Jakarta, March 11 -- The Ministry of Environment has called for collaboration between all parties for handling more than 100 open burning sites in Jakarta, which it has identified as sources of pollution.

At the launch of a collaborative vehicle emission monitoring initiative here on Tuesday, Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said that besides emissions from transportation and industries, open burning is one of the sources of air pollution in Jakarta and its surrounding areas.

In this regard, he emphasized that the law must be enforced with utmost firmness.

"Now, it is just a matter of how the Ministry of Environment, with support from its partners, both the police and the Public Security and Order Agency (Satpol PP), will imme...