Kalsel Police Chief: 'One Way' Successfully Urai the Return of the Crowded Congregation

The implementation of one-way traffic managed to disperse the Sekumpul congregation's congestion. (Antara)

MARTAPURA - South Kalimantan Police Chief Inspector General Pol Rosyanto Yudha Hermawan stated that the implementation of a one-way system for vehicles successfully broke down the flow of Sekumpul pilgrims returning home faster on Sunday evening.

"So both those going to Banjarmasin and to Hulu Sungai we are doing one way from Sekumpul, the result is that vehicles carrying pilgrims across Jalan Ahmad Yani are more quickly decomposed," he told ANTARA in Martapura, Sunday evening.

According to Yudha, the policy from the Traffic Directorate of the South Kalimantan Police was right to anticipate more severe congestion if one way was not enforced during the return flow of the Sekumpul congregation.

Based on the non-way agreement with all stakeholders that had been announced earlier, the one-way system from 20.00 Wita on Sunday evening to Monday (29/12) at 04.00 in the morning.

For vehicle traffic to Banjarmasin, the implementation is until the front of Citra Graha City (KCG) in Liang Anggang District, Banjarbaru.

Then at KCG, vehicles heading to Hulu Sungai were directed through Jalan Gubernur Syarkawi.

For drivers returning to Hulu Sungai, the one-way rule is also implemented from Sekumpul area to Simpang Bungur, Tapin Regency.

"The implementation of the one-way system until the vehicle density is really decomposed, for example, additional time is needed, then we can extend it," explained the Police Chief accompanied by the Head of the Traffic Police of the South Kalimantan Police, Kombes Pol M. Fahri Siregar.

It is known that the regular study of 5 Rajab 1447 Hijriah or known to the public as Muhammad Zaini bin Abdul Ghani's haul (Guru Sekumpul) at the Mushalla Ar-Raudhah Complex, Sekumpul Village, Martapura District, Banjar Regency, today was attended by millions of pilgrims from various regions in Indonesia.