Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Joko Widodo spoke of having received public reports of damaged roads at 7,400 locations through his social media accounts, during inspection of damaged roads in North Labuhanbatu District, North Sumatra, Wednesday."Yesterday, I checked on the issues of damaged roads, and I received (information on) 7,400 reported locations through our Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook accounts," the president noted in his statement as observed through a video broadcast from Jakarta. Widodo remarked that the reports from netizens were received in addition to data obtained from the Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry. Earlier, President Widodo had invited people to lodge their complaints regarding damaged roads through his Instagram account @jokowi. "If you have damaged roads that have not been repaired for a long time in your regions, you can report them to me through the comment section and send a video through direct message to this Instagram account," the president wrote in his statement. The video broadcasting the president's inspection in Lampung drew over 100 thousand comments from netizens, who conveyed their complaints on damaged roads in their regions. Deputy for Protocol, Press, and Media of the Presidential Secretariat Bey Machmudin affirmed that the netizens' complaints in the comment section of the president's post helped the government to cross-check the data on damaged roads. ccording to Machmudin, the PUPR Ministry had conducted data collection and survey on damaged roads in all provinces through its National Road Development Center (BPJN) in various regions. "The complaints of the people and of netizens in the president's social media accounts help us to cross-check the data between those outlined by the PUPR Ministry and those of the netizens. This will help the government to make follow-up actions more accurately," he stated. Related news: Jambi road repairs to begin in July-Aug: President Jokowi

Source: Antara News Agency