indonesia\'s capital jakarta is choked by smog and residents, including my baby, have had enough

My first year in industrial transportationclogged mega-
I am not so worried about air pollution.
Then my son started coughing.
My family has just returned from a trip abroad and the lungs are filled with fresh and clean air.
When our plane landed from blue to a thick layer of brown smoke, I thought something was burning on the plane.
But it has always been a smog in Jakarta.
Two days later, our boy began to cough when he woke up at night --
Nothing is particularly unusual for a 15-year-oldmonth-old.
But that was six weeks ago.
Since then, almost every night, we get up with him in the middle of the night, usually for a few hours, trying to support him, giving him water, anything to ease his discomfort.
At the same time, I was completely fascinated by the air in Jakarta.
Now when I first woke up I found the air quality monitor instead of my phone.
I have taped almost all the windows and doors in our house, and a high quality air purifier is installed in each room.
Among the lucky few in the city who are able to take this measure, we have taken our children to Bandung, Bali and soon to Australia for some relief.
The vast majority of people here have to face it.
According to AirVisual, Jakarta has been in the top 10 of the world\'s most polluted cities for the past two months.
This week, it was named the world\'s largest smoke emitter for three consecutive days.
Strangely, the most dangerous pollutant known as PM 2. 5 —
Particles less than 2.
5 micron, 25 times thinner than the width of human hair
He has been taking the ball during quiet times.
Due to the massive outflow of Eid al-Adha, Jakarta usually enjoys a rare blue sky in June
Not this year, but holidays.
In the past month, early Sunday morning, in the city\'s \"Car-
Drivers are banned from free days on the road.
\"Peak data starts at 12: 00 a. m. to 9: 00 a. m. ,\" said Bondan Andriyanu of Greenpeace Indonesia, which has been monitoring PM 2 levels. 5.
According to official data, transportation accounts for 75 of air pollutants in Jakarta.
But it was published in 2012.
There has been no public data since then.
\"Somehow they stopped doing so and now the public is debating.
Where did air pollution come from? \" he asked.
Ardentry, a pediatrician who only uses one name, has been following the children\'s chest x-at the pasalamin Valley Children\'s Hospital in southern Jakarta-rays.
About half of the patients who came to her clinic had breathing problems, she said, and the situation seemed to get worse and worse.
\"I have been watching for months,\" said Dr. Ardentry . \".
\"Those children who come to the hospital with breathing difficulties and fever, their lungs show more obvious and significant spots and infiltration than in the months leading up to the dry season.
\"There is no direct scientific link to the deterioration of air pollution, but smog is clearly not helping.
Yesterday, a group of residents concerned took the matter to court in hopes of forcing President Joko Widodo and Governor Annis bassidan to improve air quality.
\"We want the governmentits]duties that [are]
The law states that they must maintain air quality in order to be safe and healthy, \"said Nelson nikidmos Simamora, one of the major plaintiffs.
Another plaintiff, Veronica, just wanted reliable information on Jakarta\'s air quality and how best to protect her six childrenyear-
Daughter with asthma.
In the morning [it\'s]terrible.
\"It\'s getting harder and harder for her to breathe,\" she said . \".
\"I am not interested in environmental issues.
I\'m not an activist.
I want to learn more from the government.
I think this is my right to know. \"Topics:air-
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