The fine as much as Rp 500 thousand for vehicle parked haphazardly and towed, is proven not only effective preventing illegal parking but also increasing Jakarta's Locally-Generated Revenue (PAD)

Rp 11 million has been remitted during two days of towing cars parked haphazardly

It is recorded that for two days of fine implementation, Jakarta Transportation Department reaps Rp 11 million from 11 vehicles towed in the first days and vehicles towed in the second day.

Head of Jakarta Transportation Department, M Akbar, acknowledged that the retribution collected from Monday (9/9) and Tuesday (9/10) reaches Rp 11 million, namely Rp 4.5 million on Monday and Rp 6.5 million on Tuesday.

"Rp 11 million has been remitted during two days of towing cars parked haphazardly," he stated, Tuesday (9/10).

According to Akbar, this towing and fine policy makes the amount of illegal parking in the capital city decreasing.

“Yes, it is quite decreasing because people are not afraid of being hit, but afraid of being charged,” he said.

Now, the raid area is expanded to Gajah Mada, West Jakarta. In addition, Jakarta Transportation Department also received reports from the public to control illegal parking.

“I received order from the residents to tow (vehicles parked haphazardly), such as in Pramuka, Pasar Baru, and Gunung Sahari. Some (reports) came in from vice governor then he gave it to me, and some others went straight to me. Well that’s good, I got something to do,” uttered Akbar.