The Jakarta Environmental Agency (LH) continued to push the public to undergo emissions tests on their private vehicles above three years.

We're constantly pushing the public to immediately undergo an emission test at the nearest workshop

Jakarta LH Agency Head, Asep Kiuswanto said the emission test was intended as an effort to encourage air quality improvement in Jakarta.

"We're constantly pushing the public to immediately undergo an emission test at the nearest workshop before the enforcement of ticketing action for those who do not take part in or do not fail the emissions test on September 1," he expressed, in the Jakarta Provincial Government's press release, Thursday (8/31).

He went on to say that the public can find emission test provider workshop locations spread across the five administrative city areas. There are 335 car workshops and 106 motorbike workshops in Jakarta that hold emission tests with locations that can be searched via the e-Uji Emission application or JAKI application by typing "emisi" in the search field. You can also open the website https://ujiemisi.jakarta.go.id.

The trend of emission tests in the past week, from August 23 to 29, continues to show an increase in the number of vehicles undergoing emission tests. The following is the amount of emission test data on two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles during the week:

- August 23: 476 motorbikes and 1,393 cars

- August 24: 723 motorbikes and 2,379 cars

- August 25: 857 motorbikes and 3,971 cars

- August 26: 557 motorbikes and 5,754 cars

- August 27: 356 motorbikes and 1,446 cars

- August 28: 1,303 motorbikes and 6,252 cars

- August 29: 1,856 motorbikes and 8,078 cars

As for the imposition of sanctions by the provisions of Law Number 22/2009 on Traffic and Road Transportation in the form of a ticket, namely Rp 250,000 for motorbikes and Rp 500,000 for cars.

"So, let's remind each other to carry out emissions tests. Together we will make Jakarta's skies blue again," he stressed.