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A glaring failure was Haleem station, where persistent water leaks flooded the new infrastructure. Investigations uncovered that drainage channels were inadequately designed, incapable of handling Jakarta’s monsoon rains—a billion-dollar station gushing water like a waterfall. The structural integrity of tunnels, particularly Tunnel 11, became another nightmare. The geological complexity of clay shale and volcanic soils caused repeated collapses, delaying progress and inflating costs as engineers were forced to redo work and import specialists.