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Jakarta city employees, students told to work, study from home to curb air pollution

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Traffic is seen during morning rush hour in Jakarta on August 21, 2023, the first day the local government began a remote working scheme for 50 percent of its employees to help reduce air pollution. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)

The Jakarta administration is also working with the central government to ramp up efforts to control vehicle emissions in the city.

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The Jakarta administration will impose remote working for city employees and home learning for students ahead of the Asean Summit in September, a move aimed at curbing the severe air pollution that has been choking the Indonesian capital in recent months.

Jakarta has consistently

ranked among the 10 most polluted cities

globally since May, according to data compiled by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir.

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