Siti Nurbaya denies the poor quality of Jakarta's air

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – The Minister of Environment and Forests (SHL) Siti Nurbaya Bakar has questioned the validity of the research method that mentions that Jakarta is one of the cities most bad in the world

bad in Jakarta no more than 20 days in a year. It is known using the method used by KLHK.

Siti mentioned the KLHK method for measuring air quality in Jakarta through the Air Pollution Index (ISPU) in accordance with the Decree of the Minister of the Environment. of the State No. (19459008) dispute tools also dispute method.S it is now spelled air in Jakarta (19459008) dispute bad and vigilant, I think it's a bit odd because we should see it using which method to measure it, "Siti told the Presidential Palace Complex on Friday (27/7).

Jakarta carries the status from one of the most polluting cities Air Visual on July 24.

The Jakarta Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 182 at the 39, at only 12 points in the most polluted city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

In general, the observations of Jakarta Air Visual rank third among the most polluted cities of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, and Tel Aviv Yavo, Israel. The index fluctuates every hour.

Due to differences in this method, Siti plans to call the researcher to ask for a detailed explanation. However, he did not say when the meeting will take place.

"I have repeatedly asked Echelon I and II to call Greenpeace or call those who say that the air is ugly and others. , some calculate the concentration of particles P10 and there is also P25 ", he explains.

According to the follow up in 2017, the days of bad air in Jakarta for at least 20 days. In fact, the air quality monitoring tool in Jakarta was supposed to work properly. On this basis Siti wonders if the air quality of Jakarta is undoubtedly the worst.

"Usually, there is data challenging that I call the person and I check which method, and what data, takes when the data is not correct", Siti said. (wis)