Jakarta residents await landmark ruling on right to clean air
Al Jazeera
Court is due to rule on Thursday in case that aims to force government to take responsibility for Indonesian capital’s air, which regularly exceeds air quality limits.
Medan, Indonesia – Teacher Istu Prayogi spent the 1990s living in Indonesia’s congested capital of Jakarta, all the time battling a runny nose, headaches and shortness of breath. It turned out the problem was all around him, and he was not the only one suffering. “I was diagnosed by a pulmonary specialist with spots in my lungs caused by air pollution,” Istu, a teacher at the Nusantara Jaya Tourism Academy, told Al Jazeera.
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