Jakarta, June 18 -- The Ministry of Environment is continuing to carry out air quality monitoring in the Greater Jakarta area and coordinating with regional governments to verify air quality data.

As part of this supervision, when an ambient air quality monitoring station (SPKUA) detects a decline in air quality, the ministry verifies it with the regional government, the ministry's director of air quality protection and management, Edward Nixon Pakpahan, told ANTARA here on Wednesday.

"They have to explain what is happening in their region," he said.

For example, when one of the 110 monitoring stations shows the Air Pollution Standard Index (ISPU) is in the unhealthy category, then the ministry contacts the person in charge, he informe...