JAKARTA (JP): Less than six months after it was launched, the city administration has opted to temporary stop the operation ofits free school bus service.
Head of Transportation Agency Nurachman said his office had to wait for budget disbursement to resume the service this year.
"I don't know how to pay the operational cost because the budget is not yet agreed on," he said Monday.
The city budget is still being reviewed at the Home Affairs Ministry.
Nurachman said his agency would open a tender to pick a new bus operator as soon as the budget disbursed.
Launched in July 2007, the bus system served junior and senior high school students.
The administration allocated around Rp 5 billion (US$555,555) to procure and run 34 air-conditioned school buses, each with a capacity of 20-40 passengers.
The lack of financing led the administration not to renew its contract with the bus operator when the term ended in December2007, leaving all 34 buses in the garage.
The city budget is currently being discussed by the City Council and the city administration.(tif)
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