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Widespread blackouts hit Jakarta causing major disruption
- Sunday | 4th August, 2019
Indonesia’s capital Jakarta and some neighbouring provinces on Java island have been hit by a major electricity outage causing widespread blackouts and disruption. Problems were reported at a number of power stations on Java, the country’s state electricity company PLN said in a statement on Sunday. The mass rapid transit system has also had to evacuate passengers from trains after the power outage, the company that operates the system said in a statement. It wasn’t immediately clear how long the disruption might last, though it appeared to have affected most areas of Jakarta prompting the use of generators in some offices and apartments. The outage caused traffic lights to go out in some areas of the capital as well as disrupting train networks and leaving some passengers stranded.
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