Korlantas: 61.6 Million People Will Go Home To Central Java During Eid Al-Fitr 2024

JAKARTA - The Traffic Corps (Korlantas) of the National Police and the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) predicts that 193.6 million people will go home for Lebaran 2024. Of the hundreds of millions of people, most are heading to Central Java.

"The first destination for travelers is Central Java, which is almost 61.6 million people," said Director of Law Enforcement (Dirgakkum) Korlantas Polri Brigadier General Raden Slamet in a discussion 'The Role of the DPR Make Sure Homecoming Is Safe, Convenient Gathering' Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, March 21.

Then, East Java became the second area to be the destination for travelers. It is predicted that 37 million people will go there.

Slamet said West Java was the next region with a prediction of 32 million. The Special Region of Yogyakarta with 11 million people and DKI Jakarta 6.4 million people.

Not only about the area to be targeted, Korlantas also surveyed the types of vehicles that would be most widely used during Eid Al-Fitr 2024 homecoming.

The train will be the first with an estimated 39.2 million using this mode of transportation. Furthermore, buses and private vehicles.

"For buses, private cars, motorcycles, on average there are 37 million, 35, and 31. This is what we will manage by land," said Slamet.

To deal with vehicle density during the 2024 Eid Al-Fitr homecoming flow, the National Police Traffic Corps implemented contraflow, one way, and even traffic engineering.

For homecoming flow, contraflow engineering will be implemented from KM 36 of the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road to KM 72 of the Cikopo-Palimanan or Cipali toll road.

"(Applied) Friday 5 April at 14.00 WIB until Thursday 11 April at 24.00 WIB," wrote the Instagram account @korlantaspolri.ntmc quoted Friday, March 15.

The one way scheme will be implemented from KM 72 Cikopo-Palimanan or Cipali to KM 414 Semarang-Batang toll road.

For this scheme, its implementation at different times. On Friday, April 5 starts at 14.00 WIB until Sunday, April 7 at 24.00 WIB.

Then, it will be re-imposed on Monday, April 8 from 08.00 WIB to 24.00 WIB. Even on Tuesday, April 9 at the same time.

"It's odd-even from KM 0 toll roads in the city (Jakarta) to KM 414 of the Semarang-Batang toll road," he said.