Indonesia capital Jakarta sends civil servants to work from home to clear smog

A man makes his way on a raft on a river during heavy smog conditions in Jakarta on August 16, 2023. Indonesian capital Jakarta has been experiencing days of heavy air pollution, according to air quality monitor IQAir, as authorities fail to grapple with a spike in toxic smog.- AFP

JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Jakarta’s civil servants will work from home for two months as the government seeks to clear air pollution that’s left President Joko Widodo coughing for weeks.

Half of the civil servants will work from home starting Monday, before 75% of them would do so from next month through Oct. 21, according to an order by the capital’s interim governor as reported by local media.