A group of Jakarta residents are filing a lawsuit against the Indonesian government over toxic levels of air pollution in the city.
The lawsuit accuses the Indonesian government and provincial governors of not implementing required air pollution checks on vehicles as well as industries, and demanded a plan of action to bring down pollution levels.
Air pollution levels in Jakarta increased by more than 50 per cent between 2017 and 2018 according to air quality index platform Air Visual, with recent measurements indicating it is the world’s second-most polluted city after New Delhi in India.