JABAR EKSPRES – The air quality in Jakarta ranked fifth as the city with the worst air in the world on Monday morning.
Based on data from the IQAir air quality monitoring site at 06.30 WIB, the air quality index (AQI) in Jakarta was at 151 or in the unhealthy category with PM2.5 air pollution and a concentration value of 56.2 micrograms per cubic meter.
The figure has an explanation of the level of unhealthy air quality because it can be detrimental to humans or sensitive animal groups or can cause damage to plants or aesthetic values.
Meanwhile, the good category is the level of air quality that does not have an effect on human or animal health and has no effect on plants, buildings or aesthetic values with a PM2.5 range of 0-50.
Then, the moderate category is air quality that does not affect human or animal health but affects sensitive plants and aesthetic values with a PM2.5 range of 51-100.
Then, the very unhealthy category with a PM2.5 range of 200-299 or the air quality can be detrimental to health in a number of exposed population segments. Finally, hazardous (300-500) or in general the air quality can have serious adverse health effects on the population.
The city with the worst air quality is Dubai (UAE) at 169, then second place is Johannesburg (South Africa) at 167, and third place is Hanoi, Vietnam at 156.
Previously, Jakarta Acting Governor Heru Budi Hartono issued Governor Decree Number 593 of 2023 on 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 developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Handling Air Pollution in DKI Jakarta Province, controlling air pollution from industrial activities and periodically monitoring air quality conditions, to the health effects of air pollution.
