Bus Accident

At least five people were injured
when a tourist bus rolled and crashed

while ascending a steep section of Jl. Raya Puncak in Bogor regency.

The bus was carrying a group of elementary students from SDN Cisoka.

The bus was carrying them to the Taman Wisata Matahari waterpark

Wednesday was May 1, the public Labor Day holiday.

The accident took place at about 12 noon as the bus was heading away from Jakarta.

“The bus [overturned] as
it was negotiating the Selarong slope.

We suspect it could not climb and

its brakes did not work.

On the ascending road, the bus moved backwards uncontrollably and

the driver twisted the steering wheel to the right, causing the bus to roll over.

The five injured people were all taken to the Ciawi regional hospital for immediate medical treatment. No fatalities were reported.

Police apprehended the driver for questioning and seized the bus to examine it.

Card MRT Refund

Passengers will be allowed to eat and drink inside MRT trains

during Ramadan when breaking their fast,. 
The regulation that prohibits passengers from eating inside MRT trains and stations will not be enforced during the Islamic holy month,

Islamic holy month will start next week. 
“We will permit passengers to break their fast during Ramadan.

He was quick to add that passengers would be discouraged from disposing of their waste inside the train. 

“Thirty minutes before the breaking of the fast,

we’ll make an announcement to notify passengers.

he anticipated a surge in the number of passengers

who would want to pray inside the stations

.,.,
 
Some 100,000 single trip cards for the MRT Jakarta were not returned by passengers.

during the first month of commercial operations in April.

Many passengers wanted to keep the cards as souvenirs,

something to remind them that they rode the country’s first MRT.

Many passengers did not claim their ticket refund.

But we still have enough new cards,” he said as quoted by tempo.co on Monday.

To purchase the card, passengers are required to pay Rp 15,000 (US$1.05) plus the actual ticket fare.

The Rp 15,000 can be refunded if the passenger returns the card at the destination station.

They can claim the refund no more than seven days after the card was used.
at least 30 percent of all MRT passengers every day are single trip card users,

while the other 70 percent use electronic money cards issued by various banks.
Throughout April, the MRT service carried around 82,000 passengers per day.
The company will increase its single trip card stock by 300-400 cards
to anticipate an increase in passenger numbers in May.