JAKARTA - The power system in Jakarta and neighbouring provinces has been fully restored after a major blackout on Sunday that lasted more than eight hours, state-owned electricity company PLN said on Tuesday.
The Sunday blackout, which had been the worst power outage to hit South-east Asia's largest economy since 2008, caused chaos in the streets of Jakarta and West Java's provincial capital of Bandung, paralysing traffic lights and public transport, as well as cellphone and banking services. Many travellers were also stranded at train stations.
Business activities returned to normal on Tuesday, with several banks, including Indonesia's largest private lender BCA, stating that all their ATMs and others services are back in operation. Earlier, the Indonesian Retailers Association estimated the blackout, which impacted 82 shopping centres and more than 2,500 stores, could cause 200 billion rupiah in losses.
"Many industrial companies which operated 24 hours each day and imposed overtime shifts for its workers to meet production or shipment target were also directly impacted," said Mr Sanny, whose association includes around 25 industrial estates in Jakarta, Banten and West Java. But, having generators means extra costs for businesses as they would have to pay for fuel, said Mr Sarman.
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