KAI Threatens To Criminalize Community Activities Around Railway Tracks

A child crosses the railroad tracks in Pejompongan, Jakarta. (Between)

JAKARTA - PT KAI threatens that people who carry out activities around the railroad will be given criminal sanctions. Mainly activities after sahur or waiting for iftar during the month of Ramadan 2022.

Public Relations Manager of PT KAI Daop 4 Semarang, Krisbiyantoro, said that this was regulated in Law Number 23 of 2007 concerning Railways.

"People are prohibited from being on the railroad for any activity, other than for the sake of train operations," he said in a written statement, Friday, April 8.

Apart from endangering oneself, according to Antara's report, various activities around the tracks are also feared to endanger train travel.

Moreover, according to him, during this Eid transportation period, there will be an increase in the frequency of train trips.

He also asked for the concern and participation of the community to be able to participate in creating mutual safety and smooth train travel.

In addition to problems with community activities around the railway line, he continued, until now there are still around 46 crossing points of a train plot that have not been equipped with doorstops in the Daop Semarang area.

Meanwhile, throughout 2022, he said, there have been 9 accidents involving trains in the Daop 4 area, in which 7 people were reported to have died in these incidents.