Toxic air from chronic traffic, industrial smoke and coal-fired power plants are the main causes affecting the quality of life for more than millions of people.
Jakarta, the indonesian capitalled this Wednesday the list of the most polluted cities in the worldafter having systematically appeared in the top 10 since mayaccording to data from the Swiss air quality technology company IQAir.
the city has more than 10 million inhabitants and record unhealthy air pollution levels almost every dayaccording to the company.
The Jakartans they have been a long time complaining of the toxic air of chronic traffic, the industrial smoke and the coal power plants. Some of them started and won a civil lawsuit in 2021 demanding the Government that take measures to control air pollution.
The court ruled, at the time, that the president Joko Widodo should establish national air quality standards for protect human healthand that the Minister of Health and the Governor of Jakarta should devise strategies to control air pollution.
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President Widodo commented on Tuesday that the solution would be to move the capital to Nusantara, which his government is building from scratch on the island of Borneo. The designation of the new capital is planned for 2024 and implies the transfer of at least 16 thousand officials, military and police.
Ranking of the most polluted cities in the world
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Santiago, Chile
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Beijing, China
- Kolkata, India
- Lima Peru
- Lahore, Pakistan
- Delhi, India
- Wuhan, China
Source: Ambito
