Jakarta breaks ground on new subway in bid to ease traffic

Jokowi says East-West MRT line will support Indonesia's capital as 'global city'

20240911 Joko Widodo at ceremony of Jakarta's East-West MRT line

Indonesian President Joko Widodo speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for Jakarta's East-West MRT line on Sept. 11. (Photo by Nana Shibata)

NANA SHIBATA, Nikkei staff writer

JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo broke ground on Wednesday on Jakarta's second subway line, which will eventually stretch 84 kilometers to neighboring provinces, as the government aims to solve the capital's crippling traffic congestion and develop its suburbs.

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