Jakarta, May 19 -- The Ministry of Environment is developing an early warning system to detect potential surges in extreme air pollution in densely populated urban areas.

"This system will utilize data from air quality monitoring in real time, combined with the weather parameters from the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG)," the ministry's Deputy for Pollution and Environmental Damage Control, Rasio Ridho Sani, remarked.

He shared this information during a meeting with Commission XII of the House of Representatives (DPR) in Jakarta on Monday.

He explained that the system is designed to help prevent serious health impacts, especially for vulnerable groups such as children, older adults, pregnant women, and people wit...