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Greater Jakarta to ramp up emissions tests to tackle worsening pollution
Jakarta is joining forces with its satellite cities and the government to better enforce its emissions testing rule and enact other measures to solve the chronic air pollution that has been choking the city.
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Officers from the Jakarta Environment Agency inspect four-wheeled vehicles during an emissions test on March 12, 2019 at the West Jakarta Municipal Office. (kompas.com/Tatang Guritno)
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he Jakarta administration is working with the central government and its satellite cities to expand the number of emissions test locations sites in a combined effort to tackle the city’s worsening air pollution.
New emissions test locations are to be established in Bogor, Bekasi and Depok in West Java and in Tangerang, Banten, as the Jakarta administration looks to enforcing stricter emission controls for each vehicle traveling to and in the city.
Motorized vehicles, both public and private, are often highlighted as among the causes of the heavy pollution blanketing Jakarta.
A 2019 research by the Jakarta Environment Agency and global public health organization Vital Strategies found that vehicular emissions were the largest source of pollution in the city, contributing 32 to 41 percent to air pollution during the wet season and 42 to 57 percent during the dry season.
Some 3 million commuters travel daily to Jakarta from its satellite cities, according to the Jakarta Police, with most using private vehicles.
The Jakarta Environment Agency is also working with the Environment and Forestry Ministry to train around 400 mechanics from the satellite cities in conducting the emissions tests.
Agency head Asep Kuswanto said the training program would run from August to November. “Air pollution doesn’t care about administrative borders, so the role of satellite cities is crucial,” Asep said in a statement on Tuesday.
