Garut Regency Government Implements Odd-Even Vehicles In The City Center

GARUT - The Government of Garut Regency, West Java imposes odd-even for two- and four-wheeled vehicles in urban areas to minimize community activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Now there is no partition, there are odd-even, even-odd and even odd-even alignments, odd-even only reduces the category of compliance with health protocols (prokes)," said Garut Regent Rudy Gunawan, quoted by Antara, Friday, August 6.

He said Garut Regency is currently being implemented by the central government as a region that must implement PPKM Level 4 because the number of deaths from COVID-19 is still high.

One of the efforts to limit community activities during this pandemic, he said, was by applying the odd-even rule for motorized vehicles in urban areas.

"We actually don't want any more partitions, the name is also PPKM, so there are community restrictions, so we apologize," continued Regent Rudy.

Meanwhile, the implementation of the odd-even rule is in accordance with the Circular (SE) of the Garut Regent Number 443.2/2442/Tapem concerning the Implementation of PPKM Level 4 in Garut Regency by issuing the Garut Regent SE 443.2/2472/Tapem by adding several adjustments, one of which is by setting odd even.

Written in the Garut Regent's SE, every citizen who uses a vehicle passes the Jalan Ahmad Yani section from the BNI intersection to the Asia Plaza intersection from 6 to 9 August 2021 starting at 08.00 to 18.00 WIB.

Determination of odd-even is carried out according to the calendar date by looking at the last digit on the vehicle registration number, and zero is considered even.

The last odd number can be operated on odd dates, while even numbers for even dates.

The implementation of odd-even engineering is excluded for vehicles with special markings carrying persons with disabilities, ambulances/hearses, vehicles for health workers on duty, fire fighting vehicles.

Furthermore, vehicles for emergency conditions, public transportation vehicles with a yellow basic vehicle number sign, special goods transport vehicles for transporting fuel oil or gas fuel.

Then the logistics of basic necessities, vehicles for the leadership of state institutions, the chairman of the DPRD, and Forkopimda, operational service vehicles with red vehicle numbers, TNI and Polri, as well as vehicles according to other provisions.