Guidelines For The National Police-Jasa Raharja To Face Christmas And New Year's 2025 Lalin, Diversion Of Polres Coordination Flow

JAKARTA - The Traffic Corps (Korlantas) of the National Police together with PT Jasa Raharja set guidelines for officers in the field to regulate traffic (traffic) during the Christmas and New Year 2025 holidays.

"We have coordinated with Korlantas Polri, local government, Public Works (PU), and the Transportation Service (Dishub) to try to anticipate traffic flow and public safety," said Jasa Raharja President Director Rivan A. Purwantono in his statement in Jakarta, Thursday, December 12, quoted by Antara.

He said the first guide was to divert traffic flow or engineering in coordination with the nearest resort police (polres), make regulatory movements, and make signposts for portable directions, so that people know alternative roads that will be crossed.

Second, coordinating with the local government and the local Public Works Office to repair roads.

The next guide is to inform the public through the media, so that people can know which sections can be crossed.

The last guide is to coordinate with the Public Works Agency and Transportation Agency regarding the addition of facilities and infrastructure during floods.

Rivan stated that his party and the Korlantas Polri had also conducted a route survey as well as checked security readiness to a number of areas on the island of Java, starting from the Merak Port route, West Java, Central Java, East Java, to Bali.

In addition, his party has also informed the public through various media related to roads that can be passed, especially in flood-affected areas.

"Obviously clear information is very important so that people can plan trips safely and efficiently," he said.

Rivan said that these various efforts were made to reduce the number of accidents during the year-end holiday season.

He said that during the Christmas and New Year 2023 period, namely during 22 December 2023-2 January 2024, there was a decrease in total compensation of 20.57 percent compared to the previous period.

According to him, the decline is a positive indicator of the success of various preventive efforts made.

We also continue to improve the speed in handling victims. The average time for disbursement of compensation for death is 1 day and 6 hours, while completing the file only takes 10 minutes and 13 seconds. With fast service, we hope it will reduce the fatality of accident victims," he said.

Special Staff to the Minister of SOEs Arya Sinulingga expressed his appreciation for Jasa Raharja's speed and responsiveness in providing services to traffic accident victims.

He also appealed to people who will travel during the Christmas and New Year periods to remain vigilant and comply with traffic rules.

"People need to maintain the condition of their vehicles, obey traffic signs, and avoid too tiring trips," he said.