The Jakarta Air Pollution Standard Index (ISPU) figure is in the medium category, as of Thursday (8/24) this morning.

Everyone can still do activities outside

Based on the monitoring results of the four air quality monitoring stations (SPKU) owned by Jakarta Environment Agency (LH) andSPKU for the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, it shows that air quality is in the medium category, namely Kelapa Gading SPKU, Bundaran HI SPKU, Kebon Jeruk SPKU, and Jagakarsa SPKU.

Jakarta LH Agency's Public Relations Head, Yogi Ikhwan said the ISPU scores on these four SPKUs were 51-94.

He explained air quality levels were still acceptable for human, animal, and plant health.

"Everyone can still do activities outside, but sensitive groups are urged to reduce long and heavy physical activity," he expressed, Thursday (8/24).

He explained the parameters for measuring air quality on the Jakarta Low Emissions website, namely https://rendahemisi.jakarta.go.id, and Jakispu at JAKI, consisting of particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) ), Carbon Dioxide (CO), and ozone (O3).

This website can help the public stay informed about the pollution levels in their surroundings in real-time.

As for the information, the Jakarta Provincial Government has implemented some policies to deal with declining air quality, including increasing emission testing activities to reduce sources of pollution from the transportation sector and monitoring emissions from the industrial sector.

They also implemented a 50 percent WFH policy for employees within the Jakarta Government's work environment for two months from  August 21 to October 21, 2023.

"This policy is implemented in addressing the problem of air pollution in Jakarta," he stated.