Image from Jakarta, August 15. Dita Alangkara / AP
Indonesia's Jakarta tops the list of most polluted cities
The Indonesian government allows all civil servants in the capital Jakarta to work from home due to air pollution, the BBC reports. In the last week, Jakarta has passed, among others, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and has been classified as the world's most polluted city.
Since last spring, Jakarta, with around 30 million inhabitants, has been among the world's ten most polluted, and recently the situation has worsened further. According to the authorities, it is a consequence of drought combined with vehicle emissions.
The emissions are estimated to account for 44 percent of air pollution, but activists believe that industry and coal-fired power plants are the main causes.
Photo from Jakarta, August 11. Achmad Ibrahim / AP
Doctors advise asthmatics to move: "Can't do anything"
The air pollution in Jakarta makes 22-year-old asthmatic Farah Noorfirman consider leaving the Indonesian capital. She tells the BBC that all the doctors she has been in contact with advise her to move.
Even if the oxygen level in the body decreases only slightly, it becomes noticeable, for example through chest pain and breathing difficulties. She wears a face mask but otherwise there is not much to do, says the 22-year-old.
- I'm quite tired because I can't do anything.
Jakarta is currently the world's most polluted city.
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