Free Homecoming Registrants Overflow, DKI Provincial Government Asks Bus Operators To Increase Capacity

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Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, revealed that the number of applicants for the free homecoming program facilitated by the DKI Provincial Government has exploded and exceeded the target quota provided.

Based on the results of verification of free homecoming registrant documents, the target participants on the homecoming flow were 11,120 people, while those who registered reached 17,145 people.

Then, the target for backflow participants is limited to 8,160 people. Meanwhile, 11,400 people registered.

"From the target of 19,280 people (free homecoming registrant quotas), now they have entered 28,000 registrants. This means that there are around 9 thousand excesses," said Syafrin at the DKI Jakarta DPRD Building, Monday, April 3.

Therefore, Syafrin said that his party would ask bus operators who participate in the free homecoming program to increase passenger capacity on the bus.

This is intended so that the free homecoming quota can increase and accommodate more homecoming participants.

"We will communicate with operators to add buses or not and increase capacity without reducing the quality of buses," said Syafrin.

"For example, the number of passengers is 45, then we check again, it can not be increased to 50 passengers. Right, the maximum capacity per bus is 55 (passengers). We are checking specifications and technically without having to violate things that have been arranged in the reference framework," he continued.

On the other hand, the Transportation Agency also found a lot of data on free homecoming registrants which was double from the DKI Provincial Government program and the central government, such as the Ministry of Transportation and Jasa Raharja.

This is known after verification and synchronization of the files for registering for the free homecoming program between the DKI Provincial Government and the central government. As a result, more than 600 applicants for the free homecoming program have registered more than once.

"There is double data that around 600 registrants also registered with the Ministry of Transportation and Jasa Raharja. This is what we then synchronize with the organizers of free homecoming at the DKI Provincial Government so that there is no duplicate data," explained Syafrin.