Visitors To Tanah Abang Market Start To Explode, Satpol PP Adds Security Personnel

Tanah Abang Market Situation, Central Jakarta/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - The Central Jakarta Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) has begun to increase security at Tanah Abang Market ahead of Ramadan. A total of 300 Central Jakarta City Satpol PP personnel were deployed at 7 monitoring points.

"To date, there are 300 personnel from Central Jakarta in total. We may add more later, assistance from other provinces and regions is around 200," said Head of Central Jakarta Satpol PP Bernard Tambunan when contacted by VOI, Friday, April 1.

Increased security is carried out to monitor the overcrowding of visitors in the Tanah Abang Market area.

"We have more personnel, stay on guard. There is also a circle team. Seven guard points are located around Tanah Abang Market," he said.

From VOI's observation at Tanah Abang Market, a number of visitors began to flock to the area. They want to shop for Muslim clothes to veils.

The increase in visitors is in line with the easing of the PPKM policy in Jakarta so that residents in the capital do not hesitate to shop in the largest market area.

"Shopping here is cheap, the models are varied and the trends are contemporary," said Rika, a visitor from East Jakarta.

He deliberately came to the area to shop for veils. The reason is, the price of veil cloth sold in Tanah Abang Market is quite friendly.

"Buy a veil, the price is affordable and quite complete here," he said.

Meanwhile, according to Rahmi, visitors who shop for robes said that this market sells good models of robes. For this reason, he deliberately bought it at the Tanah Abang Market because it was for resale in his area.

"Yes, wholesale good and cheap robes in Tanah Abang, yes, later to be sold again to friends and around the house, sell online," admitted Rahmi, an online clothing seller.

Separately, Tia (39), one of the kiosk owners in Tanah Abang Market Block B admitted that she was very satisfied with the approaching Ramadan this year. Because sales turnover increased dramatically.

"It's been booming since the previous month, it's very crowded, I can get 50 to 70 million a day," he said.

He also compared with previous years when the COVID-19 virus was still rampant.

"This year my customers have started to come here again in bulk, some are from Lampung, Makassar, Pontianak Papua, there are also Surabaya, there are a lot of them," he said.