Jakarta: The government said it would carry out random checks on vehicles and force drivers to undergo emission tests. It will consider fines for those who fail and license revocation for repeat offenders.
Indonesian capital Jakarta has become the world's most polluted major city, according to air quality monitoring firm IQAir, topping global charts for days as authorities fail to grapple with a spike in toxic smog.It has topped Swiss company IQAir's ranking of pollution data which only tracks major cities every day since Monday, according to an AFP tally.