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View all search resultsThough a preliminary study is underway on Whoosh's Surabaya extension as a necessary development, the question of who will foot the bill looms large, with the government insistent on not dipping into the state coffers and operator KCIC insisting it can't go it alone.
While many locals welcome the potential economic benefits, others have voiced concerns about the airport’s impact on Bali’s environment and culture, especially as the holiday island is already grappling with overtourism and overdevelopment.
Irine Yusiana Roba Putri, a member of the House of Representatives Commission V overseeing transportation and infrastructure, said the recent accident highlights systemic issues in Indonesia’s maritime safety.
Tanah Abang Station opened on Sunday with a new building developed as part of a three-phase overhaul to expand capacity and ease flow, but a lack of direct access routes to platforms and safety issues like pickpockets still persist.
The protesters claim that the government’s over dimension overload (ODOL) policy unfairly targets drivers. They argued that while drivers face the threat of imprisonment for overloading their vehicles, transport company operators, who often instruct them to exceed legal limits, are rarely held accountable.
The government, through the Foreign Ministry, has extended its sympathies to the families of all those killed in Thursday's devastating Air India crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat state, where investigators have recovered one of two black boxes from the Boeing Dreamliner's wreckage and DNA analysis is underway to identify at least 279 victims, including 241 passengers and crew.
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