Demolished by the Toll Road

Local businesses along the northern coast route now lie empty during mudik because of the toll road network. Some receive help, others are just waiting to close down.

Khairul Anam

April 17, 2023

WORKERS were busy constructing a building made of thick plywood along the side of Jalan Panglima Sudirman, right in front of the Caruban Asti City Park in Madiun, East Java. On Tuesday, April 11, the workers divided the building into several rooms. The portraits of some of the region’s civilian and military leaders were hung on an unfinished section of the wall. “This will become a service post during the mudik (exodus, Idul Fitri end

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