Metromini strike enters 3rd day

Metromini strike enters 3rd day

JAKARTA (JP): Around 40 Metromini drivers plying a East
Jakarta route went to the City Land Transportation Agency
yesterday to demand that two new Metromini vehicles be banned
from the route.

The drivers have been striking since Monday in protest of the
new vehicles.

An agency official in charge of traffic and transport control,
Dasuki, said the limit for Metromini buses on the Kampung Melayu-
Kampung Rambutan route was 60 vehicles but there were presently
only 46, including the two new ones.

The Suara Pembaruan afternoon daily reported yesterday that
drivers insisted the route was overcrowded. The agency eventually
agreed to temporarily withdraw the two Metromini buses from fleet
number T53.

"Actually the addition of vehicles is the responsibility of
Metromini's operations director," Dasuki said. The agency will
discuss the problem with the company, he added. (anr)