Three Roads In The Central Jakarta Area Flood, The Volume Of Dense Vehicles Creeps

Puddle of water in one of the roads in Jakarta/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Head of Traffic for the Central Jakarta Metro Police, Kompol Purwanta, said that as many as three road points in Central Jakarta were flooded.

As a result of the puddle, vehicles that want to pass are disturbed because they cannot pass through the puddle.

"The floods are on Jalan Merdeka Timur, Jalan Letjen Suprapto and Jalan Kartini," Kompol Purwanta told reporters, Tuesday, January 18.

Kompol Purwanta admitted that the flood that hit the roads caused long traffic jams.

"Because there are indeed quite a number of normal congestion points, but they are still manageable. Roads can still be passed by motorbikes, but they are still quite high," he said.

Kompol Purwanta said that currently the rain had subsided, so the flooding in the Jalan Medan Merdeka area had receded.

"Cars can still pass, that's all in the field where the Ministry of Religion is, the water level is quite high," he said.