Breaking Jakarta Congestion, Office Entry Hours In DKI Will Be Regulated

Illustration of a traffic jam in Jakarta (Photo by Azka Rayhansyah on Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The regulation of office hours for work to overcome congestion in DKI Jakarta has been agreed upon by the ministries, local governments and entrepreneurs.

"We have held a meeting and the results have been agreed and we will discuss it again, when it will be implemented," said Traffic Director of Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Latif Usman in Jakarta, Monday, August 22, quoted from Antara.

Latif said the meeting involved, among others, the Ministry of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform (KemenpanRB), the Manpower Office, the Education Office, DPRD, and business associations.

He said the arrangement of working hours was carried out as an effort to reduce congestion by preventing people from doing activities at the same time.

"If they do activities together, they have to hold an apple at 7 am, Jakarta is like being hit by flash floods every day and we downstream must arrange it at the same time," he said.

Latif said the population living in Jakarta has reached around 10 million people and that number will still be increased by about three million people who will enter Jakarta from surrounding areas.

"It should be said that the population of Jakarta is already 10 million. There are 3 million people who enter Jakarta during the day. So there are around 13 million people," said Latif.

The technical arrangements for the office hours will be handed over to each institution which will later be coordinated further to break down the density during peak hours.

"This requires input and advice from all existing stakeholders, so that there is no overcrowding at 6-9 in the morning," he said.