Jakarta Keeps Trying to Reduce Air Pollution in Capital City

The bad air pollution in Jakarta is influenced by various emission sources that cause pollution, both from local sources, such as transportation and housing, as well as regional sources from industrial areas close to Jakarta.

We will continue to try our best to improve air quality in Jakarta

Hence, the Jakarta Provincial Government keeps improving air quality in Jakarta through various programs.

Jakarta Acting Governor, Heru Budi Hartono said various efforts to reduce sources of pollution in Jakarta have been made, such as replacing buses that produce high pollution with ones that are more environmentally friendly, implementing an odd-even policy, disincentive policies on parking fees for vehicles that fail emission tests, regional data collection, and expansion and optimization of Green Open Space (RTH).

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The Jakarta Government is also intensifying tree planting every Tuesday or Friday. From October 2022 to July 2023, as many as 10,474 trees had been planted and would be intensified.

As for the number of tree and ornamental plant planting conducted by five administrative city areas and Seribu Islands Regency for April-July 2023 period was 55,345 shade trees and productive trees, and 203,973 ornamental plants.

In 2023, the Jakarta Parks and City Forest Agency is about to develop 23 new parks in five cities with an area of 6.7 hectares. It is expected to make beneficial long-term effects for the air and environment in Jakarta.

"This condition is a big challenge for us. Thereby, programs that are already running will continue to be improved. We also appeal to all residents to help in improving air quality in Jakarta. Starting to switch to using public transportation, which currently has more and more choices, there are Transjakarta, MRT, LRT, Mikrotrans, please use them," he expressed, in the Jakarta Government's press release, Thursday (8/10) yesterday.

Then the plan to improve air quality in Jakarta is a long-term program that must be continuously monitored. To smoothen it, synergy was also needed with the surrounding regional governments, namely Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Bodetabek).

"Once again, we will continue to try our best to improve air quality in Jakarta. Collaboration is also important from all stakeholders and all residents living in Jakarta, as well as friends in Greater Jakarta to reduce this level of air pollution," he closed.