesday, June 7.

Yogi said the government has a number of policies to intensify motorists to conduct emission tests on their vehicles, ranging from the application of high-rate parking disincentives to the plan to impose a ticket for vehicles that have not or have not passed the emission test.

"Later there will be sanctions. We are collaborating with the police that later the vehicle will be ticketed. Then if it does not pass the emission test, the parking is expensive. As well as tax fines, if not the emission test, the tax will be expensive. That will force 20 million drivers to carry out emission tests," explained Yogi.

Air quality in Jakarta is still a bad predicate subscription to date. Member of the PSI faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Justin Adrian Untayana assessed that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government needs to be more aggressive in suppressing air pollution in the capital city.

According to Justin, it is time for the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta to take concrete steps to resolve the problem of air pollution. Not only campaigning for the use of electric vehicles from the Formula E racing agenda as previously carried out by the governor.

"The solution is not easy, it needs integration in many lines. It takes a firm, visionary, governor figure with a progressive work agenda, compared to those with simple thinking by promoting electric vehicles with Formula E as an effort to reduce pollution," Justin told reporters, Tuesday, June 6.

Justin reminded the DKI Provincial Government that air pollution conditions in Jakarta are dangerous for the health of its citizens, especially for children.

For this reason, this member of Commission D of the DKI Jakarta DPRD said that there are two main things that need to be addressed, starting from limiting motorized vehicles and improving spatial planning in DKI, which is so chaotic.

"The main contributor to the poor quality in DKI Jakarta is indeed pollution due to motorized vehicles. In 2022 there will be around 26 million vehicles in DKI Jakarta. So far, there has never been a firm effort to control the population of motorized vehicles," he explained.

In improving spatial planning, Justin asked the DKI Provincial Government to make spatial planning improvements such as providing affordable comfort flats for the relocation of densely populated urban settlements.

"Concentrated housing (flats) will make it easier for the provincial government to integrate population housing with the mass transportation system," said Justin.

Yesterday, the air quality in Jakarta was also at its worst position in the world. Yesterday's air quality index in Jakarta was at 157 with its main pollutant, namely PM 2.5 and a concentration value of 67 gung/m3. PM2.5 concentration in Jakarta is currently 13.6 times the value of the WHO annual air quality guide.

The air quality data agency IQ Air stated that the air quality in Jakarta on Tuesday, June 6 at 07.00 WIB was at the worst number 10 city in the world.

The air quality index in Jakarta is at 139 with the main pollutant, namely PM 2.5 and the concentration value of 51.2 m3 (micrograms per cubic meter). PM2.5 concentration in Jakarta is currently 10.2 times the value of the WHO annual air quality guide.