Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has underscored the need for joint effort to overcome air pollution in the Jakarta-Bogor-Depok-Tangerang-Bekasi (Jabodetabek) areas.”This requires a joint effort. We must take every step (to handle air pollution), such as shifting from private transportation to public transportation,” he emphasized on the sidelines of his visit to a public vocational high school in Semarang, Central Java, on Wednesday. He emphasized that the efforts require collaboration from all parties, with continued work in the long term. Jokowi said that the government had made efforts to modify the weather and intensified tree planting in office areas to reduce air pollution. The government is reviewing the implementation of work-from-home regulations for state civil servants, intensifying supervision of the operation of steam power plants, and conducting emission tests on motorized vehicles, he stated. Jokowi also reminded industry players that sanctions would be imposed on industries disobeying gas emission control regulations, as it caused a decrease in air quality in the surrounding areas.
Source: Antara News Agency