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JAKARTA ONLY HAS FIVE AIR QUALITY CONTROL STATIONS : OFFICIAL
Jakarta, Aug 31 (ANTARA) - Jakarta should ideally have 25 air quality control stations but now only has five, the head of Jakarta City's Environmental Management Agency (BPLHD), Peni Susanti, said.
"We only have five air quality control stations. Three of them are now out of order/ And another one will be built this year near the Hotel Indonesia," Peni said here on Monday.
She said the two still operating stations were located in Central Jakarta and East Jakarta while a mobile air quality control unit was in front of the energy and mineral resources ministry building in Central Jakarta.
"Air quality control is important as reference to make policies on environmental issues in the city," she said.
Recommendations on supervision of the air quality, she said, can be used as the basis for BPLHD and other related authorities to implement policies such as car-free days, emission tests or greening of the city.
"We are planning to work with the Transportation Department and Urban Regional Development Institute to evaluate Jakarta's air quality," she said.
According to BPLHD's data in 2008, Jakarta residents breathed 104 days of healthy air until October. The number was an increase from 2007 when there were 73 days of healthy air.
Jakarta officials claimed that the city's air quality is getting better due to the environmental policies implemented such as car-free days and compulsory emission checks for private cars.
Car-free days are in place every last Sunday of the month on Sudirman and Thamrin streets. Main activity of the program includes the closing of city's main roads, recovery of Jakarta's air quality, the measuring of city's air quality by Jakarta's officials, and campaigns on the importance of healthy and fresh air in Jakarta city.
Based on air quality's evaluation during the implementation of each Car-Free Day program, the concentration of primary pollutants coming from vehicles such as particle matter measuring 10 mm (PM10) decreased by an average of 34 percent while the amount of carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxide (NO) declined by 67 percent and 80 percent respectively. ***
"We only have five air quality control stations. Three of them are now out of order/ And another one will be built this year near the Hotel Indonesia," Peni said here on Monday.
She said the two still operating stations were located in Central Jakarta and East Jakarta while a mobile air quality control unit was in front of the energy and mineral resources ministry building in Central Jakarta.
"Air quality control is important as reference to make policies on environmental issues in the city," she said.
Recommendations on supervision of the air quality, she said, can be used as the basis for BPLHD and other related authorities to implement policies such as car-free days, emission tests or greening of the city.
"We are planning to work with the Transportation Department and Urban Regional Development Institute to evaluate Jakarta's air quality," she said.
According to BPLHD's data in 2008, Jakarta residents breathed 104 days of healthy air until October. The number was an increase from 2007 when there were 73 days of healthy air.
Jakarta officials claimed that the city's air quality is getting better due to the environmental policies implemented such as car-free days and compulsory emission checks for private cars.
Car-free days are in place every last Sunday of the month on Sudirman and Thamrin streets. Main activity of the program includes the closing of city's main roads, recovery of Jakarta's air quality, the measuring of city's air quality by Jakarta's officials, and campaigns on the importance of healthy and fresh air in Jakarta city.
Based on air quality's evaluation during the implementation of each Car-Free Day program, the concentration of primary pollutants coming from vehicles such as particle matter measuring 10 mm (PM10) decreased by an average of 34 percent while the amount of carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxide (NO) declined by 67 percent and 80 percent respectively. ***
