Dark Bali! Street Lights Turned Off Due To Emergency PPKM

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DENPASAR - The condition of the roads in Bali is dark tonight. The Bali Provincial Government deliberately turned off the street lighting because of the emergency PPKM.

The Denpasarnow Instagram account uploaded a video of the dark conditions of Bali's streets, Thursday, July 8. The traffic situation is very light.

Previously, 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.

"This provision, it is emphasized again that the operating hours are valid until 20.00 WITA. This provision will come into effect on Thursday, July 8, 2021. This provision has been stated in the form of Circular Letter of the Governor of Bali, Number 9R of 2021 dated July 7, 2021," he said.

Other matters that are also regulated regarding social activities, whether traditional, religious, arts and cultural activities will be tightened in such a way.

"For traditional and religious activities that can still be postponed, please postpone them. Meanwhile, traditional and religious activities that are forced to be carried out, due to various reasons, please apply very strict restrictions, both restrictions on participants, restrictions on the duration or time of the activities. with the implementation of strict health protocols," he said.

Furthermore, the WiFi service provided by the Bali Provincial Government or provided by the Regency/City Government is also limited in activation time, which is a maximum of 20.00 WITA.