Re: [GELORA45] Jakarta unmoved by worsening air quality

[Tatiana Lukman jetaimemuc...@yahoo.com [GELORA45]]

Masalah pencemaran udara tidak saja di JKT. Ingat nggak orang yang namanya I 
Karma kan juga pernah menulis dia merasa nafasnya sesak ketika kebakaran di 
Kalimantan. Ingat cerita buruh tambang nikel yang anaknya setiap kali mandi 
dengan air sumur langsung kulitnya gatal-gatal? Istri seorang aktivis buruh di 
Papua melahirkan anak dengan tumor. Saya tidak akan heran kalau itupun ada 
hubungannya dengan kondisi hidup, kerja dan dampak pencemaran pertambangan. 
Tapi ini tentu tidak membikin risau para pendukung modal asing dan pembangunan 
model Jokowi, bukan??? Karena bagi mereka itulah satu-satunya jalan kemajuan 
dan kemakmuran bagi bangsa Indonesia... Mereka tidak terkesan sama sekali 
dengan pengalaman pembangunan kapitalis Tkk yang dampaknya semakin gawat untuk 
lingkungan.. Bayangin anak-anak harus dirumah dan tidak bisa keluar main dengan 
salju!!! Oooo, tapi itu tidak apa-apa...harga yang harus dibayar untuk punya 
semua hasil pembangunan yang bikin orang ternganga kagumItu hanya " 
colateral damage"!! Sama seperti buruh yang harus kerja 16 jam sehari, 7 hari 
seminggu dengan gajih yang kadang-kadang tidak dibayar...Itu hanya "colateral 
damage" Tapi menghasilkan 596 multimilioner yang kekayaannya di atas 1000 
milyun dolar AS. Itulah juga kebanggaannya si Chan. Biarkan mereka kaya 
dulu...yang lain nanti juga sampai gilirannya...Harus berani ambil resiko dan 
cerdas seperti Jack MaKalau tidak, ya salah mu sendiri!!!Jadi ratusan juta 
buruh Tkk yang diengkuk-engkuk, bekerja bagaikan sapi perahan kaum kapitalis, 
adalah orang-orang yang goblok dan penakut makanya tidak bisa berhasil seperti 
Jack Mayang sudah mencapai Chinese Dream!!! 

On Monday, January 30, 2017 7:24 AM, "'Sunny' am...@tele2.se [GELORA45]" 
 wrote:
 

     Bagaimana dengan polusi udara dalam kampanye dan debat “pilkada”? 
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/01/25/jakarta-unmoved-by-worsening-air-quality.html
  Jakarta unmoved by worsening air quality Corry Elyda  The Jakarta PostJakarta 
| Wed, January 25, 2017 | 06:13 am   Major pollutant: Black fumes come out of 
the exhaust pipe of a car that runs on diesel fuel during a free emissions test 
at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah culture and tourism park in East Jakarta (JP/P.J. 
Leo)   More and more Jakartans are using face masks on public transportation 
and motorcycles and while walking on the streets. Just like in many other 
cities of developing countries, people in Jakarta are being exposed to 
worsening air quality. But the city administration appears to be slow to 
respond to the alarming rate of air pollution, with no clear plan on the table 
on how to address the problem. Instead, the administration has said it will 
simply rely on old programs, like boosting the usage of natural gas for 
vehicles and better enforcement of emission tests for vehicles. Environment 
Agency deputy head Ali Maulana conceded that the air quality in Jakarta was far 
below the safe level. “Areas like North Jakarta and West Jakarta have the worst 
air pollution level,” he said on Tuesday on the sidelines of a workshop on air 
pollution by the Breath Easy Jakarta project, which was supported by the United 
States Environment Protection Agency. The main reasons for the pollution are 
densely populated residential areas and a lack of adequate open green space. 
“Because of the dense population, mobility of the people is also high. In 
addition, many areas in North Jakarta are dedicated to industry,” he said. Ali 
said his agency would continue enforcing the obligation for public vehicles to 
use natural compressed gas (CNG). The regulation has been in force since 2007. 
“However, implementation is poor due to the low number of available CNG 
stations and poor law enforcement,” he said. The administration also plans to 
convert all of its official service vehicles to be CNG-powered. “I believe the 
impact will be quite significant given the high number of service vehicles 
[owned by the administration],” he said. The agency alone currently has 1,200 
vehicles, including garbage and pickup trucks. “After we modify all of our 
vehicles, we will ask other agencies to follow our lead,” he said. Ali said his 
agency would cooperate with city-owned company PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro) 
to establish CNG stations and mobile refueling units (MRU). Currently, only 
bajaj (threewheeled motorized public vehicles), Transjakarta buses and some 
taxis use CNG as fuel. In the future, all vehicles in the capital will be 
obliged to pass emission tests. Sarath Guttikunda, a scientist from Desert 
Research Institute (DRI), which participated in the project, revealed that the 
level of fine particles ( PM10 ) in Greater Jakarta’s air was mostly 
categorized as unsafe. “The safe level is between 10 to 25 microgram per cubic 
meter,” he said, adding that almost all areas in Jakarta were found to have 
higher levels of PM10. “Areas with heavy traffic like toll roads, 

[GELORA45] Jakarta unmoved by worsening air quality

['Sunny' am...@tele2.se [GELORA45]]

Bagaimana dengan polusi udara dalam kampanye dan debat “pilkada”?

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/01/25/jakarta-unmoved-by-worsening-air-quality.html


Jakarta unmoved by worsening air quality

Corry Elyda 

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta | Wed, January 25, 2017 | 06:13 am 



Major pollutant: Black fumes come out of the exhaust pipe of a car that runs on 
diesel fuel during a free emissions test at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah culture 
and tourism park in East Jakarta (JP/P.J. Leo) 


More and more Jakartans are using face masks on public transportation and 
motorcycles and while walking on the streets.

Just like in many other cities of developing countries, people in Jakarta are 
being exposed to worsening air quality.

But the city administration appears to be slow to respond to the alarming rate 
of air pollution, with no clear plan on the table on how to address the problem.

Instead, the administration has said it will simply rely on old programs, like 
boosting the usage of natural gas for vehicles and better enforcement of 
emission tests for vehicles.

Environment Agency deputy head Ali Maulana conceded that the air quality in 
Jakarta was far below the safe level.

“Areas like North Jakarta and West Jakarta have the worst air pollution level,” 
he said on Tuesday on the sidelines of a workshop on air pollution by the 
Breath Easy Jakarta project, which was supported by the United States 
Environment Protection Agency.

The main reasons for the pollution are densely populated residential areas and 
a lack of adequate open green space.

“Because of the dense population, mobility of the people is also high. In 
addition, many areas in North Jakarta are dedicated to industry,” he said.

Ali said his agency would continue enforcing the obligation for public vehicles 
to use natural compressed gas (CNG). The regulation has been in force since 
2007.

“However, implementation is poor due to the low number of available CNG 
stations and poor law enforcement,” he said. The administration also plans to 
convert all of its official service vehicles to be CNG-powered. “I believe the 
impact will be quite significant given the high number of service vehicles 
[owned by the administration],” he said.

The agency alone currently has 1,200 vehicles, including garbage and pickup 
trucks.

“After we modify all of our vehicles, we will ask other agencies to follow our 
lead,” he said. Ali said his agency would cooperate with city-owned company PT 
Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro) to establish CNG stations and mobile refueling 
units (MRU).

Currently, only bajaj (threewheeled motorized public vehicles), Transjakarta 
buses and some taxis use CNG as fuel.

In the future, all vehicles in the capital will be obliged to pass emission 
tests.

Sarath Guttikunda, a scientist from Desert Research Institute (DRI), which 
participated in the project, revealed that the level of fine particles ( PM10 ) 
in Greater Jakarta’s air was mostly categorized as unsafe. “The safe level is 
between 10 to 25 microgram per cubic meter,” he said, adding that almost all 
areas in Jakarta were found to have higher levels of PM10.

“Areas with heavy traffic like toll roads, airports and ports are at the PM10 
level of more than 125 microgram per cubic meter,” said Guttikunda, who 
conducted the study from 2012 to 2015.

His study also showed that there were an average of 3,700 premature deaths, 
260,000 asthma attacks and 85,000 emergency room visits per year.