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来自：Ayomi Amindoni

拱形墙壁镶嵌的隧道里十分昏暗，前方似乎有微光闪烁，视野所及之处，拱形隧道随着灯光（每隔300米安装一台）闪烁着。某些表面反射着银白色的光，像武士的剑一样漂亮。

隧道里的空气闷热儿厚重，置身其中好像在蒸桑拿一般。在隧道的尽头，一名外国工程师带领大约10名工人操作着一台巨大的机器在雅加达的地下进行挖掘工作。

“这是印度尼西亚的第一个捷运项目，我很荣幸从事这个项目的工作”，一名男子自豪地说。 他叫苏波诺（Supono）,一个30岁的男子，他忙着给位于苏迪曼将军路一号地段下方的路段安装棱镜灯，这是白天最繁忙的街区之一。“这些灯都被安装在特定的点，根据路况条件，100米或20米不等。”苏波诺用一口典型的爪哇口音解释着。“这是第一次从事这样的建设项目，因为此前从来没有地铁项目”。

印度尼西亚首都正在进行的首个城市捷运项目延期了二十多年。

The US$1.7 billion rail-based mass rapid transit (MRT) megaproject is expected to solve the traffic gridlock in the capital Jakarta.

Is it safe from potential floods and earthquakes?

by Ayomi Amindoni

In the barely lit mouth of the tunnel hemmed in by the perfectly arching walls there was something almost gleaming ahead. As far as the eye could see, the curved tunnel looked flashy with lights installed along 300 meters. At certain angles it reflects a silvery white hue. It's as beautiful as a samurai sword, but not as deadly.

Along the tunnel, the air was thick and hot, like wandering into a steam bath. At the end of the tunnel, there were around 10 workers led by a foreign engineer operated a giant boring machine digging Jakarta's underground.

“This is the first MRT project in Indonesia. I am honored to work on this project,” one man said proudly.

It was Supono, a 30-year-old man who was busy installing a prism lamp in a tunnel segment located under Jl. Sudirman, one of the city's busiest streets during the daytime.

Wearing personal protective equipment and an orange helmet, the sturdy man carefully put the prism lamp in its position to make an accurate reflection to determine whether the 322-meter tunnel section was in line with its design.

“The prisms are installed at certain points, 100 meters or 20 meters, depending on the field conditions,” Supono explained with a typical Javanese accent.

He had been working on the MRT construction for half a year. Like other workers, this was his first experience constructing an underground transportation system. Previously, he worked as a surveyor on various construction projects since 2004.

“I’ve been working here since the tunnel boring machine operation started. Every day I work underground. This is my very first time working on such a construction project since there was no underground transportation project before,” he said, adding that despite the sultry conditions in the tunnel he considered the work on the capital’s first ever underground railway a privilege.

Yes, the Indonesian capital is witnessing construction of its first mass rapid rail transport (MRT) after more than two decades of postponement.