Just Like Bali, Cirebon Also Turns Off Street Lighting During Emergency PPKM

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CIREBON - Mayor of Cirebon, West Java Nashrudin Azis said during the Emergency PPKM period, public street lighting (PJU) was turned off to reduce the mobility of residents at night.

"We have extinguished public street lighting (PJU), so that the people of Cirebon City stay at home at night," said Azis in Cirebon, quoted by Antara, Thursday, July 8 night.

Azis said the blackout of PJU in Cirebon City was an effort to minimize the movement of residents at night and it was hoped that this would have a good impact.

For this reason, Azis asks the people of Cirebon City to sincerely comply with all the rules during the implementation of this Emergency PPKM.

Because the success of implementing the Emergency PPKM is only twofold, namely the community's compliance with implementing the rules that have been set.

"And intensify the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination in Cirebon City," he said.

According to Azis, the Cirebon City COVID-19 Task Force (Satgas) has agreed to expand the area of blocking and closing roads, in order to hinder the movement of residents.

"The purpose of this Emergency PPKM is to inhibit movement and prevent crowds," he said.

Azis hopes that with the Emergency PPKM the number of COVID-19 spreads in Cirebon City can continue to decline and not be extended, for that all must be aware.

"Don't wait until after July 20, the spread of COVID-19 in Cirebon City is still high. If that happens, it is possible that the implementation of Emergency PPKM in Cirebon City will be extended," he said.

Bali Turns Off Street Lights

The Governor of Bali, Wayan Koster, together with the Bali Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkompinda) and the Regent/Mayor in the area agreed to turn off street lights and lights in public places at 20.00 WITA.

Regional Secretary of Bali Province Dewa Made Indra said the Governor of Bali, Forkompinda and Regents/Mayors throughout Bali had held an Evaluation Meeting for the Implementation of Emergency PPKM in Bali Province.

"In this evaluation meeting, Pangdam IX/Udayana, Bali Police Chief, Head of the Bali High Prosecutor's Office, and Danrem 163/Wirasatya both conveyed the results of field evaluations according to their respective fields of duty, as well as the regents/mayors," said Dewa Indra, Thursday, July 8th.

In the evaluation meeting which lasted for 2.5 hours, 12 things were agreed upon. This includes agreeing that lights in tourist attractions, street lighting lamps (LPJ) or lights in public places will be extinguished at 20.00 WITA.

"Of course, while still considering security and order aspects," said Dewa Indra, who is also the Daily Chair of the Bali Province COVID-19 Handling Task Force.

The agreement, he continued, was also related to the limitation of operating hours for community activities until 20.00 WITA, then by turning off lights at tourist attractions, LPJ and lights in public places to avoid crowds or activities of groups of people that could potentially transmit COVID-19.

Through the meeting, it was also emphasized again that eating and drinking activities in public places, such as food stalls, restaurants, cafes, street vendors, hawker stalls, and other similar activities, both in separate locations and centrally located shopping/mall only accept delivery/take away and do not accept dine-in.