JAKARTA - Indonesia’s capital Jakarta and some neighbouring provinces on Java island have been hit by a major electricity outage after problems at a number of power stations on Java, the country’s state electricity company PLN said in a statement on Sunday .
It wasn’t immediately clear how long the disruption might last, though it appeared to have affected most areas of Jakarta, prompting the use of generators in some offices and apartments. The city of Jakarta is the centre for government and business in Indonesia and is home to more than 10 million people. Around three times that many people live in the surrounding towns in the provinces and West Java and Banten.