It was seen as one solution to the congestion in the capital, but work on the JakartaBogorDepokBekasi light railway is facing the threat of stagnation. The problem: no funding for the Rp23 trillion megaproject. The initial payment scheme could not be implemented because the stateowned company appointed to manage it has insufficient capital.

There have been problems with the project since President Jokowi Widodo gave Adhi Karya the authority thro