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Major flood paralyzes Jakarta, forces thousands to evacuate
Students throughout the capital stayed home after the Jakarta Education Agency closed more than 100 of the 375 schools affected by flooding on Tuesday.
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Residents wade through floodwater on Jl. Gunung Sahari Raya in Jakarta on Tuesday morning. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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eavy rains that battered Jakarta two days in a row caused citywide flooding on Tuesday, throwing the capital city into disarray and inhibiting transportation.
Several commuter line trains, Transjakarta buses and Jak Lingko (public minivan) routes serving Greater Jakarta had already been disrupted for two consecutive days. Tuesday's flooding made the disruptions worse.
Commuter Line trains serving the Bekasi to Kota, Bogor to Kota and Bogor/Depok to Angke/Jatinegara routes had to stop at Manggarai Station, while trains serving the Bekasi to Kota route stopped at Pasar Senen Station.
The electricity supply to 20 Transjakarta bus stops was cut on Tuesday morning, disabling electric ticket readers. Twenty-two Transjakarta bus routes and 14 Jak Lingko routes were suspended, while 12 other routes were diverted on Tuesday morning. The majority of Transjakarta bus routes had resumed operation by the afternoon.
“Transjakarta [routes] serving South Jakarta, Central Jakarta, major parts of East Jakarta and routes serving suburban and low-cost apartments have resumed normal operation. At bus stops without electricity, paper tickets are being sold,” Transjakarta corporate secretary Nadia Diposanjoyo said in a written statement released on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
Anggito Ramadan, a 27-year-old financial officer living in Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta, said he arrived late to his office on Jl. Sudirman after his commuter line train stopped at Manggarai Station. The train did not continue the trip to his destination at Sudirman Station as the tracks had been flooded.
“I was supposed to be at the office at 9 a.m., but at 10 a.m., I was still stranded at Manggarai Station and couldn’t find a way to make it to the office,” Anggito told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday morning.
