Jakarta's 14 Solutions to Tackle Pollution
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2 August 2019 13:19 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan issued on Thursday, August 2, Governor’s Instruction No. 66/2019 which comprises a number of steps needed to control the city’s air quality index.
According to the instructions, the capital city is eyeing on PM 2.5|25 µg/m3 by 2030 and therefore, the provincial government sets a roadmap dubbed the “Jakarta Clean Air 2030”.
The following are 14 strategies to greatly reduce Jakarta’s pollution level to a more acceptable level.
1. Improving the monitoring and measurement of the city’s air quality.
2. Applying vehicle’s emissions test.
3. Increasing the role of society in improving air quality.
4. Developing environmentally friendly public transportation.
5. Supplying more eco-friendly sources of fuel.
6. Expanding areas free from motorized vehicles.
7. Improving traffic engineering.
8. Increasing the uses of bicycles.
9. Expanding the number of open green spaces.
10. Fixing and improving infrastructures or feeders that lead to public transports
11. Controlling the air quality of industrial activities.
12. Revising the regulation on air quality.
13. Increasing the number of “green-buildings”.
14. Better enforcement against violators.
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