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3,300 police personnel deployed to manage long-weekend traffic
Thousands of vehicles are trapped in heavy traffic as they crawl along the inner city toll road toward the Cikampek toll road on Dec
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Thousands of vehicles are trapped in heavy traffic as they crawl along the inner city toll road toward the Cikampek toll road on Dec. 24, 2015. (Antara/M. Agung Rajasa) (Antara/M. Agung Rajasa)
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span class="inline inline-center">Thousands of vehicles are trapped in heavy traffic as they crawl along the inner city toll road toward the Cikampek toll road on Dec. 24, 2015. (Antara/M. Agung Rajasa)
Jakarta Police will deploy 3,300 officers in anticipation of Chinese New Year holiday traffic congestion from Saturday to Monday, Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian said on Friday.
The deployment of the high number of police personnel is due to the expected increase in vehicles during the long weekend, both those that will depart Jakarta and those that will visit or return to the capital, Tito said.
"We don't want heavy traffic congestion to occur as it did [during the New Year's holiday]," Tito said as quoted by tempo.co.
The Jakarta Police held a coordination meeting with the National Police, the Indonesian Military (TNI) and Jakarta city administration in anticipation of a surge in vehicles.
Police personnel will be put on standby to guard toll roads such as Cikampek, Cipali, Jagorawi ' the roads that connect Jakarta to several areas in West Java -- as well as the Jakarta-Merak toll connecting Jakarta to Banten.
Meanwhile, during Chinese New Year on Monday, police personnel will guard a number of viharas (Buddhist monastery). "We will strengthen security to keep track of people and potential threats such as a terrorist attack," Tito said.
He called on citizens to fill their cars with petrol prior to entering the toll roads to avoid creating traffic congestion and emphasized that people should not park on the side of the road, adding that he hoped the flow of traffic would not be heavy during this holiday. (afr/bbn)
