Depok Walkot Issues Air Pollution Control Instructions, 30 Percent Of ASN Priority Hospital WFH

Illustration of the State Civil Apparatus (ASN). (Between)

Mayor of Depok Mohammad Idris issued Mayor's Instruction (Inwal) Number 12 of 2023 concerning Air Pollution Control in Depok. The inwal bounds all regional apparatus heads, sub-district heads, village heads, civil servants, and non-ASN within the Depok City Government.

"This is an implementation of the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 2 of 2023 concerning Air Pollution Control in the areas of Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek)," he said at the City Hall of Depok, West Java, Friday, September 1, which was confiscated by Antara.

In controlling air pollution, he continued, the Depok City Government (Pemkot) optimizes the use of public transportation modes or other modes of transportation that are low in emissions or not emission.

"The use of four-wheeled vehicles with at least three passengers and two-wheeled vehicles with two people," he said.

Then carry out a personal motor vehicle emission test to reduce exhaust emissions from motorized vehicles.

Furthermore, he said, it did not burn the garbage that was not in accordance with the technical requirements for waste management.

"Using masks during high air pollution with air quality in the unhealthy category in accordance with the Air Pollution Standard Index (ISPU) in the ISPUNet application which is published regularly by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK)," he said.

In addition, the Fire Department (Damkar) and Rescue in collaboration with the Environment and Hygiene Service (DLHK) will water trees.

"These two agencies educate residents to prevent fires. Places are dense, places that have the potential for fires in this weather season and then mitigate fires and drought," he said.

Then the Health Office (Dinkes) seeks to increase people's immune system by providing and encouraging vitamin consumption.

"The Depok Health Office also conducts integrated recording and reporting related to diseases caused by poor air quality such as pneumonia and Acute Respiratory Channel Infections (ARI) and the movement of people living a healthy life and others," said the mayor.

Regarding Work From Home (WFH) for ASN and non-ASN in the Depok City Government, he said 30 percent was applied to those who were at risk of illness, the elderly, breastfeeding mothers, and ASN who were pregnant.

"At most 30 percent of ASN and non-ASN in local governments are prioritized for those who are at risk of illness, pre-elderly, breastfeeding mothers, pregnant women. That is prioritized for WFH, yes. The elderly are aged 45-50 and over. Therefore, BKPSDM is expected to be properly controlled regarding this WFH," he said.