Illustration of pollution in Jakarta (photo: Oksone)
JAKARTA – Member of the Commission of the House of Representatives IV, Daniel Johan emphasized the increase in air pollution in Jakarta and surrounding areas over the past few days.
He argued that this condition is not only a natural phenomenon, but also a sign of the weakness of urban emissions that were not seriously processed seriously and carefully.
“This is not just a matter of seasons or extreme weather, but a reflection of poor emissions. Air pollution is a structural problem that is based on an imbalance between an increase in economic activity, private vehicles and weak compliance with emissions in urban areas, ”Daniel said on Friday (4/7/2025).
This statement was also processed with a view of the city, which looked foggy over the past few times. In fact, the use of Indonesian breathing air monitoring, air quality in most regions of Jabodetabek is in an unhealthy category. The air quality index looks red (unhealthy) in a number of areas in the majority of jaccartes.
The number of PM2.5 (very small particles of pollutants that can enter the lungs) at many points in the jaccarta reach more than 150 μg/m³ even penetrate the number of 160 μg/m³ in several places outside the safe limit of the WHO. This phenomenon arises from the inversion of temperature, that a layer of cold air, which is usually higher, is actually lower and captures pollutants on the surface.
The state of pollution of the smoke is aggravated by wet drought, from which the air layer is usually silent, so pollution from cars, industry before the waste burning cannot be extended to a higher atmosphere.
