Still The Worst Air Pollution Predicate, Jakarta Ranks Fifth In The World Monday Morning

Illustration of air pollution in Jakarta (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Air quality in Jakarta occupies the fifth position as the city with the worst air in the world on Monday morning. Based on data from the air quality monitoring site IQAir at 06.30 WIB, the air quality index (AQI) in Jakarta is at 151 or falls into an unhealthy category with PM2.5 air pollution and a concentration value of 56.2 micrograms per cubic meter. Quoted by ANTARA, Monday 11 September, the figure has an explanation of its air quality level is unhealthy because it can harm humans or groups of animals that are sensitive or can cause damage to plants or aesthetic values. While the category is either the air quality level that does not have an effect on the health of humans or animals and does not affect plants, buildings or aesthetic values with a PM2.5 range of 0-50. Then, the moderate category is its air quality which does not affect human or animal health but affects a plant that is sensitive and an aesthetic value with a PM2.5 range of 51-100. Then, the category is very unhealthy with a PM2.5 range of 200--299 or its air quality can harm the health in a number of segments of exposed populations. Lastly, dangerous (300-500) or in general its air quality can harm serious health in the population. The worst air quality city is Dubai (UAEA) which is at number 1669, then second order Johannesburg (South Africa) at number 167, and third order Hanoi, Vietnam at number 156. Previously, DKI Jakarta Governor Heru Budi Hartono issued Governor's Decree (Kepgub) Number 593 of 2023 concerning the Air Pollution Control Task Force as a policy to accelerate the handling of air pollution. The scope of this air pollution control task force includes compiling Standard Operating Air Pollution Procedures (SOP) in DKI Jakarta Province, controlling air pollution from industrial activities and continuously monitoring air quality conditions, to the health impact of air pollution. Then, implementing prevention of polling sources, both from moving and immovable sources, including sources, including disruption and emergency control. Then implementing mandatory motor vehicle emission tests, implementing general transport and environmental transport development for public transportation and government.

Furthermore, it is in charge of increasing open space, green buildings and activating tree planting movements, increasing community participation in improving air quality, carrying out supervision of licensing compliance which has an impact on air pollution and prosecution of air pollution violations. The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will also continue to evaluate and review various policies that have been implemented so that they are right on target and are able to effectively overcome the problem of air pollution.