Plaza offers free vehicle emission tests today
Plaza offers free vehicle emission tests today
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Shopgoers can have a free vehicle emission test at Plaza
Indonesia, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday. The shopping center
management is working together with the City Environmental
Management Agency (BPLHD) and the Association for Clean Emissions
(AEB).
"The test will take place tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
test will be imposed on all incoming private cars," management
safety and emergency assistance division head Dody Hermawan told
The Jakarta Post on Monday.
Those whose cars pass the test will receive a Rp 4,000 (43.5
U.S. cents) parking voucher.
"We will also award car owners, whose vehicles have the lowest
emission level, with vouchers to enjoy several other facilities
in the shopping center," he added.
The test will take only three to five minutes per car. The
result will come up immediately after the test is completed.
"We shall inform car owners directly if their vehicles have
passed the test or not," Dody said.
Plaza Indonesia is visited by 6,000 to 12,000 shopgoers every
day. It required its employees to submit their cars for the
emission test last year.
The plaza management will also hold an event to raise
awareness of the necessity to have an emission test, between 10
a.m. and 12 p.m., by inviting some local artists.
BPLHD air pollution control division head Yusiono Anwar
Supalal praised 11 institutions, mostly private companies, for
actively taking part in promoting emission testing.
"The 11 institutions -- including the
Jakarta Police Headquarters, the Christian University of
Indonesia, PT Martina Berto, PT Kramayudha Tiga Berlian, PT
Dankos, PT Kimia Farma and Plaza Indonesia -- have asked us to
perform emission tests at their compounds," he told the Post.
The agency is planning a car-free day on Sept. 26 to encourage
people to leave their cars at home and switch to public
transportation.
Vehicular emissions account for 70 percent of air pollution in
the city, while the remaining 30 percent is produced by
industrial sources.