Heavy Rain Causes Flooding, Traffic Jams in Jakarta

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Heavy rains that hit Jakarta and its surrounding regions this afternoon, October 27, resulted in flooding and traffic jams in a number of the city’s roads from 6:30 p.m. until now.

One of the congested roads is Cikampek Toll Road heading to Tanjung Priok Toll Road. Due to the flood, one of the road sections was inundated and could not be passed by vehicles.

“The floodwater in Cawang tunnel is at 20 centimeters high,” announced Jakarta's Traffic Management Center via its Instagram @TMCPoldaMetro, Wednesday, October 27.

According to the Google Traffic Forecast report, congestion occurred in a number of toll roads, including on two sections of Pondok Pinang - TMII toll road leading to Meruya and Inner City Toll Road. The worst congestion points were recorded around Semanggi Toll Exit and the House of Representatives or DPR building.

Heavy congestion also occurred on main roads, such as Jalan D.I. Pandjaitan from the Green Pramuka intersection until Jalan Raya Bogor, Jalan Prof. DR. Satrio leading to Karet, and from the Casablanca tunnel to the Karet Bivak intersection.

According to Google Traffic Forecast data, the traffic congestion in the capital city triggered by flooding began to peak at 6:15 p.m. and receded at 7:15 p.m. or once the heavy rain subsided.

Read: Jakarta Preps 1,262 Flood Evacuation Sites

M JULNIS FIRMANSYAH