The mild to severe flooding across Greater Jakarta on Tuesday paralyzed traffic along several major streets and disrupted a number of public transportation services.

In a real-life, real-time lesson, the disaster management agency has highlighted the need for users to verify any information before acting on it.

“Make sure that all electronic devices and power circuits are dry."

Flooding on thoroughfares of the capital and major roads in satellite cities has disrupted operations of at least 20,000 trucks in Greater Jakarta.

The video went viral on Tuesday morning when widespread flooding disrupted traffic and train operations in Greater Jakarta.

The police have canceled the odd-even traffic policy for the day but several toll roads are flooded, creating traffic jams during morning rush hour. 

Mild to severe flooding across Greater Jakarta has paralyzed traffic on several major streets and disrupted a number of public transportation services.

A team from the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency and the police has discovered illegally owned radioactive substances in a house in the Batan Indah housing complex in South Tangerang, Banten.

The regulation has been met with mixed reviews, including from vendors who say they need alternatives. 

The ruling came two years after 93 Bukit Diri residents won a class action suit against the Jakarta administration and the Ciliwung-Cisadane Flood Control Office (BWSCC).

Given how slepetan enthusiasts had embraced the competition, Supriadi, the head of the organizing committee, expressed hope the event could become a platform to promote the game to more people.

The flooding, up to a depth of around 1.2 meters, killed one, cut off electricity and forced a number of people, especially the elderly and families with young children, to evacuate as late as Sunday night. 

RSCM president director Lies Dina Liastuti said the hospital's medical facility team, the Jakarta health facility security center (BPFK) and vendors of the medical equipment were inspecting the condition of the affected machines.

The number of visitors declined to 11,693 visitors in 2018 from 49,964 visitors in 2015. 

ITF Sunter will apply high-end thermal treatment technology called grate fired incineration. 

Heavy rain has continued to batter Jakarta in the past couple of weeks as the rainy season continues. This is also the time when dengue-bearing mosquitos are most active.

It is believed that the unannounced visits were related to a case of alleged domestic violence handled by the organization involving a 21-year-old.

Nine people had undergone a thorough examination, seven of whom were deemed clear, while two others had been exposed to the highest dosage level of 0.12 milli-sievert.

With Mayor Airin Rachmi Diany set to conclude her second and final term next year, the election will be an opportunity for new hopefuls to run for office.

Even though online ride-hailing services are on the rise with about 2.5 million drivers in the Greater Jakarta area, Yoga Adiwinarto, the acting president director of the city-owned bus operator, said he was not worried that the business would affect the number of people using Transjakarta services.

PT Adhi Commuter Properti, which develops apartment complexes integrated with public transit, hopes to sell over 4,000 units, totaling Rp 2.2 trillion (US$160.5 million), this year. It predicts high demand for transit-oriented development (TOD), such as in areas near the Greater Jakarta LRT, which, once in operation, will connect the capital city to peripheral areas.

Based on the 2009 Health Law abortion is allowed for pregnancies that pose a medical risk such as threatening the mother's or the baby's life or for pregnancy caused by a rape, which can lead to psychological trauma.

Commuters might need to hold their breath a while longer, but Transjakarta says plans are in the works to eventually shrink the distance between bus shelters from 500 to 300 meters.

A community initiative is "recruiting" kampungs in an waste management program that arms "pioneers" with recycling know-how to reduce household waste.

The Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (Bapeten) is working with the police to investigate the origins of the radioactive Caesium-137 waste found in the Batan Indah housing complex in South Tangerang, Banten, recently.

The need for affordable living space, even if small, is seen as an opportunity with some property firms starting to develop smaller apartments, and studio units, of around 20 square meters.

A newly developed app called e-Recycle makes waste management easier for the residents of Jakarta, a city that produces approximately 7,700 tons of waste per day. The app offers door-to-door waste collection services that allow residents to exchange their recyclable waste for cash.

The developer is to start pre-construction activities in March, with construction set to break ground next year.

Artists in Jakarta have found a way to keep themselves afloat in the field through collective arts, whereby art community groups work hand-in-hand with other groups in producing works, raising money to fund projects and managing exhibitions to promote their works.

Iman Satria, the head of the council’s Commission E overseeing people’s welfare, said that the point of the ban was to maintain the spirit of ondel-ondel as an icon of Betawi culture.