46 bus firms found jacking up fares<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Communications Giri Suseno said on
\nSunday 46 bus companies violated the fixed 35 percent increase in
\nIdul Fitri fares in the five days after the post-Ramadhan fasting
\nmonth holiday.<\/p>\n
\"We will coordinate these findings with the Directorate
\nGeneral of Land Transportation to take firm action to those
\nviolators, by revoking their bus permits,\" the minister said in a
\nvisit to the Gilimanuk-Ketapang crossing point, about 70
\nkilometers west of Denpasar, Bali.<\/p>\n
He urged passengers to report jacked-up prices to bus terminal
\nofficials, Antara reported.<\/p>\n
Passenger safety had been maintained, he said, due to fine
\ncoordination between security forces, the ministry's personnel
\nand other parties.<\/p>\n
\"Police and members of the Armed Forces are continuing to
\nwatch over journeys to assure people's safety. As for sea trips,
\nwe are placing one marine on each ship.'<\/p>\n
Giri said traffic accidents declined 67 percent in the five
\ndays after Idul Fitri compared to the same period last year. Idul
\nFitri, marked by a huge exodus of people from major cities to
\nprovincial hometowns, fell last Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, at a teenager died and another was injured when
\nthey fell from the roof of a train car in Bandung, West Java.<\/p>\n
Beni, 17, of Cijalu Cikampek village reportedly hit his head
\nwhen the train passed under a bridge in Pasir Kaliki, Bandung.
\nHis friend Johny, 13, also sustained head injuries.<\/p>\n
As of Sunday, it was reported that 17,390 people traveled
\nalong the Ketapang-Gilimanuk crossing point, a drop of 15 percent
\nfrom 19,507 last year.<\/p>\n
There was an increase in private cars, shown with a 5 percent
\njump in the number of four-wheeled vehicles.<\/p>\n
In Purwokerto, Central Java, as of Sunday a total of 24,459
\npeople had left by train to Jakarta.<\/p>\n
According to the head of the state railway company here,
\nMasduki Ahmad, the number far surpassed the 20,120 last year.
\nMost were economy class passengers.<\/p>\n
Up to Sunday afternoon, 29 people underwent treatment at the
\nmedical post at Purwokerto's train station.<\/p>\n
Three were injured after being jammed in train doors, one fell
\nout of a packed car and two were hit by stones thrown at the
\nGombong train-crossing.<\/p>\n
\"Thank God everybody lived. We were able to take care of the
\ninjured ones,\" Masduki said. (edt\/45\/43)<\/p>",
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