Bogor City Extends Odd-Even Policy

JAKARTA - The Bogor City COVID-19 Handling Task Force (Satgas) continues the implementation of the odd-even motorized vehicle policy. This is done to reduce the mobility of residents, along with the extension of the Level 4 Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) in the Jabodetabek agglomeration.

"This odd-even policy has been extended to align with the central government's policy which still sets Bogor City at PPKM Level 4," said Head of the Bogor City COVID-19 Task Force, Bima Arya, Wednesday, quoted by Antara.

Previously, the central government through the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, Monday, August 9 night, virtually announced the extension of the implementation of PPKM in Java and Bali on August 10-16 2021.

The city of Bogor along with other regions in the Jabodetabek agglomeration, was determined to be still at PPKM Level 4, and the PPKM implementation was also extended.

According to Bima Arya, the odd-even extension in Bogor City was decided after going through deliberation with the forkopimda elements, especially the Bogor City Police Chief.

"The extension of the odd-even implementation is in accordance with the extension of PPKM Level 4 in Bogor City, which is every day on August 10-16, 2021," he also said;

Meanwhile, the odd-even implementation rules and the location of the check point points applied are still the same as before. "Later, at the weekend, the Bogor City Police will re-evaluate at the COVID-19 Task Force meeting," he said again.

The Head of Bogor City Police, Kombes Pol. Susatyo Purnomo Condro, said that the implementation of the odd-even motorized vehicle policy was a public discipline movement to restrain oneself for one day.

Through these odd-even activities, he said, people who have activities outside the home can restrain themselves for just one day, adjusting to their motorized vehicles. Vehicles that are allowed to pass in Bogor City are vehicles with odd or even number plates, according to the date on the calendar.

"Through this policy, we hope that people can be disciplined, use their time for shopping or other activities outside the home," he said.

Susatyo explained that the purpose of implementing odd-even motorized vehicles was not to limit the activities of residents, but to regulate them by holding back for one day, in order to suppress positive cases of COVID-19.