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Jakarta Police draft budget plan for 500 traffic attendants
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Traffic crawls along Jl. Gatot Subroto in South Jakarta in this file photo. (Antara/Akbar Nugroho Gumay)
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he Jakarta Police traffic division has made a budget plan for 500 volunteer traffic attendants, locally known as Pak Ogah, to include them in managing the city’s traffic.
The Police traffic division chief Sr. Comr. Halim Pagarra said the budget plan was made based on Jakarta's minimum wage.
This year, the city's administration set the minimum wage at Rp 3.3 million (US$243), meaning that a budget intended for 500 people would reach around Rp 20 billion a year.
“I hope the city's administration will accept it,” Halim said Wednesday, as quoted by tribunnews.com.
In August, police provided traffic control training to Pak Ogah to formally include them in traffic management. The training aimed to officially help traffic police in handling severe congestion, as they usually direct traffic at U-turns or intersections and receive tips from drivers.
Former Jakarta governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat rejected the police’s proposal. (wnd)
