Illustrative photo. (Photo: asianews.it)Jakarta (VNA) – Authorities of Jakarta (Indonesia) started increasing parking tariffs in October forvehicles that have not undergone any mandatory emission tests.
Themove is a key component of the city's strategy to combat worsening airpollution.
Headof the Jakarta Department of Transportation Syafrin Liputo said that the punitivetariff will be set at 5,000 rupiah (0.32 USD) per hour. This represents asignificant increase from the standard tariff of 3,000 rupiah for the firsthour and 2,000 rupiah for each subsequent hour.
Duringthis initial phase, this policy will be enforced at 24 municipally-ownedparking facilities located in various areas. The parking meter software will belinked to the Jakarta Environment Department's database, which gathersinformation on vehicle emission tests.
Tofacilitate compliance, the city's administration is collaborating with 333 car repairshops and 108 motorcycle repair shops, offering free emission tests at 45locations across Greater Jakarta.
Jakarta has been suffering serious air pollution. In August, it becamethe world's most polluted major city and stopped polluted cities globally fordays, according to data by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir.
Previously,Indonesia has pledged to stop building new coal-fired power plants from 2023and to be carbon neutral by 2050.
Accordingto Greenpeace Indonesia, ten coal-fired power plants are operating within a100-kilometre radius of the capital./.
