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Jakarta's air pollution in new spotlight despite being present for decades
The online outcry on Tuesday was followed by a call for netizens to upload pictures of air pollution on social media.
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Environmentalists demand the Jakarta administration and central government do something about Jakarta's air pollution on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (JP/Gisela Swaragita)
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etizens in Greater Jakarta finally woke up and smelled the air pollution after social media influencers made noise about the problem this week, but some concerned people want the issue to go beyond just a trending topic.
One of such netizens was Twitter figure Aulia Masna, who shared the data on Jakarta’s air pollution levels, which was classified as unhealthy on June 25, with a provocative question: “Hi, Jakarta, aren’t you suffocating?”
Hai, Jakarta, kalian ngga sesak nafas? pic.twitter.com/rSO3ltOKVA
— 🦉ia Masna (@amasna) June 25, 2019
The screenshots, which show the air quality in several places in Jakarta, were posted on his Twitter account @amasna on Tuesday and garnered over 3,500 retweets by Thursday.
It also turned out that on Tuesday morning, Jakarta ranked as the city with the worst air quality in the world, according to the AirVisual ranking, and netizens were abuzz about it.
Read also: Jakarta has most polluted air in Southeast Asia: Study
On Tuesday morning, Jakarta scored 240 in the Air Quality Index, presented in a purple band that indicates "very unhealthy" air quality levels. Following Jakarta, other big cities such as Lahore in Pakistan, Hanoi in Vietnam, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Wuhan in China also ranked in the big five for worst air quality.
